Trump approval rating at all-time high

[Bok Tuklo]

Kind of a low bar ...

 

[prometeus]

I always knew that you weren't that bright

Yet compared to you he is like the sun.

 

[eman623]

there were over three million unemployment claims...so many that it set a record...never has there ever been that many at one time....the reality of that hasn't hit the public yet, when it does...when people start losing their homes, cars, getting evicted and so forth...his ratings will sink faster than a rock in a pond.

Don't count your chickens..., Trump hasn't dropped yet.

But it's refreshing to see you declare where your sympathies lie.

 

[Conservative]

there were over three million unemployment claims...so many that it set a record...never has there ever been that many at one time....the reality of that hasn't hit the public yet, when it does...when people start losing their homes, cars, getting evicted and so forth...his ratings will sink faster than a rock in a pond.

So what is your solution? You hate Trump, we get it, what is you recommendation?? you don't have one!! Trump is doing the job for the American people and has over 60% approval rating. You show typical liberal attitude, no solutions, just whining and complaining. That shows just how shallow you are

 

[Atomic Kid]

Approval always rises for wartime presidents. That's what this is, a war. Even I've found myself more inclined to support him, and I'm about as liberal as they come. We need to pull together to get through this.

Does that mean I'm voting for him come November?

**** no.

And those numbers are really very low and not appreciably that much of an improvement for a 'war-time President', or "rally around the flag' national crisis event over his previous numbers. Which under normal circumstances would be significantly higher then what we are seeing now. The confidence level would appear to be rather low.

 

[madman]

OUCH!

Fox News Poll: Biden leads Trump, wins high marks for female VP pledge | Fox News

 

[Jason Warfield]

Good news, not that you'd ever know this from watching the MSM. Ordinary people (at least not those who are not hardcore Democrats or are members of the mainstream news media, but I repeat myself) are rallying behind the president in a time of crisis. 11% of those polled do not approve of his presidency yet still approve of his handling of the outbreak.

I wouldn't count on this to last to November though. As soon as the crisis is over, I would expect Trump's approval to "plummet" (by which I mean fall from 49% to 44%, a 5% drop. It's all relative baby!)

Well...when you appear to give the people what they want in a time of crisis, they tend to look favorably on you...

 

[Jason Warfield]

This is going to make the radical left heads explode!!

Hardly.

We are basically laughing at people like you for the very simple reason that we have been calling for this, and you have been calling us socialists for it...yet, Dear Leader Trump has embraced the definition (rather, your definition) of socialism and has acted on it...redistributing wealth, impacting business via executive orders, etc.

So, tell us radical leftists who are so-called "socialists" why our heads should explode when we got what we want, and the president your idolize had to act in a socialist manner to do it? Please tell us how you are rationalizing this move....

 

[Conservative]

Hardly.

We are basically laughing at people like you for the very simple reason that we have been calling for this, and you have been calling us socialists for it...yet, Dear Leader Trump has embraced the definition (rather, your definition) of socialism and has acted on it...redistributing wealth, impacting business via executive orders, etc.

So, tell us radical leftists who are so-called "socialists" why our heads should explode when we got what we want, and the president your idolize had to act in a socialist manner to do it? Please tell us how you are rationalizing this move....

Good, you keep laughing and keep losing national elections, works well for me. So you are getting what you want?? Great, so is the country

DP and Dollar change
2008 14712.8
2009 14448.9
2010 14992.1
GDP dollars and GDP dollar growth, 487 billion growth is what Trump inherited, what was it in 2017-2018-2019?

2011 15,542.6 +804.4
2012 16197.0 +562.4
2013 16784.9 +587.9
2014 17527.3 +652.4
2015 18224.8 +697.5
2016 18715.0 +487.2
2017 19519.4 +804.4
2018 20,580.2 +1060.8
2019 21427.1 +846.9

Then there is this which Trump inherited and the comparison today. Anyone that claims the GDP growth now is similar to what Obama had is the true hack and totally has no credibility

Unemployment Rate 4.7% January 2017 vs. 3.6% today

Employed 152.2 million January 2017 to 157.9 million today so 6 million job growth from 2008 to 2017(146 million to 152 million) is celebrated but 6.7 million growth I the last two years isn't!! LOL

U-6 in January 2017 9.3% vs 6.9% today? Wow!! 2.4% better U-6 obviously meaningless to you

Part time for economic reasons, 5.7 million January 2017 vs. 4.2 million today? Looks to me that incredible job growth you claim was boosted by part time jobs. Part time for economic reason jobs when the recession started 4.8 million, 5.7 million when Obama left office

African American unemployment 8.0% vs. 6.0% today? That explains the surge in support from African Americans for Trump

 

[buck]

This is totally anecdotal, but there are three people in my life who are completely non-political but who have always been a good barometer as to where much of the public is on a given issue. In the case of this virus, all three are very tuned in and all three have the exact same take. They watch the presidents daily briefings and like what they hear. They then tune into the news and hear takes that completely contradict what their own ears told them. The truth is, Trump is handling this well and thats why the libs are so pissed.

Also anectdotal, but this isn't too disimilar to Dr. karlyn borysenko, who was in the right wing news not too long ago.

A 20 year democrat, who self-admitedly had TDS, voulenteered and donated to democrats. She recently attended a Trump Rally, saw the media was lying and is now a centrist who is planning on voting for Trump in the next election.

https://gen.medium.com/ive-been-a-d...t-trump-s-rally-in-new-hampshire-c69ddaaf6d07

Hard to know how widespread this is, but it seems to be happening fairtly often from what I can tell.

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

there were over three million unemployment claims...so many that it set a record...never has there ever been that many at one time....the reality of that hasn't hit the public yet, when it does...when people start losing their homes, cars, getting evicted and so forth...his ratings will sink faster than a rock in a pond.

You could well be correct.

HOWEVER "The Stimulus" is designed to prevent that happening until at least 15 NOV 2020. Whether or not it will prevent that happening AFTER 15 NOV 2020 is another question entirely.

I did notice that, once the word got out that companies that got interest free loans from "The Stimulus" WOULD be identified and WOULD NOT be allowed to use that interest free money to buy back their own stocks, "The Bounce" that the anticipation of "The Announcement" of "The Stimulus" created slowed down phenomenally.

What happens when the March unemployment rate is announced is going to be interesting, but one thing we know for sure is that Mr. Trump's supporters will deny that, just like the President of the United States of America has nothing whatsoever to do with the DJIA, the President of the United States of America has anything whatsoever to do with the unemployment rate.

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

And those numbers are really very low and not appreciably that much of an improvement for a 'war-time President', or "rally around the flag' national crisis event over his previous numbers. Which under normal circumstances would be significantly higher then what we are seeing now. The confidence level would appear to be rather low.

After a "Rally 'Round The Flag Boys" bounce the average drop in approval rating is 12%. If that average holds, then Mr. Trump's approval rating will drop to around 39.5 ± 3.5%.

 

[Conservative]

After a "Rally 'Round The Flag Boys" bounce the average drop in approval rating is 12%. If that average holds, then Mr. Trump's approval rating will drop to around 39.5 ± 3.5%.

By all means, keep stoking the fires of hatred against a President during these very difficult times all in the hopes of doing what, replacing him with Biden or Sanders? It really is a sad state of affairs when people like you promote continued hatred, politics of personal destruction, class envy, jealousy. Not once have you or anyone else offered solutions or even a viable alternative to Trump as you continue to focus on issues of his personality, twitter postings, unsubstantiated media reports. It would be great if you and others just once would offer your solutions to the problems this country faces and exactly what Trump is doing that affects you negatively?

 

[TU Curmudgeon]

Well...when you appear to give the people what they want in a time of crisis, they tend to look favorably on you...

Indeed, and Mr. Trump ordering GM to reopen its "Lordstown plant" and start producing ventilators most certainly does APPEAR to give the people what they want in a time of crisis.

Of course, once you realize that GM does NOT have any "Lordstown plant", that APPEARANCE wears just a bit thin.

I won't go into any details of how ludicrous Mr. Trump's statement that "major hospitals" have only two ventilators so there really isn't any need for vast numbers of them is, other than to remind everyone that it is a statement that could only be made by someone who is totally out of touch with reality because, even as far back as 2010, there was an average of 10.8 ventilators per hospital (and the total number of ventilators in US hospitals is now around three times as high as it was in 2010).

"Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem." is a fairly unbiased assessment of the situation.

 

[Conservative]

Indeed, and Mr. Trump ordering GM to reopen its "Lordstown plant" and start producing ventilators most certainly does APPEAR to give the people what they want in a time of crisis.

Of course, once you realize that GM does NOT have any "Lordstown plant", that APPEARANCE wears just a bit thin.

I won't go into any details of how ludicrous Mr. Trump's statement that "major hospitals" have only two ventilators so there really isn't any need for vast numbers of them is, other than to remind everyone that it is a statement that could only be made by someone who is totally out of touch with reality because, even as far back as 2010, there was an average of 10.8 ventilators per hospital (and the total number of ventilators in US hospitals is now around three times as high as it was in 2010).

"Trump is finally using the Defense Production Act to make ventilators. But that might not solve the problem." is a fairly unbiased assessment of the situation.

Big massive central gov't liberals and foreigners have no understanding of state and local responsibilities, totally ignoring our Constitution and the basic independence of our 50 states as they are the first line of defense with federal gov't backup.

 

[d0gbreath]

I hope Don doesn't try to keep the pandemic going in order to increase his poll numbers.

 

[itstony]

Wow, a little less than half of Americans support him, that's a win?

 

[Conservative]

Wow, a little less than half of Americans support him, that's a win?

Based upon the 24/7 negative attacks and left wing marketing, yes, that is a win, Gallup has him at 60% in the handling of this crisis and the overall ratings continue to rise. There are about 40% in this country that will never vote for or support anything Trump does so 50% or better is great news especially with the number of true independent support rising

 

[eman623]

One has to give Mr. Trump the credit that is due to him.

Scarcely more than one week ago, the US ranked SEVENTH in the world. Today, thanks to Mr. Trump's leadership, the US ranks FIRST. No other President has ever been so successful in improving the rating of the US in so short a time.

That is due to our large population and the increased testing we are doing now. China pretty much stopped testing after they expelled all foreign journalists. Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to.

But the question isn't how many infections, or even how many deaths. It's the number of deaths divided by the number of infections. That gives you the mortality rate.

 

[eman623]

One has to give Mr. Trump the credit that is due to him.

Scarcely more than one week ago, the US ranked SEVENTH in the world. Today, thanks to Mr. Trump's leadership, the US ranks FIRST. No other President has ever been so successful in improving the rating of the US in so short a time.

China also quarantined entire cities and provinces. I'm sure you would have applauded had Trump declared martial law and quarantined New York City, Miami, Chicago, LA and San Fran on say Feb 20. You wouldn't have called him a dictator wannabe or the new Hitler, right?

 

[MSgt]

Good news, not that you'd ever know this from watching the MSM. Ordinary people (at least not those who are not hardcore Democrats or are members of the mainstream news media, but I repeat myself) are rallying behind the president in a time of crisis. 11% of those polled do not approve of his presidency yet still approve of his handling of the outbreak.

I wouldn't count on this to last to November though. As soon as the crisis is over, I would expect Trump's approval to "plummet" (by which I mean fall from 49% to 44%, a 5% drop. It's all relative baby!)

From your link:

The president received high approval numbers for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The poll found 60% of voters approved of Trump's response to the pandemic. 94% of Republicans approved, along with 60% of independents and 27% of Democrats.

The reason you won't hear anything other than the truth from anywhere outside radical right-wing outlets (which, apparently, isn't supposed to be the MSM somehow?), is that there is nothing special here.

- 60% of voters approve of Trump's response because on March 13, after months of complacency, he finally ****ing responded. His approval rating before March 13 was not 60% when he chose to ignore health officials over and over again.

- 94% of Republicans approve because they have spent years proving that they approve of anything the piece of **** says and does. Proof? When Trump unilaterally betrayed the Kurds, Mitch McConnell and his fellow Senate Republicans condemned the act, ensuring not to mention the piece of ****'s name. In other words, like Germany in the 1930s and like within Stalinism, the faceless something is to blame...not leader.

- 60% of Independents approve because they aren't enslaved to a political party that helps them to a designed opinion. We can call the piece of **** a piece of ****, while not needing him to be a piece of **** in all things.

- 27% of Democrats approve of his response because he finally allowed health officials to ****ing matter. Those who disapprove are weighing that eventual caving in against not only the three months of complacency, but the three years of like-minded idiocy behind it.


* Your article also shows that the "poll released Tuesday by Gallup shows Trump has a 49% approval rating, which ties his highest approval rating from January of this year." Thus, you should not confuse an approval for a specific thing for the overall approval. His highest presidential approval rating has been only 49% with his lowest being 35%. And guess what? The vast majority of that approval rating has been from loyal conservatives who can't cope with the truth. This is why "MSM" and "fake news" and "deep state" comforts.

 

[bongsaway]

I always knew there is stupid in this country, I just never realized how much stupid there is.

Every night I see front line medical workers on tv begging for supplies and yet I'm supposed to think our president is doing a good job?

To me republicans are proving the one point I've always thought the gop was about money. They are much more interested in the economy than in people's well being.

Our governor finally shut down the beaches in florida but last weekend clearwater was packed with kids. Money.

 

[MSgt]

China also quarantined entire cities and provinces. I'm sure you would have applauded had Trump declared martial law and quarantined New York City, Miami, Chicago, LA and San Fran on say Feb 20. You wouldn't have called him a dictator wannabe or the new Hitler, right?

I don't see how. It would be martial law and a great offense to the Constitution. On the contrary, it's you Trump loyalists who would all of a sudden not have a problem with that. I mean, you people are sure as hell clinging to that socialism these days.

And Trump has clearly given you every induction that he would love to be a dictator. Aside from his seeming infatuations with Putin's political longevity and his special bond with Kim Jung-Un, he routinely attacks the media, the judiciary, and has tamed the GOP as if an employee. He has done so while all along preaching about a fantasized deep state and how he alone stands as the vanguard for your freedom. If you look back at so many failed democracies in the twentieth century, you will find all of this behavior.

But a Hitler? Oh, no. Hitler was conniving, scheming, and intent on an agenda that he very much believed in. Trump is just an idiot trying to ever increase the wealth of the wealthiest.

 

[poweRob]

I have a real problem with the education system...

And it shows in your posts.

 

[ClaraD]

Bet I give more to charity than you make in a year

I highly doubt that..