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applegrove

(118,022 posts)
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 08:59 PM Jan 2019

Pelosi's Popularity Is Surging and Tops Trump's For the First Time

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/01/06/pelosis-popularity-is-surging-and-tops-trumps-for-the-first-time.html

By Leo Vidal at PoliticusUSA

"SNIP....

After two weeks of the federal government being shut down, President Donald Trump is now less popular than new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

The results came from a new Gallup poll which found that Pelosi has a favorable rating of 38% and an unfavorable rating of 48%, a gap of 10 points. However, Trump has a favorable rating is 40% compared to an unfavorable rating of 58%, a gap of 18 points.

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She's just going to climb. So glad dems did not ditch her when the trolls came out to spread hate of her.
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Pelosi's Popularity Is Surging and Tops Trump's For the First Time (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2019 OP
women will always have it worse. I read that kellyanne Conway had the lowest ratings among JI7 Jan 2019 #1
Comparing a Congressperson's approval rating to a POTUS's is apples and oranges RockRaven Jan 2019 #2
as my dad would say, 'that'll fry his ass' spanone Jan 2019 #3
Kick and rec. Kingofalldems Jan 2019 #4
hahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahhahahhahahahha... fierywoman Jan 2019 #5
A great American, I look forward to ALL members of this forum agreeing. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #6
Wow. Gives me hope. nt SunSeeker Jan 2019 #7

JI7

(89,182 posts)
1. women will always have it worse. I read that kellyanne Conway had the lowest ratings among
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:01 PM
Jan 2019

those in the administration. she deserves life ratings but it makes no sense to be lower than trump.

RockRaven

(14,784 posts)
2. Comparing a Congressperson's approval rating to a POTUS's is apples and oranges
Sun Jan 6, 2019, 09:14 PM
Jan 2019

Because POTUS is elected by all people, and any individual Congressperson is not. Most people have no personal voting history with any individual Congressperson they are polled on, but they did vote for or against the POTUS (assuming, obviously, they voted at all). Ergo the POTUS approval rating has a much higher floor because of many respondents' self-identities and egos being tied up in the POTUS they voted for. Saying they did not approve of POTUS would be akin -- at least subconsciously -- to admitting a mistake or forsaking their party identity. People are loathe to do either of those things.

The fact that she is rated so highly is great, but when/if she ceases to be, it is not really a big deal, and doesn't say anything interesting about whether people prefer her policies or Trump's policies.

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