04-19-2019, 04:38 PM
Quote:Ipsos / Reuters, 1005 adults, Apr 18-19:
https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-TRUMP-R...%20PID.pdf
Approve: 37 (-6)
Disapprove: 56 (+2)
This is the first poll that anyone has taken after the release of the Mueller Report. The change is from last week. Sure, outliers happen, but this is an ugly drop for the President. If it were a market drop in the DJIA equivalent to a drop from the all-time high of 26,951 from 43% it would be a drop of 3760 points. If you are in the stock market you should be prepared for such drops in valuation, and if you aren't ready for such you should be in something like a savings account or life insurance.
Outlier? The first such poll always looks like an outlier. There could be more. Ipsos is a good pollster, so it probably reflects some real change.
There are some shocking results in changes from March 25-26 to April 18-19 :
Should the President resign? 47-37 from 46-46
I think that President Trump or someone from his campaign worked with Russia to influence the 2016 election: 50-34 from 48-40
Some members of the Republican Party and the White House are working to delegitimize the FBI and Department of Justice in the investigation of Russian tampering in the 2016 presidential election
53-29 from 51-16
Some members of the FBI and Department of Justice are working to delegitimize President Trump through politically motivated investigations 51-31 from 46-32
President Trump tried to stop investigations into Russian influence on his administration 53-33 from 48-25
The final question is practically a rewording of "obstruction of justice" -- my interpretation.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.