GoldenRod
10 years on LIF!
Member since 11/06 26792 total posts
Name:
Shawn
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trump is "winning" at the national polls...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/214322/trump-sets-new-low-second-quarter-job-approval.aspx?g_source=Politics&g_medium=newsfeed&g_campaign=tiles
Averages 38.8%, down from 41.3% in first quarter
Clinton is the only other president below 50% in second quarter
Historical average second-quarter rating is 62%
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Donald Trump averaged 38.8% job approval during his second quarter in office, which spanned April 20 through July 19. No other president has had a worse second-quarter average. Bill Clinton is the only other president who fell below the majority level of approval at a comparable point in his administration.
Most presidents were still in the honeymoon phase of their presidencies during their second quarter, and enjoyed approval ratings above 60%, with John Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower both above 70%. The average approval rating for elected presidents in their second quarter is 62%, meaning Trump's support is 23 percentage points below the historical norm.
From a broader historical perspective, Trump's second quarter ranks 250th out of the 287 presidential quarters in which Gallup has assessed job approval since 1945. That ranking places Trump's second quarter in the 13th percentile of all presidential quarters, meaning only 12% have been worse -- mostly for Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush near the end of their troubled administrations.
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Trump has set new record lows for job approval ratings early in presidential terms, including his initial 45% reading, his first-quarter average of 41.3%, and his second-quarter average of 38.8%. Six months into his presidency, he has yet to register a single job approval rating above 50%, averaging 40% job approval to date.
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At least he's "winning" at being the worst...
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