Monday, June 18, 2018

Trump Approval / Disapproval Update

Eric at Minnpost has some very interesting information here. This seems logical to me, but the Trump True Believers will likely say it is just fake news...
"I’ll just pass along the change in Trump’s statewide ratings in the three states that according to many analysts determined the outcome of the election, the three “Blue Wall” states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, all of which Trump carried narrowly. 
In Pennsylvania, Trump’s approval when he took office was +10. In the latest polling, it’s -4.  In Michigan, it’s dropped 17 percentage points, from +8 to -9.  And in Wisconsin it’s fallen 18 points from +6 to -12. 
On balance, according to 538’s table, Trump’s approval numbers are still above water in 20 states, 12 of them in the south, including the key swing state of Florida, where is net approval has declined from +22 on Inauguration Day to +5 in this roundup." Eric Black
I am very interested to see what happens in November...

Additional Links
FiveThirtyEight overview of the state-by-state Trump approval polls
RCP Trump Approval Disapproval Summary

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trump is at his most Republican when he desperately searches for someone to blame for his policies.

--Hiram

John said...

Hahahahahaha...

I think Democrats do that also.

Anonymous said...

It's like with Obamacare. It's a Republican policy of course, but we certainly take responsibility for it. It's Republicans who run away from it.

--Hiram

John said...

ACA is not a "Republican policy" or they would have voted for it.

Maybe "some" Republicans proposed something similar a long time ago...

But in the end the GOP did not vote to implement it.

The DEMs did however and therefore they own it.

Anonymous said...

Sure it is. All that emphasis on markets is characteristically Republicans. Given our druthers, we would have done something quite different. But that's ok. We passed it. We are responsible for it.

--Hiram

John said...

Hiram,
Whoever passed the law owns it... In this case the Dems.

Anonymous said...

Whoever is in charge is responsible. We aren't in charge anymore.

--Hiram

Sean said...

Just thought I'd check back in. I see the same arguments are still taking place. Let me just say: the ACA isn't the ACA anymore.

Under Donald Trump, the following major changes have been made to the law: No individual mandate, no cost-sharing subsidies, no risk corridor payments, weakened contraceptive mandate, association plans that don't have to cover the essential health benefits, and Medicaid work requirements. This is a Republican bill now, full stop.

Carry on.

John said...

We have missed you.

And I agree that the whole thing is a mess...