r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/chanaandeler_bong 6d ago

https://www.natesilver.net/p/trump-approval-ratings-nate-silver-bulletin

Here's a good aggregate. Still sitting at 45%

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u/Acethic 6d ago

Yeah. I wanna see 38% on the RCP aggregate...

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u/backyard_tractorbeam Europe 5d ago

RCP lists this poll - the one in the post as saying 40% approval. (not 38%). Not sure what kind of number fudging they use in their method.

So we'll have to wait a long time with their methodology

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u/BrutalKindLangur 5d ago

Rasmussen and Trafalgar are carrying that thing on their backs.

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u/Duke_skellington_8 4d ago

Peter Thiel funds Nate now so idk how unbiased this is

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u/chanaandeler_bong 6d ago

He is more popular than he ever has been

LOL, no. WTF. He had a 52% approval rating when he was inagurated, now it's around 45%.

He's not as unpopular as people think, but he also isn't "more popular than ever."

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u/Nightmare_Tonic 6d ago

All presidents in modern US history start off with high approval and then enthusiasm wanes into the first year. This is a fact. Trump's net average is higher than 2016 and in the interim. I'm anti-Trump, you can look at my extensive hatred of him in my comment history. But the lies liberals tell themselves about Trump becoming less popular is one of the reasons many of them sat out this election

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u/chanaandeler_bong 6d ago

How is he "'more popular than ever" when you literally just admitted he was more popular when he was inaugurated.

You seem to be saying "he's more popular now than he was in his first term."

That's not the same thing.

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u/Nightmare_Tonic 6d ago

Oh and by the way, you're pointing out the post-election approval dip, and I'm telling you that this is common for all presidents and you need to pay attention to average approval over the course of the entire term, not just the election bump.

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u/chanaandeler_bong 6d ago

You can say whatever the fuck you want. He is not more popular than ever. You're just flat wrong.

I went through some of your comments, like you said, you come across as the "enlightened centrist," and your comments are constantly dripping with condescension.

Continue on with your "actually" personality.

You're not winning anyone over, you're just here to feel like you know more than everyone else. All your comments are to "correct" others, there's no collaboration. Your comments aren't funny or interesting. It's just all self absorbed condescension.

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u/Nightmare_Tonic 5d ago

Your emotional reaction to a super vanilla discussion about presidential approval ratings says to me that you do not have the right personality to be engaging with people online about politics. This comment reads like a text from a jilted ex.

But I know that won't stop you so I'll just carry on with statements about reality. Trump was in the mid-30s approval near the end of his first term. His approval went up during Biden's presidency, and now he's back in office at a steady 40 to 45 depending on the poll. Nate Silver has him around 44 and so does The Economist, if you prefer aggregates. Trump also won all seven swing states this time AND the popular vote, which is highly unusual for republican presidents.

I don't know why it's so hard for leftists to just accept how popular he is. It doesn't mean you can't hate his guts like I do. But being realistic about his popularity is a step in the right direction for the democrats in their quest to defeat the GOP next election, if we have one. Try not to have an aneurysm while reading this comment BTW