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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 09:33 AM Feb 2020

Some of the "journalists" on TV should be called out about this. They continue to tell

us that "Trump's approval is higher than ever".

This is based on ONE GALLUP POLL. Gallup is, I believe, a "B" rated poll and this one is dated AND was "weighted" or skewed by surveying substantially more Republicans than Democrats. The last 538 number I recall had Trump's approval at 43.5 and another poll that came out the same day as the Gallup (sorry, don't recall which) had it as 39!

One has to ask WHY the people who aided and abetted Trump's 2016 election theft are shaving facts for him AGAIN.

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Some of the "journalists" on TV should be called out about this. They continue to tell (Original Post) Atticus Feb 2020 OP
don't forget that we're also in disarray!!!! spanone Feb 2020 #1
They wish. nt Atticus Feb 2020 #2
You know why, profits, profits, profits. lark Feb 2020 #3
Real Clear Politics has his average approval at 45.5% as of 2/7/20. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #4
The Gallup poll they keep touting was taken in JANUARY---the 16th thru the 29th! Atticus Feb 2020 #5
They also continue to tell how Trump won edhopper Feb 2020 #6
CNN and MSNBC have been pushing this all week mcar Feb 2020 #7

lark

(23,097 posts)
3. You know why, profits, profits, profits.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 09:52 AM
Feb 2020

drumpf is chaos and chaos drives ratings, so they pump him up. They want a neck to neck race and will do everything humanly possible to skew things so that happens. Plus the newspapers are owned by rich folks who do advertising for other rich folks and that's where they make most of their money, so again they have a strong bias to call it 50/50 - even when it's not that. Notice how they all talk about nullifying the votes of 63 million folks.. Why doesn't even one of them mention the 69 million people who didn't want orange assmouth squatting in the office. I never heard one mention of us.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
4. Real Clear Politics has his average approval at 45.5% as of 2/7/20.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:17 AM
Feb 2020

In 3 years as President, He has never reached 50% approval. He is not, and has never been, a popular President.

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
5. The Gallup poll they keep touting was taken in JANUARY---the 16th thru the 29th!
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:21 AM
Feb 2020

A lot has happened since then.

mcar

(42,307 posts)
7. CNN and MSNBC have been pushing this all week
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:40 AM
Feb 2020

PBS News Hour brought it up last night.

CNN's own poll showed IMPOTUS at 40% but they ignored that for the Gallup poll.

They want a horse race. They learned nothing from 2016.

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