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Poll: Trump's approval rating makes him least popular first-year president on record

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Poll: Trump's approval rating makes him least popular first-year president on record

By Julia Manchester
The Hill
12/16/17

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President Trump's low approval rating has made him the least popular first-year president on record, according to an Associated Press-NORC poll released Saturday. The survey shows the president's approval rating sitting at 32 percent, while 67 percent disapprove. Trump's approval rating has remained steady in the poll from September, but is down 10 points from March. Another AP-NORC poll conducted this month found strongly pessimistic attitudes among Americans toward the president in his first year in office. Only three in 10 Americans polled said the U.S. is headed in the right direction, while 52 percent said the country is worse off since Trump entered office in January. Forty-five percent of Americans polled said they did not believe that Trump has kept his campaign promises, compared to 23 percent who said he has.
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The least popular first year US president ever. Let that sink in.

Related: Americans pessimistic about Trump, country: AP-NORC Poll
 
Soooo, again his approval rating among those who support him has not changed...

...and yet again someone who disapproves is hyping his disapproval rating.

Yet he remains the President unless removed for "high crimes and misdemeanors."

If that happens...well and good.

Until then? We already know the continued propaganda campaign solidifies a negative rating for people who already disapproved or were undecided.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Poll: Trump's approval rating makes him least popular first-year president on record



The least popular first year US president ever. Let that sink in.

Related: Americans pessimistic about Trump, country: AP-NORC Poll
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According to RCP averages, Trump's approval is at 37.1%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

Seven presidents since FDR at one time or another had a lower approval rating that what Trump does now. Even Obama came close with his low at 38%. Here's the list.

Obama Highest 69% Lowest 38% Average 47.9%
Bush (G.W.) Highest 90% Lowest 25% Average 49.4%
Clinton Highest 73% Lowest 37% Average 55.1%
Bush (G.H.W.) Highest 89% Lowest 29% Average 60.9%
Reagan Highest 68% lowest 35% Average 52.8%
Carter Highest 75% Lowest 28% Average 45.5%
Ford Highest 71% Lowest 37% Average 47.2%
Nixon Highest 67% Lowest 24% Average 49.1%
Johnson Highest 79% Lowest 35% Average 55.1%
Kennedy Highest 83% Lowest 56% Average 70.1%
Eisenhower Highest 79% Lowest 48% Average 65.0%
Truman Highest 87% Lowest 22% Average 45.4%
Roosevelt Highest 84% Lowest 48% No average available as approval ratings began in 1937 and FDR took office in March of 1933.

Trump is unique in that he started off at 44% and has dropped steadily, slowly down to 37%. That's probably because the Democrats set out to destroy him the day after the election. They never gave him a chance like all other presidents up to Trump have been. Look at where these presidents began their first term on the first day in office.

Trump 44%
Obama 65%
G.W. Bush 57%
Bill Clinton 58%
G.H.W. Bush 63%
Reagan 57%
Carter 70%
Ford 71%
Nixon 62%
LBJ 77%
JFK 72%
Eisenhower 69%
Truman 87%

Huge difference between Trump and all the other presidents.
 
Perotista said:
That's probably because the Democrats set out to destroy him the day after the election. .
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I think you are giving the Democrats too much credit. Trump has done more to put himself in negative light than any Dem could.

His performance is no different than his show Celebrity Apprentice with all the has-beens bickering with each other.

Trump fit in well with the likes of Gary Busey and Arsenio Hall.

Send them all back to Hollywood.
 
Perotista said:
According to RCP averages, Trump's approval is at 37.1%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

Seven presidents since FDR at one time or another had a lower approval rating that what Trump does now. Even Obama came close with his low at 38%. Here's the list.

Obama Highest 69% Lowest 38% Average 47.9%
Bush (G.W.) Highest 90% Lowest 25% Average 49.4%
Clinton Highest 73% Lowest 37% Average 55.1%
Bush (G.H.W.) Highest 89% Lowest 29% Average 60.9%
Reagan Highest 68% lowest 35% Average 52.8%
Carter Highest 75% Lowest 28% Average 45.5%
Ford Highest 71% Lowest 37% Average 47.2%
Nixon Highest 67% Lowest 24% Average 49.1%
Johnson Highest 79% Lowest 35% Average 55.1%
Kennedy Highest 83% Lowest 56% Average 70.1%
Eisenhower Highest 79% Lowest 48% Average 65.0%
Truman Highest 87% Lowest 22% Average 45.4%
Roosevelt Highest 84% Lowest 48% No average available as approval ratings began in 1937 and FDR took office in March of 1933.

Trump is unique in that he started off at 44% and has dropped steadily, slowly down to 37%. That's probably because the Democrats set out to destroy him the day after the election. They never gave him a chance like all other presidents up to Trump have been. Look at where these presidents began their first term on the first day in office.

Trump 44%
Obama 65%
G.W. Bush 57%
Bill Clinton 58%
G.H.W. Bush 63%
Reagan 57%
Carter 70%
Ford 71%
Nixon 62%
LBJ 77%
JFK 72%
Eisenhower 69%
Truman 87%

Huge difference between Trump and all the other presidents.
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Eh.......republicrats set out to destroy Obama from about day one. Seems more rabid this year, true. But...the Republican Party is ON RECORD as stating their mission of making Obama a one term president. That's fact.
 
That pesky “Presidential Pivot” never materialized.......


Just heard a talking head on the tv addressing the Omarosa (sp?) termination, the reporter stated that “it might not have been the best idea to appoint a reality show contestant to a senior position in the White House.” Now who could they have been talking about?
 
Crosscheck said:
I think you are giving the Democrats too much credit. Trump has done more to put himself in negative light than any Dem could.

His performance is no different than his show Celebrity Apprentice with all the has-beens bickering with each other.

Trump fit in well with the likes of Gary Busey and Arsenio Hall.

Send them all back to Hollywood.
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Perhaps. But let's look at some presidents approval rating by the opposite party and independents on inauguration day.
Trump Dem 13% Ind 42%
Obama Rep 41% Ind 62%
Bush II Dem 32% Ind 53%
Clinton Rep Rep 33% Ind 51%
Bush I Dem 38% Ind 48%
Reagan Dem 38% Ind 53%
Carter Rep 49% Ind 60%

It's true that Trump is his own worst enemy. His foot in mouth disease and his constant name calling via twitter turn most Americans off except his avid supporters. That in my opinion is a fact. But if you look at the rest of the presidents on the list, at least a third of the opposing party was willing to give the new president a chance. Not so with Trump.

Now we had an election last year in which most Americans didn't want neither Trump nor Clinton to become our next president. Both entered election day with an favorable rating of below 40%. Only two candidate in the history of favorable ratings had a below 50% rating going back to FDR when Pew Research and Gallup started keeping track of these things. Goldwater held the record for the lowest until Hillary and The Donald came along at 43% in 1964 and G.H.W. Bush in 1992 had the second lowest at 46%. Hillary and Trump shattered Goldwater's and Bush's record.

I don't think Hillary had she won would have been receiving a much higher approval rating than Trump. Instead of the Democrats trying to destroy Trump, the Republicans would be trying to destroy Clinton and unlike Trump, the GOP would have a Republican congress to help them.
 
KevinKohler said:
Eh.......republicrats set out to destroy Obama from about day one. Seems more rabid this year, true. But...the Republican Party is ON RECORD as stating their mission of making Obama a one term president. That's fact.
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Very true, at least as McConnell is concerned. But look at inauguration day. Whereas only 13% of Democrats gave approved of Trump or were willing to give him a chance, 41% of Republicans approved of Obama. Quite a difference.
 
Perotista said:
According to RCP averages, Trump's approval is at 37.1%

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html


Trump is unique in that he started off at 44% and has dropped steadily, slowly down to 37%. That's probably because the Democrats set out to destroy him the day after the election. They never gave him a chance like all other presidents up to Trump have been. Look at where these presidents began their first term on the first day in office.

Trump 44%
Obama 65%
G.W. Bush 57%
Bill Clinton 58%
G.H.W. Bush 63%
Reagan 57%
Carter 70%
Ford 71%
Nixon 62%
LBJ 77%
JFK 72%
Eisenhower 69%
Truman 87%

Huge difference between Trump and all the other presidents.
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On his first day of office Trump had a 13% lead on the next least popular president. In fact no other president was at less than 50%. So he was in trouble prior to when "democrats set out to destroy him"

He is responsible for his public perception. He speaks and acts in a way few can admire. He likes Fox News because they gloss over this, and ply him with the constant pats and congrats that he requires. There was a poll released today that showed his latest loss of support is from Fox News viewers. So he is in BIG trouble...not the media's fault, not the democrat's fault...Trump's fault.
 
JMR said:
On his first day of office Trump had a 13% lead on the next least popular president. In fact no other president was at less than 50%. So he was in trouble prior to when "democrats set out to destroy him"

He is responsible for his public perception. He speaks and acts in a way few can admire. He likes Fox News because they gloss over this, and ply him with the constant pats and congrats that he requires. There was a poll released today that showed his latest loss of support is from Fox News viewers. So he is in BIG trouble...not the media's fault, not the democrat's fault...Trump's fault.
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I agree that Trump is personally responsible for the perception a majority of Americans have of him. That perception isn't good. It's his own persona, that of what I call a five year old throwing a temper tantrum via twitter. Gallup had a poll which showed that 65% of those who disapprove of trump do so because of character issues or as I call it Persona. 16% of those who disapprove of trump do on policy issues.

Trump Disapproval Rooted in Character Concerns
 
Perotista said:
I agree that Trump is personally responsible for the perception a majority of Americans have of him. That perception isn't good. It's his own persona, that of what I call a five year old throwing a temper tantrum via twitter. Gallup had a poll which showed that 65% of those who disapprove of trump do so because of character issues or as I call it Persona. 16% of those who disapprove of trump do on policy issues.

Trump Disapproval Rooted in Character Concerns
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If I had been polled I would have insisted on giving 2 answers (and then would have not been included...:roll:) I completely disapprove of his character, behavior, demeanor, fitness for office, etc. etc., AND also completely disapprove of his policies on healthcare, immigration, environment, treaties, tax reform, judicial appointments, law enforcement, Nazis, and maybe 25 other issues. But the character concerns are impossible to overlook.

I think that in the case of Obama and Bush, people may or may not have supported them, but their lack of character was not an issue, so those polled went on to other concerns.

These are not good times for America.
 
President Trump Is Losing the Support of Fox Viewers

Read more at: Donald Trump: President Is Losing Fox Viewers | National Review


Which brings me to those poll numbers. Suffolk University and USA Today released a poll this week, which found that among people who trust Fox News the most, the president’s approval rating has been sinking. His favorability among Fox devotees in June was 90 percent. In October, it was 74 percent. This week? Fifty-eight percent. If that trend continues, he will be underwater with the Fox audience long before the 2018 midterms. You can cry “fake polls,” as Trump often does. But was the same poll fake in June? Or are the same trends that led to Trump’s historically abysmal approval ratings now reaching even the Fox faithful?

This was written by a Fox News contributor
 
JMR said:
If I had been polled I would have insisted on giving 2 answers (and then would have not been included...:roll:) I completely disapprove of his character, behavior, demeanor, fitness for office, etc. etc., AND also completely disapprove of his policies on healthcare, immigration, environment, treaties, tax reform, judicial appointments, law enforcement, Nazis, and maybe 25 other issues. But the character concerns are impossible to overlook.

I think that in the case of Obama and Bush, people may or may not have supported them, but their lack of character was not an issue, so those polled went on to other concerns.

These are not good times for America.
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It all boiled down to two bun choices last year. Two candidates that outside of their avid supporters, the rest of us wanted neither.
 
JMR said:
On his first day of office Trump had a 13% lead on the next least popular president. In fact no other president was at less than 50%. So he was in trouble prior to when "democrats set out to destroy him"

He is responsible for his public perception. He speaks and acts in a way few can admire. He likes Fox News because they gloss over this, and ply him with the constant pats and congrats that he requires. There was a poll released today that showed his latest loss of support is from Fox News viewers. So he is in BIG trouble...not the media's fault, not the democrat's fault...Trump's fault.
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Well said, except that it can't be Trumps fault. Nothing bad or derogatory is EVER Trump's fault.
 
Angelus said:
President Trump Is Losing the Support of Fox Viewers

Read more at: Donald Trump: President Is Losing Fox Viewers | National Review


Which brings me to those poll numbers. Suffolk University and USA Today released a poll this week, which found that among people who trust Fox News the most, the president’s approval rating has been sinking. His favorability among Fox devotees in June was 90 percent. In October, it was 74 percent. This week? Fifty-eight percent. If that trend continues, he will be underwater with the Fox audience long before the 2018 midterms. You can cry “fake polls,” as Trump often does. But was the same poll fake in June? Or are the same trends that led to Trump’s historically abysmal approval ratings now reaching even the Fox faithful?

This was written by a Fox News contributor
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this is GREAT news; the FauxNews crowds' God is now becoming as a holiday fruit cake; avoided & hated .............
 
Captain Adverse said:
We already know the continued propaganda campaign solidifies a negative rating for people who already disapproved or were undecided.
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You know Americans...
We're just easily led chumps who need an enlightened minority like Trumpco customers to help us along.

It's too bad Trumpco bears no responsibility for how Americans react to them.
If they did, then maybe they could take or could've taken actions to change what Americans thought of them.
Alas, Trumpco is poor pitiable victim of the Vast Left Wing conspiracy who control the power of evil electorate. Booo!

For some reason the Vast Left Wing conspiracy forgot to use their control over the electorate to get themselves elected.
hmmm
The Vast Left Wing conspiracy must be playing some of that multi-dimensional chest.

Or...
I guess the other possibility is that bull**** only spread so thin before the truth shines through.
What're the odds that Trumpco, like other politicians, tell self-serving lies?
Certainly, it's more likely that Americans are just chumps under the thumbs of the Vast Left Wing conspiracy than it is that politicians like Trumpco are telling us fibs, right?

Wait a minute...lemme cogitate on the odds again a bit.
 
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