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President Donald Trump raged at the political polling industry on Monday, declaring the recent spate of polls showing his approval rating in the low 30s “are Crooked and Corrupt.”
Trump, who has long been fixated on his media coverage, has seen his approval ratings drop to all-time lows in recent weeks.
Quinnipiac University’s latest poll, published last Wednesday, found that only 32% of Americans approve of the job Trump is currently doing, while 58% disapprove. The finding was the lowest approval rating yet for Trump from Quinnipiac.
CNN’s latest Trump approval rating poll, meanwhile, showed the president at 34%, while the latest AP-NORC poll found Trump at 33%.
“My REAL Polling Numbers, not those made up by the Fake News Media, are the best they have ever been, and why wouldn’t they be with the biggest tax cuts and employment numbers EVER, the biggest outside Investment in America in World history, a totally secure Border, a giant Victory in Venezuela, the Denuclearization of Iran, unparalleled respect and success throughout the World, and much more? Don’t believe the Radical Left’s Fake Poll numbers. They are Crooked and Corrupt, just like the Country Destroying Dumocrats are Crooked and Corrupt. VOTE REPUBLICAN FOR GREATNESS IN AMERICA! Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
CNN’s chief data correspondent Harry Enten covered the latest Trump polls late last week and warned it “does not appear that there is a bottom. Trump is heading towards an electoral black hole.”
“I feel like this is like one of those magician’s tricks, right? Where the floor just falls out from beneath you, and that is exactly what’s happening with President Trump,” Enten continued, adding, “Trump’s approval hits record, two-term lows out this week. You know you mentioned the CNN poll: 34%. You think that’s all? How about AP-NORC: 33%. You think that’s all? How about Quinnipiac University? 32%. So you look at them and you get three different pollsters all saying that Trump is hitting term two lows this week.”
Enten went on to add some historical context, “Yeah, OK, so we’ll compare it to history. Let’s compare it to the other presidents who got a term two in the 21st Century. You can see it right here and I’m averaging CNN, Quinnipiac and the AP. approval. 21st century presidents at this point in term two, you average them out: CNN, Quinnipiac, AP, you get 33% for Trump.”
“Obama wasn’t too hot to trot, but he was at least at 41%. How about George W. Bush? The Iraq war was raging on back then during the 2006 electoral cycle, he was still at 38%. Trump is at the lowest of any president at this point in term two for a 21st-century president; you have to go all the way back to Richard Nixon to find a lower approval rating at this point in term two. And, of course, Richard Nixon was resigning in about a few weeks at this point in 1974 not the comparison you want to be making if you’re Donald John Trump,” Enten concluded.
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