Majority of Americans now say they approve of Trump's handling of coronavirus: poll

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Source: TheHill

The majority of Americans now approve of President Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a change from just one week prior, according to a new Ipsos/ABC News poll.

Of those surveyed, 55 percent said that they approved of the president's handling of the situation, while 43 percent said they disapproved. The numbers were basically reversed from one week ago when 54 percent said they disapproved and 43 percent approved.

Trump's tone and approach to the outbreak has changed in recent weeks, with the president now appearing at daily briefings at the White House with his coronavirus task force. Trump said this week that he knew that COVID-19 was a pandemic before it was labeled as such by the World Health Organization, despite his previous rhetoric downplaying the severity of the virus.

The president has passed two coronavirus stimulus packages that include paid sick leave for certain workers and free coronavirus testing.

Despite the improvement in the approval rating, the public remains strongly partisan.

Nearly 70 percent of Democrats still disapprove of how Trump is dealing with the pandemic, while 92 percent of Republicans approve of how he's handled the crisis.

There are over 14,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the U.S. with at least 200 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/488597-majority-of-americans-approve-of-trumps-handling-of-coronavirus-poll

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Will tRump run as the war president that saved the country? Are Americans dumb enough to believe him?

and we have this YouGov poll, thanks to a post on this thread

Link to tweet

[Freddie]

1. JFC

This country really is that stupid.

[jimfields33]

7. They are getting checks! That's the approval.

Unfortunately they don’t realize that congress is really the check senders.

[Loki Liesmith]

13. If you believe that

Can you be a progressive?

[OhNo-Really]

27. I call bullshit on this report. All the trumpets I know

In my circle are disgusted and regretting voting for him. They are fully aware that Trump is incapable of leading this. Crisis

[customerserviceguy]

80. The ones in your circle

that you don't know have learned not to talk about their feelings for the Dear Leader in your presence.

[Jamastiene]

88. That is highly likely.

Where I am from, they haven't let up. They still have that glazed over look in their eyes when they talk about him. That is sickening by itself.

[OhNo-Really]

94. 🤔🤔🤔

Hopelessly naive ☺️

[lagomorph777]

72. D+ rated poll; crazier than Rassmussen. Ignore it; it's complete BS.

[hlthe2b]

2. ABC pandering for Trump approval? I'd like to see how the questions were worded.

[SunSeeker]

3. The bodies haven't started piling up yet, and people think they'll get checks.

The reality hasn't hit yet.

[elleng]

24. right

[SunSeeker]

31. Most Republicans still think Covid-19 is being overblown. Wait till they start getting sick.

We'll see this story replayed all over the country:

Her Facebook Friends Asked If Anyone Was Actually Sick. She Had an Answer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/coronavirus-heaven-frilot-mark-frilot.html?algo=top_conversion&fellback=false&imp_id=63616934&imp_id=845128933&action=click&module=Most%20Popular&pgtype=Homepage

[Efilroft Sul]

46. When it hits areas where rural hospitals have closed, then they will know what loss is.

[Lochloosa]

4. Reality has not slapped them in the face yet.

When they realize that 1200 bucks is it, that will change.

[Efilroft Sul]

5. 55% of Americans believe Trump is solving a problem that he helped to exacerbate.

Trump gave the enemy three months' lead time to inflict its worst upon us and STILL isn't giving medical professionals the full support they need to combat COVID-19. "Wartime president" my ass. He's almost as useless now as he was during the Vietnam era.

[RobinA]

38. Had A Co-Worker Once

who was a master at this. Did nothing, big problem ensued. Ran around making big noise about this godawful mess he had to deal with. Managed to do a little something to make it less bad, ran around touting his tiny success against massive odds. Congratulations all around.

You had to be working with him to see what he did, because if you weren't you didn't realize that the big mess was the result of his not solving a small problem before it got huge and ugly. The people who never had a mess because they solved problems beforehand never had a chance.

[Efilroft Sul]

44. I have to ask: Was he promoted?

[lark]

6. If this is true, it proves the majority are idiots.

I don't believe it for one second.

[GumboYaYa]

8. I think this aspirational

People wnt him to be successful because they are scared and are projecting. As reality hits, I suspect this will swing badly for Trump.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Because of all the lies tRump has been telling lately about how great his response is. . . . nt

[DarthDem]

10. Oh, That's Ridiculous

I'll wait for someone with a stats background to come and debunk the crosstabs. No way is this accurate.

[jrthin]

11. Exactly WHAT! do these respondents approve of?

[still_one]

28. It didn't include yesterday's disaster of a press conference, and it compared two weeks ago, where

trump appeared still not to take the crisis as seriously, as the last week, where he appeared to take it more seriously

Approvals are a very inaccurate volatile measure of things.

Yesterday's press conference where he was contradicted by the FDA, press, and people on the front line I suspect would give a different approval poll

You asked the right question

[flibbitygiblets]

12. Give it a day or two for the reality to set in. A week tops.

Checks will take weeks or months to get out, exacerbated by the Senate's dithering

Hospitals will be swamped in days, no PPE, still not nearly enough tests

The tests we do have will increase the reported infection rate dramatically

The frog is boiled and doesn't know it yet.

[LovingA2andMI]

14. In The Five Stages of Grief....

They are in the Bargaining Phase. The Acceptance will come later and when it does...

[FreepFryer]

15. Check back with them in April.

Gives me no pleasure to say it nor think it, but some of those polled may soon be less reassured.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

48. Some of those polled may soon be dead.

Trump's con-man act is at work, convincing people he's on top of the system when he's doing squat. He's claiming credit for legislation initiated in Pelosi's House. He's signing something he says is based on a 1950s law giving him extraordinary powers to get desperately needed medical equipment (respirators, protective clothing and masks, testing kits), and then doing nothing with it. He's telling the governors, "You're on your own," and telling people with symptoms they can't get tested while celebrities and athletes can because, "Life's like that."

Four people in one family have died from the disease, and the remaining three are in intensive care. That's not "completely under control." What really irks me, however, is how Fat Donnie is revising history to say he knew it was a pandemic before anyone else.

[KPN]

16. WTF?! We are so screwed. Next it will all be

“the Democrat Party’s” fault for obstructing everything every step of the way. I can hear it now “We had a great plan. Many say it was a perfect plan. I think it was. Yes, we had a perfect plan but Democrats — as they always do — it’s all they can do. They have no plan, they have no leaders, they’re pitiful really. But we’re winning. We’re doing great stuff, tremendous stuff — stuff like no pandemic has ever seen before. And we will win. We will. Already the rest of the world is looking at us and saying great things about what we’re doing. ...”

[Marrah_Goodman]

17. Propaganda works n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

59. Yes it does.

That leaves us with a huge problem as long as we declare lying to be protected speech.

[Miguelito Loveless]

18. Except it is all BS happy talk

and no real action.

[underpants]

19. Trump is going to be strutting like a rooster today

If he hasn't already tweeted about it.

[modrepub]

20. Meh

I'd read this as approval based on his change in demeanor and/or attitude. It's quite likely this is going to go on for a long time. Does this wind up changing people's attitudes like 9/11 did for W? We're going to find out over the next several months. There are more pressing issues right now and in the coming months. Remember, a leopard can't change its spots (and this goes for most Republicans; their "philosophy" won't let them be reasonable during times of crisis). Their actions over the next several months will feed into people's decision come November.

[DBoon]

81. "his change in demeanor and/or attitude." Americans are easily conned

55% will believe anything as long as the person saying it has an upbeat demeanor and attitude.

Incapable of evaluating facts, following an argument, or being able to recognize a con man.

[Texin]

21. "Are Americans dumb enough to believe him"?

Well...if this poll is correct, apparently so.

I'm just gonna chalk this up to people in the flyover states. His base.

[Glorfindel]

22. "The president has passed two coronavirus stimulus packages"????

Who writes this shit? The president doesn't "pass" anything. He either signs or vetoes what congress passes.

We are so screwed, and I'm by nature a total optimist.

[pecosbob]

23. RUFKM?

Absolute horseshit. Poll was probably taken in a Florida Alzheimers ward.

[Nay]

25. Are Americans dumb enough? You bet. nt

[marble falls]

26. Trump bought himself a poll. Try it again after those checks get spent and granma is in ...

a hospital trying to win the ventilator lottery.

[videohead5]

29. It's one poll

They only polled 502 people and I read the poll is rated only a D+. Wait for other polls.

[lagomorph777]

63. D+ !!! That would explain it right there.

Probably a Russiapublican push poll

[videohead5]

64. Look at other polls

It would be reflected in the Rasmussen poll if his polls were going up. Instead Trump lost a point from yesterday 47% to 46% and it leans heavily R.

[lagomorph777]

70. If Assmussen has him at 46%, he's really at 36%. Trump is fucked.

Thanks for the encouragement!

[Cosmocat]

95. No he is not

I with it were not the case, but he is easily over 40%, close to 45%.

[BigDemVoter]

74. Thanks-- I needed that!

[alp227]

66. You're calling ABC News "Russiapublicans"?

FiveThirtyEight grades Ipsos with a B-minus.

[videohead5]

68. I don't know where the D+ came from

Someone on Twitter connected to Mediamatters said the poll was rated D+. It still is not reflected in the Rasmussen poll which was taken at the same time.

[alp227]

67. Ipsos? They're a B- according to 538

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

[samplegirl]

30. He's a liar!!!

Nothing changes that!!! Nothing!!!!

[BusyBeingBest]

32. Fucking insane.

[EarlG]

33. He's been on TV every day giving reassurances that everything is going great

Hospitals are prepared. Everyone is getting tested. Millions of masks are being provided to doctors. Hospital ships are en route to hot zones. There's a "game-changing" drug that the FDA is looking to approve.

It's reassuring to hear. It's no surprise that his approval rating has gone up.

But this is Trump we're talking about here. If what we're seeing him do now falls in line with everything else he's done as president -- which it surely does -- then it's all bullshit.

Hospitals aren't prepared. Hardly anybody is getting tested. There are no masks. There are no hospital ships. There's no game-changing drug that will be available any moment now.

Someone earlier posted about how this reminded them of the Katrina aftermath with Bush going on about what a heckuva job his administration was doing -- it wasn't until the unavoidable reality of the situation sunk in that people realized how bad he'd fucked it up.

[Chainfire]

34. Trump is playing this

like a master politician. It is working, whether we want to admit it or not. Those poll numbers are probably accurate. There is tremendous power in being in front of the people every day, surrounded by adoring professional staff, telling us how to save ourselves and attempting to look presidential. Advertising sells!

Donald Trump will be in front of the people, when this thing burns out, controlling the message and taking full credit for the virus' defeat. His message will be, that he alone, through his genius and courage saved the nation. Biden's message will be lost in the background noise of the crowd cheering Make America Great Again.

The worst part, in the end, as always, it will be the winners who write the history.

[videohead5]

39. Lets just give up then...No way!

It's one poll of 502 people. Wait for other polls to come out. This poll is only rated a D+.

[John Fante]

77. Overreact much?

[KPN]

35. Stop fucking saying tRump passed two large Coronavirus pandemic bills. He didn't

ddo iddly squat. He wouldn’t even personally meet with Democrats. He delayed, obfuscated, whined and yelped about the media and Dems, created racist meme and now the fucking media is saying he passed two huge bills?!!! He can’t even pass a normal turd! Fuck you media!

[Left-face]

36. C'mon folks

How can you NOT think he's the single greatest influence on a virus since the advent of warm, moist environments?
On a side note, one of the football forums I sometimes post to his rabid base has already thrown him under the bus after claiming he knew all along this was going to be a pandemic. That's a base that hangs on his every word and that word was a true whopper and they called him out on it in spades....so there is good news in the world.

[RobinA]

37. Yes and Yes

No doubt in my mind.

[Cetacea]

40. Yes and yes

He smartly used the pressers and crises to appear quasi-presidential. And many voters simply don't follow politics in general. Rick Scott probably advised him. Scott was also a terrible governor who used hurricanes to great optics effects.

[PuffedMica]

41. Carnival barker showman jumps out front and acts like he is in the lead.

Trump is still a stupid, fat, rich guy who only has his best interests at heart. People who are now supporting him are contributing to the destruction of this country.

[videohead5]

42. According to the Rasmussen poll

He lost a point since yesterday and it leans Republican.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Fifty-two percent (52%) disapprove.
The latest figures include 35% who Strongly Approve of the job Trump is doing and 42% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -7.

[ffr]

43. YouGOV says no: 45 approv. 46 disapprove

Link to tweet

[Thekaspervote]

45. Thx for the graph!! The Hill very gop leaning. Of course they're going to say plp approve

[Polybius]

55. The Hill is just reporting it

The poll is ABC News. Not GOP leaning, it falls pretty much in the middle.

[PatrickforO]

47. Are Americans dumb enough to believe Trump?

Oh, yeah.

I mean, look at this poll.

[2naSalit]

78. Among 502 of 'em, I guess so.

That's really small sample size. It looks like comparing Iowa to NH rather than a sample that is more representative of the whole US population... for example.

[old guy]

49. I do not believe this.

That is all!

[Newest Reality]

50. There is something...

There is something seriously wrong with that!

Reality seems to be very divorced from the beliefs people are holding, if that poll is correct.

However, reality and what is actual will win in that disconnect and it will probably be all the more unpleasant and shocking as a result of being so deluded about a crisis.

[andym]

51. Not a surprise-- he's been taking active steps to help with the crisis for about a week

He will get credit for that. He will also get blame for delaying--but many don't understand the damage that his inaction will have caused. Bush senior was a wartime President got very high favorability. I expect his ratings to go up in the short term.

[CrispyQ]

52. If this is true, 55% of Americans are too gullible & ignorant for representative government.

[LuvNewcastle]

97. I'm on the verge of believing that.

If he wins in 2020, I don't think I'll invest much time into politics anymore. I'm getting fed up with stupidity.

[Stand and Fight]

53. LOL... Good grief.

[llashram]

54. well, in college

I took a course called How to Lie with Statistics. Of course, that was 48 years ago. But I remember it and that's why I will discount all this poll BS about Americans and trump and how Senator Feinstein should be Frankenized etc, etc, etc.

[Auggie]

56. They approve today, but that can change tomorrow. Give it time.

[gldstwmn]

57. Wait until the money runs out

and people are sick. November's a long way off.

[SpankMe]

58. In other news, Majority of Americans aren't paying attention. n/t

[Dopers_Greed]

60. I've been warning about this

People embrace their leaders, no matter how evil or incompetent, in a crisis.

He is going to come out strong from this.

[videohead5]

61. It's only one poll

And you think the sky is falling. Wait for other polls. This poll does not jive with other polls. Rasmussen only has him at 46% approval and they lean heavily Republican.

[Polybius]

84. This has zero to do with his approval rating

The question on this poll was how is Trump handling Civid-19. He got high marks unfortunately. That doesn't mean they approve of Trump on other things. He's roughly 43-44% on average.

[videohead5]

90. I know but

People were panicking like it was an overall approval rating.

[Skittles]

98. the man COMPLETELY DROPPED THE BALL

are people more stupid now than when they voted for that ass clown?

[Locrian]

62. if this goes how I think it will....

reality is about to slap the shit out of them.

The numbers are increasing exponentially. We as humans do NOT understand that on a basic level. The cases are following a log curve right now - when the numbers stop increasing by hundreds and go to 1000s or 10,000s, or 100,000s then things will get bad. really bad.

[BamaRefugee]

65. The pollster's car must have broken down in West Virginny so he asked folks to pass the time

[AtheistCrusader]

69. Yes, America is this dumb. A fact we won't be able to deny in November, I'm afraid.

[JudyM]

73. We need to do a better job of owning the narrative. But we've been too busy actually working.

[geniph]

71. *shrug* So, who'd they poll?

What was this, 200 people contacted by landline phone? Without knowing the poll methodology, I'm markedly unimpressed.

[dewsgirl]

76. Bull Shit.

[brush]

79. Unbelievable! Are that many Americans that stupid as to be fooled...

by his sudden change in tone?

[customerserviceguy]

82. The majority of Americans

don't sit around and listen to or watch three hours a day of coronavirus coverage. They can barely make it through the evening news, those who still watch it. They get their information on the fly, or from late-night talk show monologues, and they are not informed enough to realize that there's been a change in tone.

Trump's handlers were smart to get the coronavirus task force to assemble daily with boring Pence as the leader, then when last Tuesday's election left the news, then they had convinced Trump to change strategy on this, and appear presidential in front of that group.

[brush]

85. Right, his handlers made the right call for once. Not for a minute...

did I think it was that orange, dumb ass's idea to switch from calling it a Democratic hoax to saying he knew it was a pandemic all along.

His dumb but cunning ass latched onto the tone-change idea because he somehow sensed his hoax hype wasn't going to work long-term.

Fortunately for us though there are plenty of videos of him spewing the "virus-is-a-hoax" line that we can use for effective negative ads as the election nears.

[customerserviceguy]

86. They found him in a vulnerable moment

Even he couldn't sell his own bullshit a week ago, and the economy is his Achilles heel. They concocted a strategy to maybe pull his ass out of the wringer, telling him that by the election everything would be back to normal, and he'd get the credit for it.

[brush]

89. That's their thinking, but the virus curve may have flattened by...

November but the near-totally unprecedented shutdown of out economy is going to take years to bounce back from. There will still be many shuttered businesses, unemployment, foreclosures, depleted 401ks and even food insecurity—a full-on recession come November, for trump and his handlers to overcome.

[raging moderate]

83. They have convinced themselves the Coronavirus is coming over our southern border.

Some crazy right-wing woman was going on about it today on Facebook. She was ranting about the illegals carrying the virus into our country and taking up beds and ventilators that should be going to real Americans. Trump is a hero to them because he has closed the southern border. In reality, of course, it is Mexico that should be closing the border against US citizens, because, so far, they have very few cases whereas the US has many, many cases.

[Jamastiene]

87. So easily fooled. n/t

[czarjak]

91. "I give it a TEN"

[Steelrolled]

92. No surprise

He is appearing on TV everyday with mainly reasonable people, and there is no *opposition*. It is like 911. It would be politically foolhardy for Democrats to criticize what he has done so far. The press also have to be careful not to come off looking like jerks. I saw some kind of PSA the other day, and if you didn't know him, you would say it was impressive.

We will see how it plays out politically. And compared to the crisis, I couldn't care less.

[Snellius]

93. Much of America feels isolated enough to watch the other half go to hell

Many younger folks just see it as a bad cold. Some just think "glad it isn't us". And for some, like after 9/11, there's the LIHOP crowd who think it's God's scourge on globalist, big-city, left-wing, free-living blue states better off without. Wait until the full economic disaster begins to kick in.

[TheFourthMind]

96. The Hill. That's all I needed to see. Moving on. n/t

[Polybius]

99. They are reporting ABC's poll

It's not The Hill's poll.