Over the last year and a half, there have been three things one could say about Donald Trump’s standing with the public, depending on which aspect you wished to emphasize:
(1) Trump is not very popular.
(2) Given his scandals and wildly unpresidential conduct in office, Trump is surprisingly popular.
(3) Given the public’s view of the economy, which is highly positive, Trump is extremely unpopular. …But beneath all these points, there is another question that has not yet been answered: Why is the public so positive about the economy in the first place? …
Polls of public opinion show that perceptions have not changed because of any change in conditions. Instead, public opinion flipped immediately following Trump’s election: CONT.
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine