Donald Trump talked about some “great poll numbers” on Saturday, but there was a problem—he didn’t say which poll he was talking about.
He mentioned the poll on Truth Social and said “Thank you!!!” with three exclamation points, but he didn’t give more details.
It would be important to know which poll he was referring to, because the latest polls don’t look good for him.
The New York Times showed Trump has a 59% disapproval rating on average from many polls—up 3% since the start of the Iran war.At the same time, his approval rating has gone down from 41% to 38% during that period, according to the NYT average.
Nate Silver pointed out how bad the numbers are for Trump in a breakdown on Friday, noting his 38.1% approval rating is the lowest of his second term.
Silver’s highlighted his two key takeaways at the top of his Substack post:
After rebounding slightly earlier in the month, Donald Trump’s net approval rating has now hit a new second term low of -20.6. His disapproval rating is dangerously close to breaking 60 percent, while just 21 percent of Americans strongly approve of the job he’s doing.
At this point in Trump’s first term, his net approval rating was 9.3 points higher at -11.3. In fact, Trump’s net approval rating is now lower than at any point in his first term. Back then, he bottomed out at -19 after January 6th.
Meanwhile, CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, made several “woofs” on Saturday while looking at Trump’s top five “biggest drops” in polling.
Enten said Trump has taken big hits on the Iran war and the economy, among other topics.
At one point, he suggested Trump try calling a random American to hear their opinion on the war.Enten said there was a 75% chance the person would tell Trump he messed it up.
When it came to the economy, Enten said things are even worse for Trump.
“I went back through the history books… no president before President Trump had a negative 50 point or worse net approval rating on inflation,” Enten said.
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