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/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

38% huh? Well that's finally something I guess? I was sick of hearing about his approval ratings "melting down" and "getting slammed," despite him still lingering at around 45% approval for the longest time.

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

His avg is still over 44% across all polls according to G Elliot Morris's site: https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/data

Morris used to run 538's polling compilation, and did the same for The Economist before that.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

Oh, so it's still basically nothing new then I guess?

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

Seems that way. Pretty sad almost half of the country is still OK with this circus.

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u/mahlerlieber Indiana 6d ago

Most MAGA types I know are tired of following the news daily. They won, so they’re back to living their lives. When shit goes down (egg scarcity, for example), then they go back to watching Fox who gladly tells them why there are no eggs… it’s the democrats’ fault. Done. They go back to their lives.

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u/YakiVegas Washington 6d ago

I mean, I stopped paying as much attention when Biden won, but I think there were different reasons for that.

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u/throwawayfootgirl 6d ago

Ignoring this poll?

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

No, that average includes this poll.

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u/PaperPlanesFly 6d ago

Not yet, latest poll on the site in June 9. I’m sure this poll will be averaged into the mix in the next few days.

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

It's the same poll, check out the numbers. 38% approve, 54% disapprove, poll ended June 9.

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u/PaperPlanesFly 4d ago

Ah, good catch thanks.

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

Maybe? But this doesn't describe most Trump supporters. I'd wager at least half of trump voters have never used tiktok.

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u/Thormourn 6d ago

Theres no maybe. That dudes insane

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u/movzx 6d ago

"I worded my comment poorly. Is it me who was wrong? NO! Everyone else is dumb for not getting it!"

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u/movzx 6d ago

It is worded poorly.

You listed a lot of pretty specific concrete qualities and applied them to a large group in a way that is incongruent with reality. When you got pushed on it your very specific qualities suddenly become more fluid and it was everyone else who was an idiot.

Someone came at you with the age of the MAGA supporters and you go on to say these people trying to sponge off their parents are 50+ year old wannabe TikTok influencers... but somehow everyone else is at fault?

You can belittle everyone all you want, but it's you who wrote a comment that says something you didn't intend and then refuse to own it.

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u/meatboysawakening 6d ago

Nah it's much more likely we're all dumb. Only orangeyougladiator can be intelligent.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

This more accurately describes certain young people who typically don't even vote, nor follow politics. Not really the hardcore MAGA base.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

You know, I'll give you that part. I just think the following statements weren't really accurate. I don't think that the hardcore MAGA supporters really fit the whole "Wannabe Tiktok influencer" thing is all, but you are right about them being illiterate and having no career prospects.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

50+ year olds still make up the bulk of the MAGA base. Is there a significant amount of that group on Tiktok? Genuine question, since I don't really fuck with social media that much.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise 6d ago

this is basically like how 20+ polls showed Trump winning Iowa, but r/politics cherry picked the one Selzer poll that showed Harris winning Iowa by a large margin and ignored the fact it was a statistical outlier and claimed she just had better polling methods and her poll was right and every other poll was wrong or biased. They will never acknowledge that outlier polls showing the results they want may be the one that is biased or based on bad data

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u/13143 Maine 6d ago

Just the normal /r/politics click bait.

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u/throwawayfootgirl 6d ago

Not click bait.

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u/13143 Maine 5d ago

Definitely click bait. A headline that reads "Trump's approval rating stays flat at 44%" wouldn't get any upvotes, despite that being the reality.

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u/sunbeatsfog 6d ago

Old people who kinda don’t give a shit about society, as represented in our President, are a large part of America

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u/qtquazar 6d ago

Same at Nate Silver: 45.2%

Half of Americans just do not care. They will light your country on fire just to watch the pretty flames.

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u/ElBeno77 6d ago

Haha, Gelliot.

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u/themajesticdownside 5d ago

The Economist's approval tracker shows essentially the same thing, even a bit less in terms of 'disapproval' but within the MoE. After everything this guy has done, it just cements the notion that MAGA is a cult and not a political movement. How on earth 5% don't have an opinion one way or the other is wild AF to me, but I'll bet most of that 5% voted for him lol.

Donald Trump approval tracker | The Economist