Poll: Trump approval rating hits 50 percent for first time in almost 2 years

[Polybius]

https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/489340-poll-trump-lands-50-percent-approval-for-first-time-in-two

Not sure I trust this poll, although it worries me that Gallop has him at 49%, also from today...

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. SMH

[dweller]

2. give it a week

while the bodies pile up, polls can be manipulated, body count not so much

unless the internets go black ..

✌🏼

[marlakay]

3. He was only 45% on the yougov poll

I took yesterday, i do surveys for them.

[2naSalit]

4. What's wrong with this picture?

Seriously, there is no way unless they are only asking the hostages who show up on stage with the terrorist.

[Loki Liesmith]

5. That's a terrible result for Trump

50% during a rally moment? He looks doomed at the moment.

[customerserviceguy]

11. Wait until the checks come out

I'm sorry to say it, but his popularity can only go up when that happens. If just about everybody loses someone close to them from the virus, it may hurt him, but only if he cannot shift the blame to China.

[Loki Liesmith]

16. Won't move his numbers

[customerserviceguy]

18. Bookmarked for a week after checks go out. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

6. Americans arw still as dumb as they were in 2016.

We never learn. Even when it hurts us we still don't learn. Not all Americans but enough to be a real danger to the rest of us as well as the country.

[SMC22307]

7. People rally around a president in a time of crisis.

Give it time.

On edit: Just found this from Wiki or wherever...

Bush began his presidency with ratings near 60%. In the time of national crisis following the September 11 attacks, polls showed approval ratings of greater than 85%, peaking in at 92%, and a steady 80–90% approval for about four months after the attacks.

[uponit7771]

8. That's a low number for flag rally

[Anon-C]

9. I agree! And I find them slightly suspect; the ground has not settled at all.

One is a Gallup poll and the other is from John Solomon's The Hill.

[ooky]

10. Looks like his approval rating started coming up on Sunday in RCP average.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

He looks as stupid as ever so the only explanation I can think of is the respondents are heavier than usual in magats.

[Steelrolled]

12. It's natural given the circumstances

Going to be a fascinating election season.

[Awsi Dooger]

14. Inevitable but a sickening combination

Stock market still way down while Trump's approval rises.

I've been willing to take a stock market hit to allow Trump's approval to slide. This version was not contemplated

[Steelrolled]

19. Yes, people are more complex than often thought

Social media, and the news media, propogate overly-simplistic models of people's political views and behavior. Things like "stock market down means Trump's supporters abandon him". This is why (IMHO) there are sometimes these shocking results like Trump in 2016.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. Stockholm Syndrome?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Like I said months ago and still have burn scars

win back the Senate.

[Amishman]

17. Corona is concentrated in cities, which already hate him

So those who don't completely hate him already are in areas with low cases, making is easy to believe he is accomplishing anything