President Donald Trump (I’ll never get comfortable writing that) was thrilled a couple days ago and twitter bragging about a Rasmussen poll that showed his approval rating hitting 50% — the first time he’s polled that high since February. Rasmussen’s results are recognized as historically being more favorable to the GOP and Trump.
But now some other polls are showing Trump’s ratings are still bobbing along below the 50% surface. In fact The Hill.com reports on several polls that show him at record lows.
Morning Consult’s 50-state approval tracker finds 41 percent of registered voters approved of Trump’s job performance during March.
A majority, 54 percent, disapproved of the president’s job performance.
The data from March surpasses [sinks below] the president’s previous lows in the Morning Consult poll. In October and November, 42 percent of respondents approved of Trump’s job performance and 53 percent disapproved.
Other results from an average of poll numbers by RealClearPolitics show a recent approval rating of 41.8 percent for Trump.
A majority, 53.3 percent, disapprove of the job Trump is doing in office, according to the average.
Donald Trump may not be sinking like an anchor but he looks to be swamped, with some polls showing over half of those surveyed disapproving of his performance in office. In the nautical world swamping typically means that a boat fills with water (often from capsizing) but often will remain barely floating, filled to the gunnels — for a while — before finally sinking.
And from what we’ve seen of Trump he’s more likely to head out for a round of golf than to bail his sinking ship.