Gallup: Trump now at 40% approval, 55% disapproval

[highplainsdem]

http://www.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx


Editing to add this, for comparison, from ABC's Matthew Dowd:

Link to tweet

Update after 3 weeks of Presidency(net job approval Gallup):
Trump -15
Obama +43
BushW +32
Clinton +17
Bush +49
Reagan +38
Is this winning?

[lame54]

1. Still too F---ing low

[unblock]

2. astounding that it seems 40% will stand by him virtually no matter what.

sure, it takes nonstop brainwashing, but still....

[TrekLuver]

4. Another 10% who doesn't even know what the hell is going on will eventually peel off I believe.

[BannonsLiver]

7. Agreed

I think the core of his support is around 25 percent of the electorate. Those are the ones willing to die for him. The true believers.

[Big Blue Marble]

12. I think you are right.

At the time of his resignation, Nixon held on to about 25% support.

His drop that low may take longer than we would like as, his support will be
shored up by the right wing media.

[snort]

18. Say, would you please let your owner know

that its a great idea to hammer barbiturates while drinking? Thx!

[alfredo]

24. In John Dean's book, "Conservatives without Conscience",

He stated that the authoritarian population stood at about 20 - 22% in America. That was during the Bush regime.

[Dave Starsky]

42. 21% of US adults read below the 5th grade level.

So these numbers don't surprise me.

[alfredo]

49. Including Cheeto in chief

[JDC]

22. Agreed

Great handle.

[Doitnow]

20. Mobsters stick with each other-----until some don't.

[uponit7771]

50. +1

[skwira001]

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[pinboy3niner]

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He posts here occasionally.

Welcome to DU!

[underpants]

52. I didn't know that n/t

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[librechik]

55. welcome!

I'm Audible reading your new Trump book. Excellent as usual.

[niyad]

57. wow--welcome to DU!!

[NotThisTime]

5. Obama's getting great support out of this even BushW, who'd have ever thought that would happen....

[enough]

6. Interesting that the guy with the highest rating, Bush1, ended up a one-term

President.

[struggle4progress]

8. "Bad poll. Sad. Very bad. Ask real Americans. Our actual approval? A record high!

We're even more popular than any two Corinthians. Very popular. Incredibly popular. What's the problem? I'll tell you. Illegal aliens and so-called judges. Why ask them? That should be against the law."

[workinclasszero]

10. It will get lower

for the Dumpster, have no fear!

[stevepal]

13. I'd like to see Bernie in this poll.

[mwooldri]

16. I guess Bernie 2020? A clear vision for America? nt

[TomCADem]

19. If Trump's Econ Policies Work, Bernie Can Claim Credit...

...given that the central plank of Bernie's economic policies was to campaign against TPP.

[ProfessorGAC]

46. No It Wasn't

And you know that!

[TomCADem]

48. It Was Hard to Tell From the No TPP Chants at the DNC Convention...

...but I guess that did not happen either. My point is that Bernie should claim credit for the prosperity that might result from Trump's protectionist policies. It was the centerpiece of his campaign to the extent that TPP was often raised during the DNC by protesters.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-07-26/quicktake-q-a-why-democrats-are-chanting-no-tpp-at-convention

Why Democrats Are Chanting ‘No TPP’ at Convention

At first blush, the "No TPP" signs at the Democratic National Convention might suggest some kind of derogatory adjective being applied to the Trump-Pence Republican ticket. In fact, Democrats waving those signs are rallying against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal that has driven a wedge between many Democrats and their president, Barack Obama. The animosity is a reminder of how difficult it will be for Obama to win congressional ratification of the trade deal before he leaves office in January 2017. With Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a late convert to the TPP opposition -- and her running mate, Tim Kaine, an even later convert -- it seems clear that the next president will be, at the very least, less of a TPP fan than Obama is.

[randr]

14. Once he drops below 38%

His support in Congress will evaportate

Below 30% all he has left are the hard core Right Wing Christianic Terroristic thinking morons.

[Eyeball_Kid]

35. You're right, IMO. GOPers are watching the numbers to determine when they can use

political capital to go against the Trumpy. 39% is an attractive number. Anywhere in the 30s makes it tempting.

[kydo]

43. But, but ... aren't those the ones IN Congress now? nt

[lambchopp59]

15. 40 percent of this country's population need cult deprogramming.

Even in the light of Fox Noise's recent criticisms of the Donald, they, in part, created the monster that is now our governing body.

[Martin Eden]

17. Yep -- 40% approval is alarmingly high

and frightening

[Alice11111]

31. Agree. What do you suggest??? As he said, he could shoot someone on 5th Ave, and that was BEFORE

he was Prez. Now, he can kill lots of people, or let it happen. I see this core that will stick to him no matter what. I agree they have been programmed by Fox news and such to vote against and act against their own self interest. They hate Dems and liberals that much. Hate. They HATE HILLARY. They would be gleeful to see her drawn and quartered. They meant it," Lock her up." Maybe they all need lobotomies.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. tRump-Bannon Exec Orders are Shock & Awe. Womens March is progressive Shock & Awe.

If these poll numbers are any indication, then women and progressives and liberals and Democrats are winning. Well, they certainly are a true indication because 1) Other polls are consistent (though less disapproval), and 2) This is the third week this Gallup poll has tRump under water.

Resistance is not futile, it is utile. Persistence is holding the line and winning some battles.

[Takket]

23. it is profoundly horrifying to think if i choose a random group of 10

that 4 of them are actually happy with what they are seeing from Trump.

[HopeAgain]

26. Mostly males that support him, I assume...

and white, and probably over 35. I'm starting to hate my own demographic...

[charlyvi]

30. LOL!

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Don't you get frustrated and a little bit embarrassed and ashamed when all these polls say our demographic is strongly Republican. I'm over 65 and that demo is supposedly Republican all the way, even the women. What the fuck is wrong with our age groups?

[Alice11111]

32. I never got that. 60ish are the boomers. Marched for women's rights, Civil rights. There must be a

Hidden Duck Dynasty contingent.

[charlyvi]

38. I think it's that old "Silent Majority" demo

They outlived most of us.

[Eyeball_Kid]

36. Remember that folks now in our age group DIDN'T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30?

We viewed our generation as a break from the stodgy, right wingers who were our parents' age.

Now look what happened. The folks in our age bracket have changed into our parents' political perspectives. They never die off. More are created along the way! Arrgh!

[charlyvi]

39. They are assimilated

like the Borg.........I guess we were smoking dope somewhere when it happened.

[Alice11111]

41. LOL. That's about as good as any other explanation I've heard

[uponit7771]

51. Don't, 6 months of the last 3 weeks and everyone but the hardcore will be letting their pride go

[n2doc]

25. There are likely a solid 20-25% who will support him no matter what

W's solid support was about 30% no matter how much he screwed up. These folks don't listen to anything but hate radio and Fox News. They will go to their graves believing that Trump has made everything wonderful. Even as the country crumbles around them.

[ProudLib72]

27. Do the 40% who approve

just not look at any news source?

[MFM008]

28. faux news

Alex Jones............................so they will believe anything.

[Chitown Kev]

29. I want to see the various demographic and geographical distributions

on these numbers.

Those stats were readily available in the "Presidential Job Approval Center" under Obama but are no longer...where are these numbers coming from?

[anneboleyn]

33. I love how NOBODY working for SCROTUS ever mentions his terrible numbers. Nobody.

[democratisphere]

34. drumpf is The Biggest Loser.

With much more losing to come!

[simguy225]

37. I think his honeymoon

ended the day after Election Day, when some idiots sobered up.

[eleny]

40. Yep. He's taken a dive into the toilet. *ploink*

Welcome to DU!

[simguy225]

47. Thank you

[logosoco]

44. I'd take a job on the WH staff if my duty included telling him this news!!!nt

[Doodley]

45. This is only one poll, but it is showing a trend. When his average poll is in the 30s, the knives

in the GOP will be out and his far right agenda will be difficult to implement.

[Kablooie]

53. Rock bottom is if he gets to 72% disapproval.

There will always be at least 28% of imbeciles that will remain supportive of any issue no matter what it is.

[Honeycombe8]

56. So the 40%...is that who voted for him? Or...

Or have some Trumpers gone to the dark side of disapproval, now?

[StevieM]

58. He has been at 40 percent for three straight days. These are very bad numbers.

The man is a disaster as president. He usually doesn't know what he is doing and when he does it is even worse.