The real political story - President Trump's ratings and how they compare to Pelosi & Schumer
Bottom Line: This is a weekly story to get a reality/temperature check regarding what's really going on with public opinion of the President and our view of the direction of the country. First here's the high point, low point and current ratings for President Trump...
- Trump's lowest ratings: 37% approval (8/4/17)
- Trump highest approval ratings: 45% approval (1/27/17)
- Trump's current ratings: 44% approval
President Trump’s approval rating is steady this week and within one point of his highest overall average approval rating. A week ago, the rumors were running rampant that the Mueller investigation might be wrapping up. As we’ve seen the rumors remain just that. Other than the Manafort sentencing memo of greater than 800 pages – there's been nothing from team Muller.
After the side show from Cohen and a no go with NOKO we’ll see what comes next for the President over the next week or so. There are still many moving pieces in Washington – non the least of which is the new/old AG who’s just getting re-acclimated to his old job. Standby for news.
As has also been the case throughout his term thus far, the more informed and engaged someone is politically – the more likely they are to approve of President Trump.
- Adult only samples averaged: 41%
- Registered voters: 44%
- Likely voters: 49%
If he maintained this rating into the next cycle, he’d be the prohibitive favorite to win re-election. What you never hear reported are the ratings of the Democratic leaders opposing him. Let’s just say they’d need a huge push of support to simply catch President Trump’s approval ratings. Here’s the latest...
- Pelosi: 36%
- Schumer: 30%
What does that tell you about what’s really going on in this country? Pelosi is 8 points behind Trump and Schumer is 14. Two sides to stories and one side to facts. It’s just not what you get in the news media. Also, Looking at the direction of the country this week...
Where we stood on Inauguration Day:
- Right Direction: 30%
Today:
- Right Direction: 34%
We’re off a few points this week. Maybe people tuned into mainstream news with the Cohen and NOKO stuff? If you did you would think the sky is falling. We’re 4% collectively more optimistic than we were during the Obama administration.