A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating among all adults in 48%, while his disapproval rating is 46%. … There’s no doubt now that Trump is experiencing a bump in his popularity following his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The ABC News/Washington Post poll […] Read more »
Trump’s Approval Hits New High, But A Rally-Around-The-Flag Effect Is Small
Asked if he has any regrets about the way he’s handled the coronavirus crisis so far, President Trump said no — and he cited polling to back him up. “No, I think that we’ve handled it really well,” Trump said on Monday. “The American public thinks that we’ve handled it […] Read more »
A Battle Between Lives and Livelihoods
The United States and the world have faced tough times before—deep recessions, stock-market crashes, and pandemics. But never the whole world all at once. I recently recalled the first time my father, an Eighth Air Force B-17 and B-24 pilot in World War II, and I first watched the terrific […] Read more »
What to Make of the Trump Approval Ratings Bump
As the coronavirus pandemic moves into week two, polls (both private and public) are showing a definite uptick for President Trump’s handling of the crisis — and even some movement in his overall job approval rating. … So what’s going on? Is this a short-term rally in a time of […] Read more »
Trump Job Rating ‘Bump’ in Context
Fact 1: Donald Trump’s job rating is at an all-time high. Fact 2: Donald Trump has not received the same approval “bump” as past presidents in a crisis. Recent shifts in the president’s job approval have been met with “either alarms or fist pumps,” as one reporter put it to […] Read more »
Trump is holding his own in coronavirus polling
If you’re one of the 12% of adults who get their political news off of Twitter, you might think that the coronavirus pandemic is the end of President Donald Trump’s political career. He seems to be getting slammed left and right on the platform (and in the media more generally) […] Read more »