Rasmussen Poll claims Trump approval at 46%

[left-of-center2012]

What crap. You'd have to drink a lot of right wing Kool Aid to believe that.

"The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance.
Fifty-three percent (53%) disapprove."

[Irish_Dem]

1. If true, America deserves to be a laughing stock. nt

[Cary]

6. Why does that hinge on Rasmussen?

We deserve to be a laughing stock. I don't see any way around that.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Excellent point. We are already a laughing stock and fully deserve it. nt

[underpants]

2. Tweet coming....

[ProfessorGAC]

3. The Question Asked Was. . .

. . .would you approve of the job "it" is doing if the alternative was a zombie Hitler? 53% still said no.

[Yavin4]

16. What about a meth-addicted-zombie Hitler? n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

20. Then It Goes To 55% Disapprove

And only 43% approve. Still 2% undecided!

[LonePirate]

4. His approval does tick up when he stays out of the news, like he has during his Asia trip.

He has largely been out of the news during his trip. When this happens, other factors take over, like the economy.

[Bengus81]

5. Rasmussen? It's a wonder they don't have it at a 75% approval.........

Hell,they could phone up western Kansas and talk to 500-1000 people and get Trump a 90% approval.

[lagomorph777]

8. Awesome news! That means it's really at 34%!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. They had Northam-Gillepsie dead even so there's that.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2017/virginia/election_2017_virginia_governor


Nate Silver suggests it has a 5% Trump lean:

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


That being said I suspect he will get a small bump from his Asia trip, a bump that will dissipate.

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. 538 has it adjusted to 41 - and it is a C+ rated poll

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

But dump's numbers do seem to rise when he is far, far away and not tweeting as much.

We are just not a very smart species these days - easily fooled, easily gaslit, and the media is a normalization machine.

[titaniumsalute]

11. They are consistently polling higher for Trump approval

And again, as said a million times, they are not the most credible polling company out there.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. If you check RCP averages, you will immediately see that Rasmussen is an outlier.

His average approval ratings today are:

Approve: 38.8
Disapprove: 56.3
Spread: 17.5

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

[renegade000]

13. Possible explanation

Rasmussen may demographically weigh Rs more than other firms. Anti-trump Rs are more frequently self reporting as independent these days, leaving pro-trumpers overrepresented.

[MosheFeingold]

14. Likely Voters

It's a different sample. And what matters for elections.

Yes, they tend to "lean" Republican, but that's because Republicans are more consistent voters.

Don't piss on them just because it's bad news. There is no safe space in elections.

[Pope George Ringo II]

15. This is true

But the caveat is that they had Romney winning in 2012. We can't just ignore them because we don't like them, but tt's a fair question how much weight they should get.

[gratuitous]

17. Likely voters and Trump is still underwater

Democrats should be working double time for the next 12 months changing the polling outfits' designation of what a "likely" voter is. A lot of unlikely voters turned out last week and scorched the Republican candidates. We can do it again next month in Alabama.

[Gothmog]

19. Who pays attention to Rassie polls?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. Rasmussen is a robo caller. They only call people with landlines.

Any way:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029837965