Approval rating amid Ukraine scandal is predictable

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By Eric Black | 10:44 am

... I tell myself that 40 isn’t a good approval rating. It isn’t. It’s bad, but not historically awful for a president, especially one who so frequently flaunts his least approvable qualities. The unusual, almost creepy thing about Trump’s support is that it essentially never goes up or down much ...

... the call stinks. It was a disgraceful abuse of office. It shows thuggish, bullying character that Americans should be ashamed to see coming from their president. And it represents a clear effort to use tax dollars to extort illicit political opposition research from a foreign government ...

Trump cannot seem to grasp how anyone could think there was anything wrong in anything he said. At least he acts like he can’t grasp it ...

A month ago, ... I thought I saw evidence that the tide might be turning ... Trump was down a few points ...

But I was wrong ...

https://www.minnpost.com/eric-black-ink/2019/09/trumps-approval-rating-amid-ukraine-scandal-is-perfectly-predictable/

[TwilightZone]

1. It's down the past couple days.

It hasn't changed much since "a month ago". It's up half a point, likely well within any MOE that applies.

It's rarely been more than a point or two above or below 41% in the past 18 months. It's predictable, as noted, but that's because it's historically stable. The vast majority of people made up their minds about Trump years ago.

"A month ago, ... I thought I saw evidence that the tide might be turning ... Trump was down a few points ... "

No, he wasn't. There's been very little movement since early this year.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/