Anonymous
Anonymous
01/19/2026 19:49
Subject: Re:Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:Rasmussen!
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 DEM: 47%
🔴 GOP: 41%
Rasmussen / Jan 14, 2026
lol-even the reddest of pollsters can’t hide the obvious anymore. Let’s hope that Trump doesnt drag us into wwIii before the change
Anonymous
01/19/2026 19:29
Subject: Re:Trump Approval Polls
Rasmussen!
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 DEM: 47%
🔴 GOP: 41%
Rasmussen / Jan 14, 2026
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 DEM: 47%
🔴 GOP: 41%
Rasmussen / Jan 14, 2026
Anonymous
01/18/2026 21:09
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The problem is, and has always been, the media and the way information is conveyed. If you're in your rightwing influencer bubble and believe every word they say, of course you're going to have a very different opinion that the rest of the world. Some Republicans probably snapped out of it if they say some of the Renee Good videos, but if they were only watching Fox news and the video they showed that appeared to bump the ICE officer, with all the commentary going in the direction of intentional violence against him... the majority of not-super-bright viewers will just accept that as gospel.
The media IS the problem. And left wing media is problematic too, in its own way - it's just currently, it's not outright lying to the American people like the other side is doing.
Which outlets are "left wing" as opposed to, you know, just telling the truth? Because I can name the several right wing outlets and platforms that do nothing but lie, including now, CBS.
PP you replied to. Well I was mostly thinking back to pre-debate Biden days when the leftwing media were not asking hard-hitting questions about his fitness, at a time when the rightwing media was already all over it... which they were correct to do. They unearthed videos that leftwing media never showed, and dissected them, and they were entirely accurate in their assessment that he was too old for the job. Funny how they can't seem to make an accurate assessment today with Trump, even though he's now in worse shape than Biden.
All media just presents their own version of reality, but some media are worse than others.
Anonymous
01/18/2026 20:00
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:The problem is, and has always been, the media and the way information is conveyed. If you're in your rightwing influencer bubble and believe every word they say, of course you're going to have a very different opinion that the rest of the world. Some Republicans probably snapped out of it if they say some of the Renee Good videos, but if they were only watching Fox news and the video they showed that appeared to bump the ICE officer, with all the commentary going in the direction of intentional violence against him... the majority of not-super-bright viewers will just accept that as gospel.
The media IS the problem. And left wing media is problematic too, in its own way - it's just currently, it's not outright lying to the American people like the other side is doing.
Which outlets are "left wing" as opposed to, you know, just telling the truth? Because I can name the several right wing outlets and platforms that do nothing but lie, including now, CBS.
Anonymous
01/18/2026 10:24
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
The problem is, and has always been, the media and the way information is conveyed. If you're in your rightwing influencer bubble and believe every word they say, of course you're going to have a very different opinion that the rest of the world. Some Republicans probably snapped out of it if they say some of the Renee Good videos, but if they were only watching Fox news and the video they showed that appeared to bump the ICE officer, with all the commentary going in the direction of intentional violence against him... the majority of not-super-bright viewers will just accept that as gospel.
The media IS the problem. And left wing media is problematic too, in its own way - it's just currently, it's not outright lying to the American people like the other side is doing.
The media IS the problem. And left wing media is problematic too, in its own way - it's just currently, it's not outright lying to the American people like the other side is doing.
Anonymous
Anonymous
01/18/2026 10:11
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
It might be what MAGA voted for, but remember, Trump didn't even get a majority of the votes.
Anonymous
01/17/2026 12:21
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still nowhere near enough the disapproval he should have. I assume there's a large cohort of people who just aren't paying attention; plus the large cohort of brain-washed zombies fed lies 24/7 by their rightwing ecosphere. The rightwing media is a pernicious poison: I was waiting at the arrivals gate at Dulles airport last weekend for a relative, and Newsmax was on the bloody TV screen of the bar. Very disappointing.
The other thing to wonder about is the actual numbers of people identifying as republicans and whether that is changing at all. If 60% of republicans approve but that 60% only accounts for 20% of the population.
The poll cited in the post above yours shows exactly that. It’s a 12 point swing. I wonder how or if they account for that in approval polls. If they keep assuming the same partisan split when they weight the poll it would end up overweighting republicans
Yes. Thank you for better articulating what I was grasping for! It would definitely be useful for pollsters to flesh that nuance out.
If you’ve ever been polled (I have, a bunch of times) they ask you your party and if you identify with one and if you lean toward one or the other as part of every poll.
Yes, they do that so they can weight final results. They don’t want over representation of one party or the other. The issue is what they use to figure out what the correct weighting is when there are large shifts in partisan identification over a pretty short time. If they are still using the split from Nov 2024 that’s going to hugely overweight republicans.
Anonymous
01/17/2026 12:18
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:In 2024, a virtual tie for the white house and 55-45 advantage for the dems gave the GOP a trifecta.
So it would need to be closer to 60-40 for the Dems to do the same.
The Dems did not win the congressional vote 55-45 in 2024. The Rs won it by 2.73%
https://www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2024/house
Anonymous
01/17/2026 11:53
Subject: Trump Approval Polls
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Still nowhere near enough the disapproval he should have. I assume there's a large cohort of people who just aren't paying attention; plus the large cohort of brain-washed zombies fed lies 24/7 by their rightwing ecosphere. The rightwing media is a pernicious poison: I was waiting at the arrivals gate at Dulles airport last weekend for a relative, and Newsmax was on the bloody TV screen of the bar. Very disappointing.
The other thing to wonder about is the actual numbers of people identifying as republicans and whether that is changing at all. If 60% of republicans approve but that 60% only accounts for 20% of the population.
Good point.