Trump highest approval on 538....45.8%

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

[mucifer]

1. Disapproval only at 50%???? Jeez!

[mzmolly]

2. Mass death and crashing the economy increased approval?

American's are gluttons for punishment it seems?

Stockholm Syndrome on a mass scale...

[a kennedy]

8. I do NOT understand this shit.......what in gawd's name does he have to do???

A freaking pandemic, an economy that will take years to recover from, I mean seriously he should be in the dump of approval.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Still Under Water

Aggregated numbers, even using Silver's questionable weighting factors, have him at -4.1%.

[tman]

4. Far too high when his ineptitude is on full display.

And it's probably the blue states bringing him down.

In the swing states it probably evens out.

November will be a close race. Waiting for trump to implode is not an option.

[unblock]

5. Really remarkable how the media covers this consistently loathed president

You never see the media portray him anything worse than "controversial".

But he's the most consistently unpopular president ever. His disapprovals are higher than his approvals for his entire presidency other than a few days right after inauguration, shortest and lamest "honeymoon" ever.

The media constantly called Obama unpopular. but Donnie's numbers are way worse, and they never call him that.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. False stats based on "rally 'round the flag" mentality during a crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rally_%27round_the_flag_effect

The rally 'round the flag effect (or syndrome) is a concept used in political science and international relations to explain increased short-run popular support of the President of the United States during periods of international crisis or war.[1] Because rally 'round the flag effect can reduce criticism of governmental policies, it can be seen as a factor of diversionary foreign policy.[1]

[Newest Reality]

7. Geez!

Rally round the flag?

His approval rating should be:

President - -5000%

Dictator Quotient - Looks like one to me so far = + 90%

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Also...

...all of the last 10 presidents had high ratings at the same point in their first term. All 10.

[Loki Liesmith]

10. Lol that's hilarious

[uponit7771]

11. That's still horrible, Bush 2 had 90% after 9/11 ... Flag rally should last a couple of months

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. So it's bad for trump is what you're saying. Good

[uponit7771]

14. Yes, relatively speaking Red Don should be in the low 70s minimum. I think that's what Carter ...

... got.

[Vinca]

13. You've really got to wonder who the hell thinks he's doing a good job. They

must have people keeling over all around them whoever they are. I don't get it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Thought I read % of Bernie supporters moved to trump?