Donald Trump thinks 52% of Americans approve of the job he's doing. They don't.


(CNN)
On Sunday night, as the political world was wondering whether he might offer a more fulsome celebration of the life of John McCain, President Donald Trump instead tweeted this: "Over 90% approval rating for your all time favorite (I hope) President within the Republican Party and 52% overall. This despite all of the made up stories by the Fake News Media trying endlessly to make me look as bad and evil as possible. Look at the real villains please!"

Which, given what we know about Trump (he is uniquely self-focused) and how much he cares about positive polling (a whole hell of a lot), isn't terribly surprising. The only problem? This poll doesn't exist.

Or, to be totally and completely accurate, neither I -- nor anyone else I checked with -- was able to identify the origins of the 52% job approval number cited by Trump. (The 90% approval among Republicans is relatively commonplace; Trump is one of the most popular Republican presidents among Republican voters.)

I checked all the normal places first. Rasmussen Reports, a more Republican-friendly pollster which conducts a daily presidential approval tracking, showed Trump at 46% approval through Sunday. The Washington Times, a conservative-leaning outfit, wrote about the new NBC-Wall Street Journal poll on Sunday but that showed Trump's approval at 44%.
Then I looked more broadly, checking out the amazing Real Clear Politics polling database. None of the 10 most recent public polls had Trump's approval at 52% (or above 50%). Nor the 10 before that. Or the 10 before that. Or
the 100 before that. (Not kidding; you can see the full list here.)

There are just no recent polls -- not a ONE -- that shows Trump's job approval rating at 52%


https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/27/politics/donald-trump-poll-fake/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp&utm_content=2018-08-28T03%3A39%3A03&utm_term=image

Last edited by Goose (8/28/2018 4:06 am)