Summary

A Fox News host, Jessica Tarlov, highlighted Trump’s declining approval ratings, citing a new Quinnipiac poll showing 53% of voters disapprove of his second-term performance.

Trump is “underwater on everything” including economy, federal workforce management, Ukraine-Russia policy, and trade relations with Mexico and Canada.

The polling slide comes amid stock market tumbles, federal worker layoffs, and trade tensions.

Tarlov noted that Republican members of Congress are facing hostile town halls where constituents are challenging them on federal workforce cuts, including at the VA. Some Republicans have dismissed these angry constituents as “paid actors.”

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    declining approval ratings, citing a new Quinnipiac poll showing 53% of voters disapprove of his second-term performance

    Another Quinnipiac poll from last month determined 45 percent approved of Trump’s performance and 49 percent disapproved.

    So half of the people still approve of what he’s doing? How does such a small percentage even justify a news article with such a ridiculous headline? The US are so cooked it’s not even funny. Wake me when it’s at 90% disapproval.

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      I’ve never heard of that polling agency in my life before. I had to look it up, it’s a private university in Connecticut.

      I sure didn’t get polled about any of this.

      So no, more precisely, half of all people polled by this one school in a state that nobody talks about approve of what he’s doing. I’m willing to bet half of those people have no idea what’s going on.

      I have a very hard time believing that half of all Americans are happy and content with current events. I live here, I hear people complain.

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        Do you honestly believe good polls call everyone for a poll, or that they need to to get good results?

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      What stands out to me is that they are making a big deal out if a small change…to a Republican approval rating. This is exactly the type of data they’d be holding up while screaming about how bad Obama is, for instance. Did feel odd using the tactic against their own, let alone god emperor Cheeto.

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        They’re probably trying to take control of the party back from Trump. They did push back against him during his first term, but fell flat on their faces and started losing viewers to Newsmax. Now they’re trying to back it with data. They’ve spent the last few decades training their viewers to ignore data, though, so we’ll see how that goes.

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      I would assume most people don’t pay particular attention until they are directly affected. Apathy across the West is a major problem.