TRUMP REMAINS UNPOPULAR BUT APPROVAL RATING RISES

[TomCADem]

Source: Newsweek

President Donald Trump still isn't popular, but his approval rating did rise in the latest survey published by the American Research Group on Wednesday.

The firm found 39 percent of Americans approved of his performance as president while 56 percent disapproved. That's not a stellar rating, but it did represent an uptick from the month prior. In February, just 36 percent approved while 60 percent disapproved. The 39 percent approval rating overall was Trump's highest level of support in the American Research Group survey since he hit the same number in May.

The upward shift was largely due to some independent voters changing their feelings about the president. Thirty-seven percent approved of his job performance in March compared with just 31 percent in February. There was also, somewhat obviously, a stark divide among party lines when it came to evaluating Trump's performance. Eighty-seven percent of Republicans approved compared with just 3 percent of Democrats.

The American Research Group interviewed 1,100 adults from March 17 through March 20 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/trump-unpopular-approval-rating-rises-independent-voters-support-president-855924

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Economic conditions have not really changed from the situation under President Obama. What has changed is that you now have Fox News and RW media going all in about celebrating and justifying a tax cut to the very rich.

[Honeycombe8]

1. Makes no sense. Unless people are just exhausted by his antics & fits and tune them out.

Makes no sense.

[TomCADem]

2. The New Normal Plus Propaganda...

...Heck, I am sure a large segment of North Korea thinks Kim Jong Un is a swell guy.

[MattP]

3. 36 and 39 is the plus minus

[Yavin4]

7. This

Not a huge difference between 36 and 39. In 2020, Trump will get 45-46% of the vote. The Democrat will probably get 46-48% of the vote. Where the votes are distributed will tell who wins.

[Honeycombe8]

14. Don't say that. I can't bear the thought of him still being around in 2020.

I'm hoping he's gone well before then.

[Yavin4]

17. Unfortunately, there are folks who will vote for him just because he's an "R"

And nothing else matters.

[Honeycombe8]

19. Noooooooooooo! I told you not to say that!!!!!

(just kidding, of course)

[John Fante]

4. Meh.

A) Considering the strength of economy at the moment (thanks Obama) a 39% approval rating is disastrous. Unheard of.

B) The man's endorsement is practically a kiss of death at this point - that 20-point swing in PA-18 was an emphatic rejection of Trumpism. Far more telling than an opinion poll.

[thewhollytoast]

5. The American Research Group are known for being way off base.

They are in effect a boiler-room operation. Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain.

//snip//

The New Hampshire-based American Research Group's tracking poll ended up buried deepest in the snowbank: They had Bush winning by two points the day before the primary -- merely 20 off the mark.

//snip//

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2004/01/26/a-snowy-graveyard-for-pols-and-polls/dc11c7b4-2912-4524-aab8-f7df9969198d/?utm_term=.1c4b05a300ae

Toast

[a kennedy]

6. and do we really take ANYTHING Newsweek says as anything but RW Bull??

or am I wrong??

[samplegirl]

8. I dont know how!

[CentralMass]

9. Fux News is a major reason.

[njhoneybadger]

10. 538 has him at 41% approval.

People don't hear what we hear. They are living in a bubble

[Zambero]

11. "Normalization"

Just like slowly boiling a frog, the water temperature is perceived by the unfortuante amphibian as being "normal" until it's too late.

[NYC Liberal]

12. In Trumplandia, a 39% approval rating is considered good

Any other president who barely cracked 40% approval for over a year, from day one, would be considered a disaster.

[left-of-center2012]

13. ARG sucks at polling

As of 2016, ARG received a C+ rating from FiveThirtyEight.
FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver has long critiqued ARG.

"Polls by American Research Group ... largely missed the mark ... American Research Group has long been unreliable."

In 2016, Washington Monthly noted of ARG, based on FiveThirtyEight's analysis, that they have a slight Republican bias but more importantly,
"They do not appear to be good at their jobs."

They also have a Republican “bent”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Research_Group#Reception

[Thekaspervote]

15. Read this and FEEL better. Bookmark it and look at it daily if needed

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210340873

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

16. Ridiculous clickbait - just last week I saw 39% but w/headline saying approval was DROPPING !

Besides 3% is well within statistical margin of error.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. BS: The Delta Is Within The Margin of Error

Nothing has changed. The article is nonsense

[LongTomH]

20. This economy will go south before 2020. Trump's numbers will tank then.

Even if it wasn't for Trump's incredible mismanagement of the economy; this has already been the longest post-WWII recovery. It can't last - we're overdue for a recession.