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That's what the mass media, which is skewed to the left, wants you to think. The truth is that his approval rating is doing okay, and it's especially good for r

by hlnas 8y ago

That's what the mass media, which is skewed to the left, wants you to think. The truth is that his approval rating is doing okay, and it's especially good for republican voters.

pcwalton 8y ago
Trump's approval rating is really not doing OK. It's mediocre. Not Nixon or GWB-at-the-end-of-his-term bad, but an unbiased observer would not call being down 12 points "OK". https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/
- hlnas 8y ago
  Yes, but I think it's perfectly normal given how politics works now. Everything is becoming more polarised.
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > I think it's perfectly normal given how politics works now. Yes, Trump's approval rating is dead average for President’s taking office after the end of Obama’s second term at the same point in their term of office. But unless you reduce the domain so much that you compare Trump only to himself, it's not perfectly normal.
the_gastropod 8y ago
> and it's especially good for republican voters. This is true, but maybe not for the reasons you think. The number of people who self-identify as "Republican" has shrunk considerably over the past few years. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-a-shrinking-republican-party/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-...
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  Republican Party ID is up (at the expense of independents; Democratic ID is the same) from when Trump was elected. https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx
  - the_gastropod 8y ago
    Huh! The Brooking's story actually cites this Gallup data. But it's a little out of date. Looks like Republican ID has sprung back up in the last ~6 months. Touché!
    - dragonwriter 8y ago
      It's really noisy poll-to-poll; really, I'd be skeptical of anyone claiming that there is much of a meaningful trend based on it. Pew’s series which separately tracks partisans and leaners might be more useful for spotting trends, but they do take seem to have really recent data public in that series.

by hlnas 8y ago

That's what the mass media, which is skewed to the left, wants you to think. The truth is that his approval rating is doing okay, and it's especially good for republican voters.

pcwalton 8y ago

Trump's approval rating is really not doing OK. It's mediocre. Not Nixon or GWB-at-the-end-of-his-term bad, but an unbiased observer would not call being down 12 points "OK". https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

hlnas 8y ago
Yes, but I think it's perfectly normal given how politics works now. Everything is becoming more polarised.
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > I think it's perfectly normal given how politics works now. Yes, Trump's approval rating is dead average for President’s taking office after the end of Obama’s second term at the same point in their term of office. But unless you reduce the domain so much that you compare Trump only to himself, it's not perfectly normal.

the_gastropod 8y ago

> and it's especially good for republican voters. This is true, but maybe not for the reasons you think. The number of people who self-identify as "Republican" has shrunk considerably over the past few years. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-a-shrinking-republican-party/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/14/trump-owns-...

dragonwriter 8y ago
Republican Party ID is up (at the expense of independents; Democratic ID is the same) from when Trump was elected. https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx
- the_gastropod 8y ago
  Huh! The Brooking's story actually cites this Gallup data. But it's a little out of date. Looks like Republican ID has sprung back up in the last ~6 months. Touché!
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    It's really noisy poll-to-poll; really, I'd be skeptical of anyone claiming that there is much of a meaningful trend based on it. Pew’s series which separately tracks partisans and leaners might be more useful for spotting trends, but they do take seem to have really recent data public in that series.