President Trump endured plenty of ups and down during his first three years in office. Just not when it came to polling. The gap between his highest and lowest job-approval ratings is the narrowest of any first-term president in the history of modern polling (since 1945). The levels of extreme partisanship that we have grown into over the past 30 years creates both a higher floor but a lower ceiling for presidents. CONT.
Charlie Cook
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