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Historical Comparisons Not Favorable for Trump
At 42%, Trump's latest job approval rating continues to lag behind ratings of his recent predecessors who were successful at winning a second term; it still runs slightly ahead of the approval ratings for unsuccessful incumbents.
In early September of their reelection years, Barack Obama had a 49% approval score, George W. Bush was at 52%, Bill Clinton at 60% and Ronald Reagan at 57%.
Both recent incumbents who lost had less than 40% approval: George H.W. Bush at 39% and Jimmy Carter at 37%.
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With less than 50 days remaining before Election Day, Trump's job approval rating continues to fall well short of the 50% threshold that has historically been associated with incumbent reelection.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/320303/trump-stuck-42-job-approval.aspx
still_one
(92,131 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,706 posts)And a loser in November.
The Dump trump train as left the station!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Looks like most of it's going for yachts and luxury cars for his campaign staff and his family.
dubyadiprecession
(5,706 posts)The frequency of his tv campaign ads seem to equal Bidens.
spanone
(135,822 posts)edhopper
(33,568 posts)see what we see and still support this Orange Shitpile.
Hero57
(39 posts)They may not like Trump but they think Democrats are worse so they will hold their nose and vote for him. Trumps cult base is really like 35%.
TwilightZone
(25,462 posts)This is particularly true in rural areas, especially in the Upper Midwest and the South, though really applicable everywhere. The diehard partisans will always insist that the Democratic alternative is worse.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)national support shows trump being over the low 40's is 100% suspect