Trump rebounds after polling slide

[DonViejo]

After months of declining poll numbers, the president's approval rating ticks upward.

By STEVEN SHEPARD 09/20/2017 05:04 AM EDT

President Donald Trump’s summer swoon appears to be over.

After months of declining poll numbers, the president’s approval ratings have stabilized — and even ticked up slightly — over the past month.

Following a low of 39 percent in the POLITICO/Morning Consult poll last month after his controversial reaction to the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Trump is back at 43 percent in this week’s survey. Other surveys show similar results: Trump bottomed out at 35 percent in Gallup’s weekly tracking poll in late August, but ticked up to 38 percent last week. Trump is at 40 percent in the RealClearPolitics average, up about 2.5 points from his low-water mark last month.

Trump’s popularity still remains historically low for a first-year president. But since his August polling nadir, Trump has earned positive reviews for his responses to two major hurricanes, Harvey and Irma. And while polls showed his decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — which shielded some undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children from deportation — was unpopular, Trump’s subsequent nod to bipartisanship by negotiating with Democratic leaders in Congress may have helped stanch the bleeding.

It’s impossible to attribute Trump’s small uptick in the polls to any or all of these events. His recovery is modest at best: His 40 percent approval rating still lags every other elected president in the era of modern polling at this point in their first terms. But the data suggest that Trump, now at the eight-month mark of his presidency, has at least arrested the gradual decline that plagued him for the first seven of those months.

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[underpants]

1. "He is still unable to reach beyond his base.

"There has been some rallying behind President Trump for his handling of hurricanes Harvey and Irma,” said Miringoff. “But his improved standing is seen only among his core supporters. He is still unable to reach beyond his base.”

[Girard442]

2. Natural disasters are almost always a plus for politicians.

It took the stellar political f***-up skills of GWB to actually take a hit from Katrina.

[romana]

3. LOL

The fact that he got a tiny little tick up following two (TWO!) natural disasters, which presidents should have no trouble making bank on in terms of public approval, speaks to just how much genuine loathing there is for Trump out there.

[lunasun]

4. 40% of the people polled

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Then Why The Stupid Article Title, Politico?

"His 40 percent approval rating still lags every other elected president in the era of modern polling at this point in their first terms." Then there is no bounce!

"But the data suggest that Trump, now at the eight-month mark of his presidency, has at least arrested the gradual decline that plagued him for the first seven of those months." No it doesn't. One data point does not make a trend.

Really stupid article.

[Yonnie3]

6. I spoke to a tRump supporter and he says ...

"'people just need to give him a chance, he could do great things for the country." I wanted to say "to do what, blow up the world?", but didn't want to get him going. I simply said "maybe, but he seems to get in his own way a lot." He says, "yeah, Twitter isn't helping him."

He is retired, a Christian (non-evangelical), doesn't seem racist, and goes out of his way to help people. So, why does he have this unsupportable belief in tRump's ability to do good things for the country? Fox "News" is his only source of "news", that's why.

I regularly check out Fox because I firmly believe in knowing what your enemy is doing. Lately there have been more feel good stories about tRump. Still plenty of "liberul" bashing, but more of these tRump aids victims, fixes the economy, fights for healthcare and etc. cameos. I believe that this is the reason for the uptick in his supporters approval. Although approval is akin to support, it is not the same thing.

Edit to add: Article title is total bull crap. A few points is not a rebound, it is almost in the noise.