Fox News poll: Trump disapproval rises to near record

[left-of-center2012]

President Trump's disapproval rating has jumped to 56 percent in a Fox News survey released Wednesday, just one point shy of the record high in Fox News polling. The survey found a 5 percentage point increase in Trump's disapproval from last month.

Trump has the disapproval of a record number of men, at 53 percent,
white men, 46 percent,
and independents, 64 percent, according to the survey.

The poll comes at a tense political moment following two mass shootings earlier this month, one of which appears to have been racially motivated. Approval for Trump's response to the incidents is just 37 percent, and 46 percent said they believe his administration has made the country less safe from mass shootings.

Fifty-nine percent of voters in the poll say they are unhappy with the way things are going in the country. The same proportion (Fifty-nine percent) say the president is "tearing the country apart," compared to only 31 percent who say he is "drawing the country together."

Researchers surveyed 1,013 registered voters nationwide from Aug. 11 to 13. The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457480-trump-disapproval-rises-to-near-record-fox-news-poll

[kentuck]

1. Something is wrong with this:

(Fifty-nine percent) say the president is "tearing the country apart," compared to only 31 percent who say he is "drawing the country together."

[left-of-center2012]

2. Guess 10% had no opinion. n/t

[NNadir]

3. There is definitely something wrong. How could 31% of the people be so clueless? n/t,

[hatrack]

4. Richard Nixon still had about 25% approval ratings in August, 1974

Teh Stoopid never went away.

[uponit7771]

17. +1, IINM they calculate Hitlers was around low 20s post suicide ... people who are vested in these.

... figures don't let go once they got a cult like "all other information is false" mindset

[Butterflylady]

10. Easy

They're brainwashed.

[yellowcanine]

14. 31 percent is pretty dismal. Potted plant territory.

[Gore1FL]

25. Maybe they meant drawn together in opposition. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

31. Yup.

Or all white bigots like him. You know, the REAL Americans.


Do I really need to add this?

[Progressive Jones]

28. I am not surprised by that number at all. It's probably higher. nt

[UniteFightBack]

32. I think that sounds about right. nt

[certainot]

33. a few hundred gop/putin think tank-scripted liars on 1500 radio stations blasting

50 mil a week dominating 40 states with 80 senators for 30 years while getting a free speech free ride, no challenge, from democrats and the left.

at $1000/radio hour 1200 radio stations x 15hrs/week x 5 day/week = about $5BIL /yr FREE

the GOP, ALEC, Putin, COC, the kochs, and all the other racist and corporate sex-on-the-wrong-brain certainty addicted authoritarian global warming denying motherfuckers got a free ride on the most effective propaganda operation in history for 30 years while liberals walked by with their fingers in theirears

[NewJeffCT]

38. Maybe they think he's uniting the country

against Trump?

[NNadir]

44. One would hope so. It's a valid and optimistic...

...possibility which had not occurred to me.

I admire your positivity in the face of my disgusted cynicism.

[More_Cowbell]

40. Maybe the 31% meant "drawing the country together in hatred of Trump"

Well, I can dream.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. This is proof that 31% did not understand the question.

Who the living fuck could think he is drawing the country together.

[PJMcK]

16. Well, Trump is drawing white supremacists together (n/t)

[certainot]

34. just turn on the radio

[PatrickforO]

37. Well, you know, they had hot dogs at the rally.

Nothing better than a nice hotdog to bring folks together. They even had a quilting bee to see who could make the best klan hood!

[Indykatie]

6. Trump's Disapproval Per Rassmussen is 54% and They're a Right Wing Outfit. n/t

[Dem2]

7. 59% "tearing the country apart"

That's a massive number for such a question, no leader should be allowed to continue setting policy with such abysmal ratings.

[mucifer]

8. Polls weren't accurate for 2016 Lots of mischief and evil got someone in

[bitterross]

9. 31% The base that will never change their minds/opinions

Hope it stays this way. Of course, he can still start a war.

[Butterflylady]

11. As a last resort he may just try.

[Demovictory9]

12. exactly

[TommyCelt]

39. Oh I'd count on it...

...just about when the general election campaign starts.

[vsrazdem]

13. 3-2-1, waiting for trump to go batshit crazy over this one.

[Quemado]

21. He might pull what I call a "crazy Ivan" to shore up his approval ratings.

From Urban Dictionary, definition #2 of "Crazy Ivan":

When a jack ass driving on the highway realizes they are going to miss their exit at the last second cuts across three lanes of traffic to make it with complete disregard of other drivers on the road. Usually causing extreme cases of road rage. Taken from the movie The Hunt for Red October.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crazy%20Ivan

[vsrazdem]

22. Loved that movie.

[uponit7771]

15. " independents, 64 percent..."

[George II]

18. TWEET STORM AT 5 AM TOMORROW!!!

[maxsolomon]

19. He's drawing the country together in opposition.

LOL,

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. It wont matter at all when they control the vote counts.

OR just outlaw Presidential elections altogether. Hell, he is getting away with everything else, why not this too.

[hibbing]

23. But 95% approval from Republicans?

I didn't see the party breakdown in the article, but I'm sure it's at least 90% since he is consistent with his blatant racism.


Peace

[FakeNoose]

24. "Independents" include a lot of people who vote D

... they just never bothered to join the Democratic Party. Problem is ... we don't always know if we can count on them when the chips are down.

[Progressive Jones]

29. I've been voting D for my entire life. I never "joined the party".

Here in Illinois, we don't declare party membership at the polls.

[FakeNoose]

30. I know what you mean, I was an independent for most of my life

I've voted D in every election since 1972, but I didn't join the Democratic Party until 2008.

The reason: in 2008 I wanted to voted for Hillary in the primary. So the only way I could do that (in PA) was to register in the Democratic Party. I have no regrets, and I'm sure that I'll never vote for a Repuke in my lifetime. No doubt there are a lot more like me out there.

[UTUSN]

26. K&R

[Snake Plissken]

27. Be prepared for the media to go into overdrive attacking all the Democratic candidates

They're not interested in reporting the news, they're only interested in creating the drama of a close election.

[packman]

35. Wow, from a Fox News survey ???

Wonder what a legitimate survey will have to report.

[BigOleDummy]

36. 31 % ....

Think he's drawing us together?!?! What freaking planet do THESE people live on?

[FiveGoodMen]

42. Remember, that's one in three.

Statistically speaking, next time you're in a crowd, look to the person on your left, now the person on your right...

You've just looked at a Nazi.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

41. wonder what the percentage of whites is racist...

And is it different from 2008?

[oasis]

43. Up, up, up. Through the roof of disapproval.