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In 47 states, a smaller part of the population now approves of Trump than voted for him

By Philip Bump July 24, 2017

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Donald Trump eked his way into the White House last fall on the strength of 78,000 votes in three states. He lost the popular vote by about two percentage points, earning the support of just under 46 percent of voters who cast a ballot. Since Nov. 8, polling has consistently shown that an even smaller percentage of the country thinks the president is doing a good job. The most recent weekly approval rating average from Gallup, for example, has Trump at 39 percent approval — seven percentage points lower than the support he got at the ballot box. On Monday, Gallup offered a more detailed set of data. Using interviews conducted over Trump’s first six months in office — during which his approval slipped slightly nationally — Gallup determined the average approval in each of the 50 states.

Unsurprisingly, those states that view Trump positively are also among those that supported him the most during last year’s election. Some states stick out, though: Texas, where Trump is viewed net negatively; and Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, the three states that gave him that crucial 78,000-vote margin of victory. If Trump were to win only states where he had at least 50 percent approval in the first six months of this year, he’d end up with 99 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to win the presidency. (As we’ve seen so often before, not many people live in the big states Trump won in 2016.) If he won those where he’s at 45 percent or more? He’d snag 154 electoral votes. In the three states that gave Trump his 78,000-vote electoral college victory, he’s at 43 percent (Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) and 42 percent (Michigan) approval. If he hopes to repeat his victories in those states, Trump will need to see much better numbers in three years’ time.

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Already at the 6 month mark, Trump is losing the razor's edge that provided him the win in November.
 
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All negative Trump polls are fake news! Trump's administration is the best administration in history. Just more MSM/Dem/Obama Deep State lies to cover the fact that Hillary Clinton lost the election!

Sad!
 
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Rogue Valley said:
Already at the 6 month mark, Trump is losing the razor's edge that provided him the win in November.
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Doesn't matter, Trump's support could drop down to 25% and I he could still hold on to the presidency because lack of support for Trump does not equate to support for the Dems. The DNC and Dems have MASSIVE restructuring of its message and procedures and it hasn't even started on them yet. They are already late to the game for 2018 elections and if they stay the course, they will be irrelevant in 2020 as well.
 
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Rogue Valley said:
In 47 states, a smaller part of the population now approves of Trump than voted for him



Already at the 6 month mark, Trump is losing the razor's edge that provided him the win in November.
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After the liberal media mud throwing fest it would be surprising to have seen the numbers of the non voters' approval go up. That would change, if the allegations turn out to have been populist lies. That would undermine The Democrats and could mean that they lose an election they have a good chance at winning, if only they could get their act together.
 
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joG said:
After the liberal media mud throwing fest it would be surprising to have seen the numbers of the non voters' approval go up. That would change, if the allegations turn out to have been populist lies. That would undermine The Democrats and could mean that they lose an election they have a good chance at winning, if only they could get their act together.
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I don't know about that. The biggest losers, according to the pictures, aren't exactly liberal media strongholds. They look more like Fox News areas to me.
 
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Rogue Valley said:
In 47 states, a smaller part of the population now approves of Trump than voted for him



Already at the 6 month mark, Trump is losing the razor's edge that provided him the win in November.
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Hmm... does that buyer's remorse change the fact that Trump is still POTUS for this term? Do you think that these disappointed folks are now suddenly going to "feel the Bern", decide to join the (Hillary/Obama?) resist, resist, resist movement or to vote for some state/local demorat to attempt to "undo" that past republicant POTUS vote?
 
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24/7 negative press, bitching about everything from ice cream, to stairs, to non-existent Russia collusion is going to have a negative effect.

Y'all better hope they can keep it up for at least another three years, because if not, there won't be anything left.
 
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Praxas said:
Doesn't matter, Trump's support could drop down to 25% and I he could still hold on to the presidency because lack of support for Trump does not equate to support for the Dems. The DNC and Dems have MASSIVE restructuring of its message and procedures and it hasn't even started on them yet. They are already late to the game for 2018 elections and if they stay the course, they will be irrelevant in 2020 as well.
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They have Auntie Maxie to come to the rescue.


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MrShangles said:
They have Auntie Maxie to come to the rescue.


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I am pretty sure I covered that by saying "....and if they stay the course, they will be irrelevant in 2020 as well."

going with Maxine will be staying the course.
 
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apdst said:
24/7 negative press, bitching about everything from ice cream, to stairs, to non-existent Russia collusion is going to have a negative effect.
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Yeah its almost as bad as watching Fox News during the Obama years.
 
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Praxas said:
Yeah its almost as bad as watching Fox News during the Obama years.
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At least FNC didn't piss-n-moan about ice cream...lol
 
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apdst said:
At least FNC didn't piss-n-moan about ice cream...lol
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No but they did bitch about Michelle Obama's shoes.
 
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apdst said:
At least FNC didn't piss-n-moan about ice cream...lol
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Hannity did when Obama asked for Dijon mustard on a hamburger.
 
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Praxas said:
No but they did bitch about Michelle Obama's shoes.
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Keep up the warped negative press and calling Trump voters enemies of America and the Democrats will do just fine. :lamo
 
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MrPeanut said:
I don't know about that. The biggest losers, according to the pictures, aren't exactly liberal media strongholds. They look more like Fox News areas to me.
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The non voters were not all liberals or Trump haters many would have been Republicans that didn't feel like voting for that candidate. The liberal ad nauseam junk news is working on those segments of the population. At least the newer surveys have been showing no fall in support by the Trump voters and die people that voted for the woman would not be deserting Trump now. Never liked him, you see.
And it would be this group that would be unhappy, if the continuous barrage of muck turns out to have been a lie.
 
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rocket88 said:
Hannity did when Obama asked for Dijon mustard on a hamburger.
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Hannity is a pundit, not the press. That's what pundits do. How many times have YOU said that Hannity isn't a journalist?
 
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apdst said:
Keep up the warped negative press and calling Trump voters enemies of America and the Democrats will do just fine. :lamo
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Awwwww are you upset because you got shown that Fox News did garbage reporting under Obama. Too bad, are you going to melt? :lamo
 
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joG said:
The non voters were not all liberals or Trump haters many would have been Republicans that didn't feel like voting for that candidate. The liberal ad nauseam junk news is working on those segments of the population. At least the newer surveys have been showing no fall in support by the Trump voters and die people that voted for the woman would not be deserting Trump now. Never liked him, you see.
And it would be this group that would be unhappy, if the continuous barrage of muck turns out to have been a lie.
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Is it possible that these people are watching Trump's actions and deciding that they don't like him? I don't think viewing all of this through the prism of the evil liberal media is an effective way to answer the question. Even if you mash CNN and MSNBC together Fox News beats both of them. Online there is a huge amount of news all over the place for whatever you want to believe.
 
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MrPeanut said:
Is it possible that these people are watching Trump's actions and deciding that they don't like him? I don't think viewing all of this through the prism of the evil liberal media is an effective way to answer the question. Even if you mash CNN and MSNBC together Fox News beats both of them. Online there is a huge amount of news all over the place for whatever you want to believe.
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"Evil liberal media"? Nobody said that. But it is interesting to analyse the nature of the beast and the probable effects it will have. It is like the discussions about homosexuals crowing about the baker. That was so stupid of them that is is hard to believe that they did it. Had the ostentatiousness been somewhat more muted, the blow back would have been milder and possibly later. Trump might likely have not been elected.
 
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joG said:
"Evil liberal media"? Nobody said that. But it is interesting to analyse the nature of the beast and the probable effects it will have. It is like the discussions about homosexuals crowing about the baker. That was so stupid of them that is is hard to believe that they did it. Had the ostentatiousness been somewhat more muted, the blow back would have been milder and possibly later. Trump might likely have not been elected.
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That's an interesting point. I think the secret recipe was the constant attack from the right media on Hillary combined with the attacks on Trump from the left media. It really solidified the "us vs them" mentality that is still pretty dominate right now. My only argument against your first comment is that I don't think liberal media is any bigger than conservative media. Fox gets the highest ratings out of cable news, and internet news allows everyone to escape to their preferred bubbles. Something to keep in mind about the thread topic is that this is just an approval rating. People can still vote for someone they don't approve of if they approve of the opponent even less.
 
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MrPeanut said:
That's an interesting point. I think the secret recipe was the constant attack from the right media on Hillary combined with the attacks on Trump from the left media. It really solidified the "us vs them" mentality that is still pretty dominate right now. My only argument against your first comment is that I don't think liberal media is any bigger than conservative media. Fox gets the highest ratings out of cable news, and internet news allows everyone to escape to their preferred bubbles. Something to keep in mind about the thread topic is that this is just an approval rating. People can still vote for someone they don't approve of if they approve of the opponent even less.
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I think that it was certainly true that Clinton was severely confronted with a number of suspected crimes from her recent and distant past and that it was sad that the administration did not disprove them. Had it, the attacks would have been unsustainable and it might have helped her.

But that was later and incidental to the blow back from the way the liberals had been pursuing their agendas.
 
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apdst said:
Hannity is a pundit, not the press. That's what pundits do. How many times have YOU said that Hannity isn't a journalist?
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Like you don't get upset at liberal pundits.

Where was Trump's ice cream in terms of headlines?
 
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joG said:
I think that it was certainly true that Clinton was severely confronted with a number of suspected crimes from her recent and distant past and that it was sad that the administration did not disprove them. Had it, the attacks would have been unsustainable and it might have helped her.

But that was later and incidental to the blow back from the way the liberals had been pursuing their agendas.
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Obama had a really strange idea that he would try to stay out of all things Clinton in order to seem impartial during the campaign. I mean strange in comparison to what we are dealing with now. What do you mean by blow back to the way liberals pursue their agenda? I fully support the idea that the left didn't expect the cultural blow back it received during the election. I think that the non-PC vote is probably actually measurable. It seems to be the one thing Trump supporting friends and family talked about the most during the election and continue to talk about even now.
 
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