Approval/Disapproval Polls

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Jamison2Carter said:
It must be painful to so heavily invest/base your identity on trump's political agenda and at the same time, deep down, realize he's going to drive our country and its economy off a cliff. I can only imagine the mental gymnastics you must be doing, day-to-day, to keep your psyche intact.
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Didn't drive it off the cliff last time (no covid numbers), and voters put him back in office trusting him more than Harris on the economy.
 
Silence Dogood said:
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This has already been discussed at length on this board.

www.nj.com

Total flop: Here’s the instant polling on Trump’s speech

Reception was mixed for a president already with historically bad approval ratings
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Turns out, the Congressional Republicans weren’t the only ones who liked President Donald Trump’s address on Tuesday night — but the results were mixed and deceptive.

On the one hand, according to CNN’s instant polling, only 44% of viewers had a “very positive” reaction to Trump’s 100-minute speech — the longest such address by any president. That’s a historically low number.

In comparison, in their initial addresses, every other recent president did better: Joe Biden polled 51% “very positive” in 2021; Barack Obama polled 57% in 2009; and George W. Bush polled 66% “very positive” in 2001. Even Trump polled 57% “very positive” in 2017.

But nevertheless, overall, 69% of those polled by CNN had a “very positive” or “somewhat positive” reaction to the speech, while 31% had a negative reaction.

CNN says its poll sample is 14% more Republican than the population, which would make the poor showing in the “very positive” category telling while explaining the better numbers when you zoom out.

In CBS polling, 76% approved and 23% disapproved. CBS did not reveal the partisan makeup of its respondents.

The network reported that “most viewers who tuned in say Trump’s speech made them feel ‘hopeful’ and ‘proud.’ Most viewers described the president as ‘presidential,’ ‘inspiring,’ and more ‘unifying’ than ‘divisive.’ A majority also called it ‘entertaining.’”

All this, even though Trump’s approval ratings are historically bad — and they’re likely to get worse, according to CNN political analyst Harry Enten.
 
1moretimeagain said:
This is a poll of people who chose to watch Trump’s speech and thus not a relevant counterpoint to general polling.
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Yep. Shockingly, it turns out that the great plurality of people who watched Trump's speech were his supporters. People who didn't support him found other, more productive things to do instead of listening to his insults and rambling and bragging on himself for a record 1 hour and 40 minutes. And since the CBS poll only polled people who watched the speech, the respondents not surprisingly loved it.
 
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