NBC, Wall Street Journal (8/10-8/14)
Strong approval 29%
Lesser approval 14%
Strong disapproval 46%
Lesser disapproval 9%
approve on the President's handling of the economy 49% -- disapprove 46%
(comment: this has been his strong suit, and it is weakening! -- PB)
...Do you worry about another mass shooting
very worried 55%
fairly worried 13%
only slightly worried 31%
not really worried 18%
(comment: the President does not reassure us well about basic safety -- PB)
Free trade good 64%
free trade bad 27%
(comment: the President is out of touch with Americans on this issue -- PB)
On guns :
Americans are for background checks (89%), red-flag laws allowing law enforcement to take guns away from people posing threats to themselves or others (76%), voluntary buy-backs of unwanted guns (75%), an assault-weapons ban (62%), but less supportive of a ban on handguns (25%).
(comment: the President is out of touch with Americans on this issue -- PB)
approve or disapprove of the President's handling of mass shootings
approve 36% disapprove 52%
To Trump or not to Trump --
definitely for 29%
probably for 11%
probably the Democrat 11%
definitely the Democrat 41%
(comment: 40-51? perhaps only coincidentally, that is how Carter did in the popular vote against Ronald Reagan in 1980 -- PB).
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/...-Poll.html
Four others:
Pew research:
Pew Research, July 22-Aug. 4, 4175 adults
Approve 40
Disapprove 59
No change from their previous poll, Apr. 29-May 13
Gallup:
Gallup, Aug. 1-14, 1522 adults (2-week change)
Approve 41 (-1)
Disapprove 54 (nc)
On issues:
Economy 53/46
Education 44/50
Foreign affairs 41/57
Race relations 34/64
FoX News (FoX News may be an awful source of news, but FoX News polls are objective):
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Fox News, Aug. 11-13, 1013 RV (3-week change)
Approve 43 (-3)
Disapprove 56 (+5)
Strongly approve 27 (+1)
Strongly disapprove 48 (+7)
The Economist/YouGov:
The Economist/YouGov weekly tracker, Aug. 10-13, 1500 adults including
Adults:
Approve 41 (nc)
Disapprove 50 (+1)
Strongly approve 24 (-2)
Strongly disapprove 40 (+1)
Generic D 42 (+1), Trump 35 (-1)
RV:
Approve 44 (nc)
Disapprove 54 (+2)
Strongly approve 28 (-2)
Strongly disapprove 46 (+2)
Generic D 50 (+2), Trump 39 (nc)
GCB (RV only): D 48 (nc), R 38 (nc)
Ipsos/Reuters:
Ipsos Core Political Tracker (weekly), Aug. 12-13, 1116 adults including 980 RV
Adults:
Approve 42 (nc)
Disapprove 52 (-2)
Strongly approve 24 (+2)
Strongly disapprove 39 (-3)
RV:
Approve 43 (nc)
Disapprove 53 (-2)
Strongly approve 26 (+2)
Strongly disapprove 41 (-3)
...does anyone think that he wins with these numbers?
Strong approval 29%
Lesser approval 14%
Strong disapproval 46%
Lesser disapproval 9%
approve on the President's handling of the economy 49% -- disapprove 46%
(comment: this has been his strong suit, and it is weakening! -- PB)
...Do you worry about another mass shooting
very worried 55%
fairly worried 13%
only slightly worried 31%
not really worried 18%
(comment: the President does not reassure us well about basic safety -- PB)
Free trade good 64%
free trade bad 27%
(comment: the President is out of touch with Americans on this issue -- PB)
On guns :
Americans are for background checks (89%), red-flag laws allowing law enforcement to take guns away from people posing threats to themselves or others (76%), voluntary buy-backs of unwanted guns (75%), an assault-weapons ban (62%), but less supportive of a ban on handguns (25%).
(comment: the President is out of touch with Americans on this issue -- PB)
approve or disapprove of the President's handling of mass shootings
approve 36% disapprove 52%
To Trump or not to Trump --
definitely for 29%
probably for 11%
probably the Democrat 11%
definitely the Democrat 41%
(comment: 40-51? perhaps only coincidentally, that is how Carter did in the popular vote against Ronald Reagan in 1980 -- PB).
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/...-Poll.html
Four others:
Pew research:
Pew Research, July 22-Aug. 4, 4175 adults
Approve 40
Disapprove 59
No change from their previous poll, Apr. 29-May 13
Gallup:
Gallup, Aug. 1-14, 1522 adults (2-week change)
Approve 41 (-1)
Disapprove 54 (nc)
On issues:
Economy 53/46
Education 44/50
Foreign affairs 41/57
Race relations 34/64
FoX News (FoX News may be an awful source of news, but FoX News polls are objective):
date=1565820764 uid=3132]
Fox News, Aug. 11-13, 1013 RV (3-week change)
Approve 43 (-3)
Disapprove 56 (+5)
Strongly approve 27 (+1)
Strongly disapprove 48 (+7)
The Economist/YouGov:
The Economist/YouGov weekly tracker, Aug. 10-13, 1500 adults including
Adults:
Approve 41 (nc)
Disapprove 50 (+1)
Strongly approve 24 (-2)
Strongly disapprove 40 (+1)
Generic D 42 (+1), Trump 35 (-1)
RV:
Approve 44 (nc)
Disapprove 54 (+2)
Strongly approve 28 (-2)
Strongly disapprove 46 (+2)
Generic D 50 (+2), Trump 39 (nc)
GCB (RV only): D 48 (nc), R 38 (nc)
Ipsos/Reuters:
Ipsos Core Political Tracker (weekly), Aug. 12-13, 1116 adults including 980 RV
Adults:
Approve 42 (nc)
Disapprove 52 (-2)
Strongly approve 24 (+2)
Strongly disapprove 39 (-3)
RV:
Approve 43 (nc)
Disapprove 53 (-2)
Strongly approve 26 (+2)
Strongly disapprove 41 (-3)
...does anyone think that he wins with these numbers?
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.