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[KSweeley]

Trump came into office as the most unpopular new president in the history of modern polling and he's setting NEW RECORDS for low approval according to the AP: https://apnews.com/6e30e6eaf45a470f...ing-new-records-for-low-presidential-approval

Trump setting new records for low presidential approval

Donald Trump came into office as the most unpopular new president in the history of modern polling. Things have not improved.

After seven months, Trump's dismal approval ratings keep setting undesirable records. He's already passed the mark for the lowest approval rating for a first-year president. And Trump's current approval rating of 34 percent is worse than Barack Obama's ever was.

Trump's early unpopularity defies some longstanding U.S. patterns. Dives in approval are often tied to outside forces, such as a sluggish economy. Americans also tend to be optimistic about new leaders and typically cut presidents some slack in their early days in office.

Gallup's most recent weekly estimate shows Trump only 37 percent of Americans now view him positively. Gallup's shorter, three-day average puts it at 34 percent.

 

[BronsonLee]

SPEEDRUN

Starting to get the vibe if he runs again he won't win, that's not enough to carry him

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

"I have the greatest low approval ratings!"

 

[Random Human]

It's almost like he's a fucking horrible president.

 

[enzo_gt]

Civil unrest due to words/actions of the president should qualify as a force, albeit not necessarily an "outside" once.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Still 37 percent too high

 

[jb1234]

It must drive him crazy that Obama had better poll ratings.

 

[Tezzeractor]

Time to retweet more Twitter polls from conservative accounts.

 

[Xe4]

SPEEDRUN

Starting to get the vibe if he runs again he won't win, that's not enough to carry him

Presidential approval ratings improve during reelection, and even people don't like him may vote for him. Don't panic, but stay always vigilant.

 

[Shadow Puppetry]

He should be happy. He did something no other POTUS has before.

 

[Zolo]

Presidential approval ratings improve during reelection, and even people don't like him may vote for him. Don't panic, but stay always vigilant.

Yeah. People disapproving of him doesn't mean they disapprove of any Democratic candidate more. I suppose it's possible he could be primaried.

 

[CazTGG]

Sad!

For him, not me. It's still too high for my liking, though his neglectful response to Hurricane Harvey may finally break his support with southern supporters given how bad it looks like it will be for people living in Texas.

Presidential approval ratings improve during reelection, and even people don't like him may vote for him. Don't panic, but stay always vigilant.

H.W. says hi.

Yeah. People disapproving of him doesn't mean they disapprove of any Democratic candidate more. I suppose it's possible he could be primaried.

Has any sitting president ever being primaried successfully?

EDIT: I should clarify I mean "Republican president".

 

[LiK]

He'll be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

SPEEDRUN

Starting to get the vibe if he runs again he won't win, that's not enough to carry him

Russian Assisted Speedrun.

 

[zero_suit]

"The best."

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I feel like these numbers have been the same the past couple of weeks? Am I missing something here?

 

[Hyun Sai]

At least he is the best at being worse.

 

[DonShula]

It must drive him crazy that Obama had better poll ratings.

He just pays someone to show him the polls that look the best.

 

[Angry Grimace]

This is probably going to light a fire under the Democrats to see if they can run someone even less popular in 2020.

 

[shadow_shogun]

At least he's accomplished something Obama was never able to. Kudos to him

 

[kevin1025]

It must drive him crazy that Obama had better poll ratings.

Sadly, he'll always blame the numbers on rigged systems that are out to get him. He'll never accept he's just plain awful.

 

[Parch]

Can approval ratings be like a video game? Like Rockband? If it gets too low it's...
YOU LOSE. GAME OVER.

 

[CazTGG]

This is probably going to light a fire under the Democrats to see if they can run someone even less popular in 2020.

Manchin 2020

 

[Xe4]

H.W. says hi.

HW should've won. He fucked up during his reelection campaign, with a whole bunch of stuff. Anyhow, he's the exeption not the rule. As a rule, presidents have a pretty big advantage when running for reelection. It doesn't mean Trump will win, just that he shouldn't be counted out because of low approval ratings.

 

[bigjig]

I still feel that is way too high lol

 

[Horns]

And it's going to get lower until he accomplishes something. The bar is so low idiots will briefly get behind him again. That is until Trump does what he always does.

 

[Stinkles]

Yeah. People disapproving of him doesn't mean they disapprove of any Democratic candidate more. I suppose it's possible he could be primaried.

I don't think he makes it to the next presidential election. Gop will turn on him and impeach if he's not in jail by then.

 

[DonShula]

Manchin 2020

Slap an R on Manchin and watch him primary Trump.

Spoiler

/s?

 

[Zolo]

I don't think he makes it to the next presidential election. Gop will turn on him and impeach if he's not in jail by then.

I'll be surprised if that happens. His 35% base will probably overlook even the worst of the Russia investigation. It'd also be unprecedented for a House and Senate with a Republican majority to impeach someone from their own party.

 

[Guevara]

This is probably going to light a fire under the Democrats to see if they can run someone even less popular in 2020.

I mean, Hillary's probably available.

 

[Ghazi]

I don't think he makes it to the next presidential election. Gop will turn on him and impeach if he's not in jail by then.

I don't expect him to get arrested or impeached, but with the way Trump and the GOP are bickering with one another I don't think it's likely many would want to support him the next time around. They eventually decided to embrace him this past election cycle mainly because he was their best chance at victory at the time.

 

[Akuun]

The biggest shitshow.

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

Still way too fucking high.

 

[Stinkles]

I'll be surprised if that happens. His 35% base will probably overlook even the worst of the Russia investigation. It'd also be unprecedented for a House and Senate with a Republican majority to impeach someone from their own party.

Everything about this presidency is unprecedented. Terra incognita.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I mean, Hillary's probably available.

Just sayin' for all the post-mortems from everyone (and even Hillary) herself about why the Democrats lost the election, the obvious, no. 1 no-nonsense answer is that the Democrats were dumb enough to field Hillary Clinton even though it was obvious she was a huge liability.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

That's still like 1 person out of 3 :/

 

[Pakkidis]

In America what do you have to do to get below 30%?

I look at this and think that 34% of people will stand by their president no matter how bad he is, and that is a very big problem.

 

[kmfdmpig]

It should be even lower. What's crazy is that the most common causes of low approval ratings are war or the economy, which haven't really changed much since he took office. His terrible ratings are based on just how much of an ass he is and how he's embarrassed the country, both internally and externally, almost every day he's been in office. If there is a foreign policy disaster or an economic issue the numbers will get even worse.
Given how divisive and unpresidential he is I don't think they'll get much better as once someone recognizes how terrible he is I don't see how they'll change their mind about him.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

Has any sitting president ever being primaried successfully?

Only once, in 1852, to Franklin Pierce. He was the 14th president, two slots before Lincoln. History generally views him as one of the worst presidents. Although the guy who beat him, James Buchanan is usually right at the bottom of the list with him (and the third guy who is usually in the running for worst is the guy who came immediately AFTER Lincoln).

Anyway, yeah... ol' Franklin was bad enough that his own party didn't even re-nominate him for his second term.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1856

Also, note that Pierce was a Democrat, but FYI for anyone who doesn't know it, Democrats were pro-slavery and Republicans were anti-slavery at the time. Basically:

Then

Republicans - socially progressive city slickers, but pro business
Democrats - socially regressive country folk, but pro labor

Now

Democrats - socially progressive city slickers who are pro labor
Republicans - socially regressive country folk who are pro business

 

[Jotaka]

Only Mueller can save the US lol

 

[Linkark07]

He must be tired of winning so much.

 

[BronsonLee]

In America what do you have to do to get below 30%?

I look at this and think that 34% of people will stand by their president no matter how bad he is, and that is a very big problem.

I think 27-28% is the floor for a President

 

[GK86]

LOLGOP‏ @LOLGOP

If you scored presidenting like golf, Trump just keeps getting better.

 

[MrSaturn99]

But fake news!

 

[Strike]

Lower.

 

[Reversed]

Meanwhile at the WH

 

[abundant]

In America what do you have to do to get below 30%?

I look at this and think that 34% of people will stand by their president no matter how bad he is, and that is a very big problem.

Botch a war or tank the economy.

 

[tedtropy]

TrumpVision: "I have record-breaking approval levels!"

 

[Fury451]

Well he finally has evidence to back up his claim that he's done things that no president before has ever done.

 

[Tezzeractor]

"LOL When you're pissing off libs this much you must be doing something right! 😂😂😂"

- Real people, or Russian bots, I can't tell.​