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January 20, 2019 at 8:10 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Bruce Gyory: Trumps job approval rating is down to 31 percent among independents in Gallup. His approval ratings in Rasmussen are down from the 48-49 percent range of late last year to the 43-44 percent level of the past week or so. The Marist data for PBS shows a drop of 10 percent in job approval among Republicans and a decline of 11 percent among white evangelicals and 17% among suburban men.
And Trump continues to enrage the Dem base while this erosion in his base continues to progress. Blue collar white men being turned off from Trump shouldnt surprise anyone, for they know the difficulty of living paycheck to paycheck. This, plus the skew of the tax cut package, spells political trouble for Trump long term, especially if a slow down, much less a recession, looms in 2020.
As an aside, its fair to ask why hasnt this decline in the polls registered more with pundits and pols. I wonder if its because Gallup is not doing daily tracking polls anymore? In any case, Trumps decline in the polls is significant precisely because slow declines are like weight gain. The quick gain of 5 pounds on a vacation can be easily shed. The slower gain of 10 pounds over a long winter can be brutal to reverse. As can the slow and steady erosion of your political standing.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)Federal workers. Many of his supporters don't won't a freaking wall.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)When it gets below 10% I'll feel better about my fellow Americans.
WhiteTara
(29,704 posts)I don't understand. They keep saying he's losing support but the number remains the same, or almost? Maybe I'm misunderstanding and it is 31% overall, which would make me feel somewhat better; but, 43% depresses the hell out of me.
ProfessorGAC
(64,995 posts)Then recalculate.
It's still too high but that outfit is an arm of the RNC!
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)That's even more depressing.
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)The parties dance around 35-40% support each. It's the independents that often determine who gets elected. As more and more independents turn away from Repubs, Dems get more support.
Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)This POtuS is such an obvious abomination. He gets far too much "approval."
Wounded Bear
(58,647 posts)The Repubs have sold out to Trump.
Martin Eden
(12,863 posts)In years past, leaning right instead of left was (for want of a better term) normal.
Trump should not be considered "normal" to independent voters, even though the Republican Party has embraced Trump.