New polling makes Trump's claims about his popularity look ridiculous

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New polling makes Trump’s claims about his popularity look ridiculous

New polling makes Trump’s claims about his popularity look ridiculous. What’s the good news for the White House in the Pew Research Center survey? There isn’t any.

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— Cottage Politics (@ongoliard.bsky.social) 2025-08-15T16:23:06.596Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/new-polling-makes-trumps-claims-popularity-look-ridiculous-rcna225218

The latest national poll from Gallup found Trump’s approval slipping to an embarrassing 37%, and a new national survey from the Pew Research Center pointed in a very similar direction. From its analysis:

Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump’s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval stands at 38% (60% disapprove), and fewer Americans now attribute several positive personal characteristics to him than did so during the campaign.

The closer one looks at the results, the worse they appear.

Trump has said the GOP’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is broadly popular, but the Pew poll found only 32% of Americans approve of it.

Trump has said the public “loves” his trade tariffs, but the Pew poll found 61% of Americans disapprove of his tariff policies (which is consistent with several other recent national surveys that generated similar results).

Trump has said the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has helped improve his public standing, but the Pew poll found 70% of the public disapproves of the administration’s handling of the matter, and 63% lack trust in what the White House has to say about the controversy.

Trump is even losing ground among voters who supported his 2024 candidacy: His approval among these voters has slipped from 95% to 85% over the course of the year.

In terms of his personal characteristics, the number of Americans who see Trump as “mentally sharp” has dropped below 50%, and he fares far worse on questions related to his “honesty,” his ability to “keep his promises” and his interest in looking out for “ordinary” people.

What’s the good news for the White House in the Pew survey? There isn’t any.....

I’m mindful of the argument that his approval rating no longer matters, since he cannot legally seek another term, but I continue to

think polls like these are important to the extent that popular presidents wield more power, while flailing presidents wield less.

[Lovie777]

1. More people hate him and the GQP.......................

[UTUSN]

2. K&R

[Emile]

3. I still don't believe he won every battleground state.

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4. We know how these polls effect him, tho...

his ranting and raving about their falseness proves that. If they keep going down and down, we can only hope it'll bring on a stroke. I am interested in seeing just how far down the polls he can possibly go. To me, it says nothing about him but it does say something about the number of people we need to write off in this country when we regain it back again.