New AP Poll on Trump's performance: 60% disapprove, 43% disapprove STRONGLY

[Miles Archer]

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new AP Poll on how Americans view Trump’s performance as president:

—38% approve, 60% disapprove

—18% approve STRONGLY, 43% disapprove STRONGLY

8:10 AM - 24 Aug 2018

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[Eyeball_Kid]

1. He's so sick of winning... n/t

[spooky3]

2. So, an A+, right?

[still_one]

3. 38% have no problem approving a racist, bigot, sexist, who compromises national security to a

foreign power, because those issues are more important to them.

Regardless, how one looks at this poll, and it is good more disapprove, that 40% of the populous actually approve should be a concern for everyone

[Martin Eden]

6. 40% approval is appalling, and a huge concern

A democracy is only as healthy as the electorate, and far too many American voters are afflicted with an illness which is very difficult to cure.

Trump is a symptom, not the disease.

[still_one]

8. You are so right

[lunasun]

11. +Correct & if not trump, will the 40% conglomerate in the future for some other/worse person ? Their

reasons for supporting trump since before the election are varied, but let's face it some core normal reasoning/ character is missing and they were aptly named a basket of deplorables imo

Concern that they can continue to amass once he as a figurehead is gone is real and it's not all over with trump gone.
I always heard for years before trump these kind ,all this , will die out soon but look at the marches, some churches , and the support drummed up on college campuses and in rural sections - it's multi generational and very active and make up at minimum a third of voters

[bearsfootball516]

4. I wonder if this poll was done before or after the Manafort/Cohen stuff happened.

[mucifer]

5. Conducted August 16-20 . manafort and cohen went down on the 21st!!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

7. Back under 40%......

If Trump's job approvals keep dropping as more damaging revelations come out regarding the Cohen case, Republicans will have trouble defending their seats and Trump as well.

Then there is the 2nd Manafort trial that is more Russia related.

[Grammy23]

9. We also have to remember that a fairly large portion of the population

Is not tuned into the news 24/7. They get their information in dribs and drabs, a little on the news, some from headlines and over the water cooler. So their in-depth knowledge about what is really going on day to day with tRump is limited. Once things get out with Mueller’s investigation and various court cases get decided, I think we will see a big shift in support away from tRump. As more of the unsavory stuff is made public (another pay off, an unacknowledged child resulting from an affair) things are going to get more and more difficult for tRump. And how long before Melania gets fed up enough to leave him? Can they keep that a secret? Not for long, I’ll Bet.

So the numbers on the polls don’t surprise me yet. As long as they are trending downward, I will accept that. Once they find out how morally bankrupt their King is, most will leave him and deny they ever voted for him. A small, hardened core (like the center of a blackhead) will stay with him to the bitter end. He will cling to them, too, as he struggles to stay relevant. It won’t help him, but he will try.

[Uncle Joe]

10. It matches up closely to the Manafort conviction %

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer.