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ffr

(22,670 posts)
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:32 AM Jan 2019

Trump has the worst approval rating of any president in 72 years



A new poll from ABC News/Washington Post shows Trump with an average approval rating of 38 percent during his first two years in office. That is 23 points lower than the average approval for the 12 presidents before him, 61 percent, going back to 1945 — when the first approval polls for U.S. presidents were conducted.
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Trump has never had the support of a majority or even a plurality of voters.

His approval has never risen above 50 percent, while his disapproval has remained at 50 percent or higher for the bulk of his presidency. - Shareblue
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Trump has the worst approval rating of any president in 72 years (Original Post) ffr Jan 2019 OP
You know what this tells me? ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #1
Good analysis. ffr Jan 2019 #6
The point was slavery Major Nikon Jan 2019 #13
Gosh, that's a shock. Liberal In Texas Jan 2019 #2
he should have.. I'm amazed Cha Jan 2019 #3
And Fox "News" outright lying day in day out mahina Jan 2019 #11
Exactly.. "fox". Cha Jan 2019 #12
Wave your little fist all you want asshole lunatica Jan 2019 #4
Aside from the wrinkles and liver spots. Grokenstein Jan 2019 #10
It's the worst ever, since they've only been doing approval polls for 72 years. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #5
Oh, you caught that! ffr Jan 2019 #7
Yes, when I read 72 years, I wondered who people thought was worse. Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #8
Of course he does. He lost the popular vote by 4 million votes. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #9

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
1. You know what this tells me?
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:37 AM
Jan 2019

It tells me that our election system is crap! It tells me there is out of control gerrymandering, voter suppression, and rigged machines. It tells me that we need an immediate overhaul of the system.

Remember when there were a few people in the electoral college who said they would vote against their states' results? I think one or two actually did, and they were fined. What the hell is the point of having an antiquated system if the first time it is ever put the a real test it fails miserably?

Cha

(297,304 posts)
3. he should have.. I'm amazed
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:42 AM
Jan 2019

that he does. What with all the normalizing by m$m and obfuscation.. and freaking gaslighting.

mahina

(17,668 posts)
11. And Fox "News" outright lying day in day out
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:31 AM
Jan 2019

It’s amazing he is legally able to lie like that. Aloha Cha.

Liberty Belle

(9,535 posts)
8. Yes, when I read 72 years, I wondered who people thought was worse.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 02:55 AM
Jan 2019

Then read more and found out nobody was worse than Trump.

SunSeeker

(51,571 posts)
9. Of course he does. He lost the popular vote by 4 million votes.
Sat Jan 26, 2019, 03:11 AM
Jan 2019

He got into office with the help of our foreign adversary. He has no legitimacy. And, in the words of his Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, he is a "terrible human being."

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