Approval/Disapproval Polls

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aGDevil2k said:
RCP jumped the shark on their conservative bent after 2020. Sucks cause I used to enjoy using it.
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RCP has always used GQP polls to skew its average of polls. I use it because it does contain some neutral polls. I just substract a few points from the GQP polls to bring them in line with the consensus polls.
 
Interesting.


Republicans have spent many days trying to marginalize the massive anti-Trump “No Kings” rallies held across the country over the weekend.

They’ve argued the people involved were extremists and even predicted they would be violent (which turned out not to be true). They’ve claimed the protesters hate America. And they’ve argued that the “No Kings” message itself is nonsensical, given President Donald Trump is a democratically elected president who sometimes works with Congress.

Trump said Sunday that the people were “not representative of this country.” He and his team have taken to mockingly posting memes and AI videos with Trump donning a crown — including one that the president shared in which he dumps brown waste on protesters.

House Speaker Mike Johnson added Monday night on Fox News that the protesters’ messages were “completely the opposite of what America was founded upon.”

New polling, though, reinforces how much the thrust of the “No Kings” message has resonated with much of the American public.

In fact, a majority of Americans appear sympathetic to it, at least to some extent. And their ranks appear to be growing.

The survey from the Public Religion Research Institute gave people two options. One was that Trump is a “potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys democracy.” The other was that he’s a “strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness.”

Americans chose the “dictator” option by a strong margin, 56%-41%.

And notably, that margin has nearly doubled since April, when Americans also sided with the “dictator” option but by a smaller, 52%-44% margin.

The same poll also showed a 54% majority sided with the view that Trump is waging an “assault on constitutional balances and the rule of law.” The alternative was that his overhaul of the federal government is “a long-overdue correction of disastrous policies” (43%).

It’s possible to oversell poll numbers like this. Giving people binary choices can inflate numbers by making people choose one extreme or another. People who don’t like Trump but don’t think he’s a dictator might feel compelled to choose the “dictator” option to avoid endorsing a man they don’t like.

But tellingly, the poll also asked people about the strength of their views. Fully 45% of Americans said they “strongly” agreed Trump was a dangerous dictator, and 43% strongly agreed that he’s waging an assault on checks and balances and the rule of law.
 
lawtig02 said:
Interesting.


Republicans have spent many days trying to marginalize the massive anti-Trump “No Kings” rallies held across the country over the weekend.

They’ve argued the people involved were extremists and even predicted they would be violent (which turned out not to be true). They’ve claimed the protesters hate America. And they’ve argued that the “No Kings” message itself is nonsensical, given President Donald Trump is a democratically elected president who sometimes works with Congress.

Trump said Sunday that the people were “not representative of this country.” He and his team have taken to mockingly posting memes and AI videos with Trump donning a crown — including one that the president shared in which he dumps brown waste on protesters.

House Speaker Mike Johnson added Monday night on Fox News that the protesters’ messages were “completely the opposite of what America was founded upon.”

New polling, though, reinforces how much the thrust of the “No Kings” message has resonated with much of the American public.

In fact, a majority of Americans appear sympathetic to it, at least to some extent. And their ranks appear to be growing.

The survey from the Public Religion Research Institute gave people two options. One was that Trump is a “potentially dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys democracy.” The other was that he’s a “strong leader who should be given the power he needs to restore America’s greatness.”

Americans chose the “dictator” option by a strong margin, 56%-41%.

And notably, that margin has nearly doubled since April, when Americans also sided with the “dictator” option but by a smaller, 52%-44% margin.

The same poll also showed a 54% majority sided with the view that Trump is waging an “assault on constitutional balances and the rule of law.” The alternative was that his overhaul of the federal government is “a long-overdue correction of disastrous policies” (43%).

It’s possible to oversell poll numbers like this. Giving people binary choices can inflate numbers by making people choose one extreme or another. People who don’t like Trump but don’t think he’s a dictator might feel compelled to choose the “dictator” option to avoid endorsing a man they don’t like.

But tellingly, the poll also asked people about the strength of their views. Fully 45% of Americans said they “strongly” agreed Trump was a dangerous dictator, and 43% strongly agreed that he’s waging an assault on checks and balances and the rule of law.
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That’s great but it should be 85-15 (or 100-0) that the guy is a dangerous dictator. That a majority don’t see that is disheartening
 
nycfan said:
“… PRRI CEO Melissa Deckman tells Axios that it "looks like political independents are very unhappy with Trump's actions, [with] ... close to two-thirds on many indicators saying the administration has gone too far in its policies,"
  • "That's a warning sign for the GOP ahead of the midterms."…”
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It’s only a problem for the GQP if we have free and fair elections. Unfortunately that will not be the case.
 
nycfan said:
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1. I think that's pretty typical in off years after a presidential election. Much easier to raise money as the party in power.

2. I'm not sure it matters much how much money the national committees have in this age of super-PACs.

3. That said, the DNC is not well-run right now, and if Dems don't get their shit together at both the party and legislative levels, 2026 won't be nearly as good as it could be.
 
Calheel said:
Yeah, I am wondering who are the 15% that approve of Congress. Are these people who just are naturally agreeable?
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I'm sure some MAGAs recognize and appreciate that the Republican majority House and Senate have completely capitulated to Trump and his radical agenda.
 
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