Trump's approval rating has been as low as 37% so there is room for him to drop 7% more

[Quixote1818]

I have seen several posts saying none of this tax stuff will matter but it's possible it could. If you look at 538's approval rating chart for Trump, in 2017 his approval rating got down to just below 37% and just two months ago, he was at 40%. He wavers between 37 and 44% so 7% of the country changes their mind about him from time to time. Maybe enough for a Biden landslide or at worst just make sure Biden wins.

So everything bad coming out on Trump is worth it regardless of what the naysayers say. It will do some damage and there are some undecided voters still out there.

[andym]

1. Yes indeed

with luck he can return to his 35-37% favorability rating of 2016.

[Journeyman]

2. And even if it doesn't pull votes from him, hopefully it will motivate more to vote against . . .

It isn't the peeling away that matters, it's the piling on.

[JI7]

3. There are people who would still vote for him even though they don't approve of him

[Wanderlust988]

7. And there are people that approve of his job but will vote against him

Cause they're sick of his temperament and personality...and tweeting!

[Doreen]

4. Let's not forget Russia and other countries under dictator rule.

They will work their asses off at keeping him in. It is not just our votes we are fighting for. It is the trolls and computer fraud to damage the votes for Biden. Maybe not as good as Biden but Hillary was ahead also until suddenly she lost. Same thing can happen with Biden due to trump cheating again.

[Awsi Dooger]

5. Not happening during an election year

Partisans buckle down

The same stuff that took him down to 37% in late 2017 would never drop him that low right now. There was shock and disgust at that point. Now after three years of the public being conditioned to his behavior and language, the floor is not as low

[Cosmocat]

8. Correct

On the mass conditioning point, and decades of hate framing the evil liberal boogyman, there is a face and name now unlike three years ago. They get to gin themselves up to how horrible Joe and Kamala are.

[Quixote1818]

9. Maybe not 37 but he was at 40 this July

That is 4 pts lower than today.

[octoberlib]

6. He was at 39% approval in yesterday's

Morning Consult poll. NYT poll had him higher at 46%.

[honest.abe]

10. I expect a 5 point drop in the next round of polls.

[beachbumbob]

11. I see his botom at 40-42% on a national poll, even at 44% 2020 will be a landslide