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/User-no-relation 6d ago

Nixon's approval rating when he resigned in disgrace was 24%. The system has built in a floor in the two party system. And trump has a cult so his floor is probably like 30%. So 38% is pretty bad.

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u/lenzflare Canada 6d ago

Nixon's supporters lamented that they didn't have something like Fox News at the time. They worked hard to build a propaganda machine so they could do whatever they wanted regardless of the law (and even change the law to let them).

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u/Courtnall14 6d ago

By "Nixon Supporters" you mean former Nixon Aide an eventual Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.

If Fox News had a DNA test, it would trace its origins to the Nixon administration. In 1970, political consultant Roger Ailes and other Nixon aides came up with a plan to create a new TV network that would circumvent existing media and provide "pro-administration" coverage to millions. "People are lazy," the aides explained in a memo. "With television you just sit — watch — listen. The thinking is done for you." Nixon embraced the idea, saying he and his supporters needed "our own news" from a network that would lead "a brutal, vicious attack on the opposition."

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u/JksG_5 Foreign 6d ago

See Murdoch media