Rump's Job Approval Improves??!!

[janterry]

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1. from the sewer to the gutter.....quite the upswing!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

2. IKR!!!

[RhodeIslandOne]

20. .....

[maxsolomon]

3. Outrage fatigue

He's doing the things a president does (walking around, looking at stuff, mouthing platitudes), when it recently looked like he couldn't even do that. Kelly has gotten through his thick skull that he needs to do the routine stuff.

People approve in that it doesn't look like America will collapse into Anarchy in the near future, and they can stop paying attention.

Go back to sleep, America. It's only Fascism.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

4. War President is my fear

Some block head in the Whitehouse whispered in his ear that war President can get bumps in approval ratings.

[genxlib]

5. The government response to the various disasters has gone reasonably well.

He will get some credit for nodding along and not fucking it up.

Rick Scott will get the same bounce in Florida. By most accounts, he was really engaged and did fairly well. There are those accusations that the operators of the fatal nursing home tried to call his hotline but I don't think they are sticking.

On that note, I got pissy today when I was out on a toll road this morning. The tolls are still suspended since before the hurricane. Not sure they should still be around here but they are. There was a giant electronic message board saying "TOLLS ARE SUSPENDED BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR" . Like he is fucking paying for them out of his pocket. I was pissed that he was taking credit for saving everyone money when it will really be the State Treasury that will suffer.

[Wounded Bear]

8. This...it's a disaster bump...

It should retreat again as the R's try to screw everybody on healthcare again.

[Hugin]

9. Socialism can make anyone look good. n/t

[genxlib]

11. Exactly

The irony of everyone cheering for "Big Government" is unbearable.

[rockfordfile]

13. Rick Scott has been the worst Governor in Florida history when it comes to the Storm response

[Wiseman32218]

16. No disrespect but I Must Disagree

I live in Jacksonville and any resource we have needed has been readily available. From access to FEMA and other resources have been fine. I could not have expected him to get our electricity on but the people at JEA did the best they could. My Girlfriend left for Tennessee to ride out the storm and on her way back got a flat tire and the road side assistance crew was there within minutes. less that 5 according to her.

[democratisphere]

6. Roughly half of this country is nuts.

[LAS14]

7. He's talking to Shumer and Pelosi. We should be very wary... nt

[octoberlib]

10. Probably because he worked with the Dems to raise debt ceiling plus he

got coverage at a Houston shelter.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Hurricanes are doing more damage to the USA than he is

It's all relative.

[KentuckyWoman]

14. Pushed from the news by Harvey, Irma, Jose and Maria

Once hurricane season is over the crime syndicate will be back up front and his numbers will slide again.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. The approval threads here have always been a waste of time

Monumental waste of time. I warned about it several times.

There was only one direction it could go given big picture logic but the posters who were pushing those threads seemingly had no clue about that, and somehow projected numbers into the 20s.

As always, base probability is hardly a specialty of the populous in general and specifically our party.

It's still okay if Trump remains in this range but we shouldn't kid ourselves that he'll be forever 30s.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. Lowered expectations

[uponit7771]

18. He didn't shit on himself while at the podium so that means he did good to some

[caraher]

19. It's also not clear these changes are statistically significant

This poll does not offer any information on uncertainty/margin of error. My sense from an earlier Nate Silver piece on how they are tracking approval suggests 5% errors would be likely.

It's also even less clear whether there's any real meaning to these polls. The ones that count most tend to be the ones in November, after all!

[Pugster]

21. Only because he made a deal with democrats

Only reason.