President Trump has never been very popular. Since he took office, there have been only a handful of days on which his average approval rating was higher than his average disapproval, and it’s generally been the case that he’s been viewed more negatively than any of his modern predecessors. …
Though he has been broadly unpopular, it is also the case that his approval ratings haven’t moved much. There have been a countless array of incidents in which a president in another era might see his approval ratings crater, but Trump, as the unique container of the hopes and dreams of the Republican right, managed to weather them all.
That general rule of thumb might meet its match in “fomented insurrection.” CONTINUED
Philip Bump, Washington Post