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Yonnie3

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4. A change in a poll approximately equal to the margin of error isn't a plunge,

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 01:03 PM

Oct 2017

as much as I'd like it to be.

A plunge would be seeing all polls go down 10%. As others have commented, I am dismayed that his approval rating is so high. fivethirtyeight.com's voter/likely voter aggregate show tRump's approval near 40%. What is wrong with the electorate?

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Donald Trump's Approval Rating Plunges As Popularity Nears All-Time Low In Latest Polls [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

Well at least cilla4progress Oct 2017 #1

Not really, it's still stupidly high and it's not really a drop from what OliverQ Oct 2017 #2

I'm looking for Nixon's low of 24%. I think that is the bottom. stevenleser Oct 2017 #10

How can it be above 2%? world wide wally Oct 2017 #3

A change in a poll approximately equal to the margin of error isn't a plunge, Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #4

Noticed the same stats. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #5

Might have to do with how closely they are tracking tRumps behavior, too. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #6

Polling is suspect at best. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #7

You touched on several of the points I was taught Grammy23 Oct 2017 #8

This weeks blunders will hopefully lower the rating even more. ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #9

Trump's ceiling and floor has always been somewhere in the 30s. Garrett78 Oct 2017 #11