President Donald Trump on Wednesday bragged about his approval rankings ― although he’s properly underwater in most polls.
“MY REAL POLL NUMBERS ARE THE HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN,” Trump wrote on his Reality Social web site.
It’s not clear what “REAL POLL NUMBERS” he was referring to, however he’s lengthy been very delicate about his approval rankings ― to the purpose the place he dismisses any he doesn’t like as “pretend.”
He’s even filed lawsuits over some polls.
In actuality, most polls present the president deep in unfavourable territory. He’s at the moment close to an all-time low in his approval score, and near an all-time excessive in his disapproval score.
The newest New York Instances polling common has him with an approval score of simply 38%, in comparison with 58% who disapprove, leaving him underwater by 20 proportion factors.
And on some particular points, he’s doing a lot worse.
A current Fox Information ballot discovered that simply 31% of voters approve of his dealing with of the economic system, versus 68% who disapprove.
As well as, CNN chief information analyst Harry Enten famous earlier this month that Trump is the primary president to ever hit 80% disapproval on gasoline costs.
Throughout his first time period, the economic system was typically amongst his strongest points within the polls.
However that’s not the one topic the place he’s struggling.
The Economist finds Trump underwater on all 5 classes it tracks: inflation/costs, jobs and the economic system, international coverage, immigration and crime.
The identical tracker finds Trump’s approval score is underwater in all however 4 states.