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49% approval among registered voters in new Reuters/Ipsos poll
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/reuters-ipsos-data-core-political-2018-05-04
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)Doodley
(9,126 posts)incompetent president in living history.
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)I'll quiz people at work...most of them have NO IDEA what is going on with ANYTHING.
Just wait till the real shit hits the fan....this guy is done.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)So naturally they want one of their own to lead the country, and that's why Orange Douche is so careful about not pissing them off, because if you get on their bad side, you're on their list for life.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)Democrats would be foolish to try and run against a 3.9% unemployment rate, right?
Or should they turn the tables and campaign against their perceived strengths?
Doodley
(9,126 posts)putting us in danger, that the deficit will be a trillion dollars next year to pay for billionaire tax breaks, that deficits are forecast to rise to 2,4 trillion, that trade wars are a disaster for the economy, that 3.9% unemployment is following the same trend we were on before Trump, that Trump is among the worst businessmen in American history, lying about his wealth to borrow money that he handled incompetently, costing bankers, investors, and tax payers billions.
Poiuyt
(18,130 posts)It's going to be necessary to let people know what the Democratic message is. Let people know what we stand for and why it's in their benefit to vote for the Democratic candidate.
BTW, the two methods are not mutually exclusive, but we must let the voters know what's in it for them-- why will they be better off with Democrats in power. We must be able to articulate that.
Takket
(21,625 posts)The numbers dont make sense. Basically telling us to take them with a grain of salt pending future polls.
This weeks Reuters/Ipsos Core Political release presents something of an outlier of our trend. Every series of polls has the occasional outlier and in our opinion this is one. So, while we are reporting the findings in the interest of transparency, we will not be announcing the start of a new trend until we have more data to validate this pattern.
Doodley
(9,126 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Trump stuck between 39 and 42
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)That is a massive jump for a week.
struggle4progress
(118,345 posts)Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)But people will panic here. Its what they do.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Economy is chugging along, unemployment is low. And for the most part, he hasn't made any particularly incendiary comments lately.
Aristus
(66,462 posts)"His support has nowhere to go but up!"
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)by this outfit. As usual,I asked a couple of questions as to their methodology. Answer,they were using both Phone(cell and land line)as well as Internet. Internet disqualifies it for me.
dalton99a
(81,578 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)you learn the tricks. You get what your customer pays for.
DFW
(54,437 posts)(I say "try" because it hasn't been done nationwide in twenty years)
Watch the 49% melt like the wicked witch of the West.
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)I'm just saying.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Eugene
(61,948 posts)mucifer
(23,565 posts)tanks it should change.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)For the survey, a sample of 1,548 Americans, including 556 Democrats, 579 Republicans, 163 Independents
Self Identified Democrats have an advantage of 7 point lead over the GOP.
Also, Independents are highly underrepresented in this poll.
No wonder he is at 48% in this sample.
former9thward
(32,080 posts)When elections get closer they go by "likely voters". They never go by "Self identified" voters which is a murky ever changing concept.
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)From the link that can be found on Reuters own results page:
https://www.aapor.org/Publications-Media/Press-Releases/Archived-Press-Releases/Understanding-a-credibility-interval-and-how-it-d.aspx
A credibility interval can be developed to measure the theoretical accuracy of nonprobability surveys. The credibility interval relies on assumptions that may be difficult to validate, and the results may be sensitive to these assumptions. So while the adoption of the credibility interval may be appropriate for nonprobability samples such as opt-in online polls, the underlying biases associated with such polls remain a concern.
Consequently, AAPOR urges caution when using credibility intervals or otherwise interpreting results from electoral polls using non-probability online panels. The Association continues to recommend the use of probability based polling to measure the opinions of the general public.
former9thward
(32,080 posts)pnwmom
(108,995 posts)of whether I like the results or not.
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)Remember, even Roy Moore had increased support near the end of the campaign. It's a natural thing for people to rally to support a person who is being attacked. He deserves to be attacked but it still happens.
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)He is being seen as chaotic but successful.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Doodley
(9,126 posts)effectual opposition.
elocs
(22,600 posts)up or down.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)You can count on it.
riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)Lies, lies, lies.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)"If you exclude the news stories about paying a porn star and the Mueller investigation and his rambling mouth, how do you feel about trump?"
Kablooie
(18,641 posts)I'd be wary of getting too cocky and assuming attitudes will be the same in November as they have been.
Once Trump goes to N Korea, no matter what the real result, it will boost his and Republican's popularity and they will surely push it as a major triumph.
It's possible that there will be enough of a change in attitudes to keep Congress firmly under the butts of the Republicans.
Mueller might or might not bring out charges by then. No one knows.
But even if the charges come out are horrible there's no guarantee the Republicans will stop defending Trump particularly if they can spin things to make it seem like he's been tremendously effective.
He still could shoot someone on 5th avenue and if his fortunes are tied up with the Republican party they would defend him nearly to the death, morals and justice be damned.
So don't assume anything.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)Just a bad sample. It happens.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html
pnwmom
(108,995 posts)It doesn't use a random sample of Americans or of voters. It's not a poll with a certain "margin of error."
It's just a lot of people who answered an online poll. From a link on the Reuters site:
https://www.aapor.org/Publications-Media/Press-Releases/Archived-Press-Releases/Understanding-a-credibility-interval-and-how-it-d.aspx
The statistical basis for a poll to have a margin of sampling error is that it must be based on a probability sample, where everyone in the population to be surveyed has a chance of being selected and the respondents are selected randomly. Surveys based on self-selected volunteers such as opt-in online polls do not have such a grounded statistical tie to the population. As a result, estimates from self-selected volunteers are subject to unknown error that cannot be measured.
A credibility interval can be developed to measure the theoretical accuracy of nonprobability surveys. The credibility interval relies on assumptions that may be difficult to validate, and the results may be sensitive to these assumptions. So while the adoption of the credibility interval may be appropriate for nonprobability samples such as opt-in online polls, the underlying biases associated with such polls remain a concern.
Consequently, AAPOR urges caution when using credibility intervals or otherwise interpreting results from electoral polls using non-probability online panels. The Association continues to recommend the use of probability based polling to measure the opinions of the general public.
Kaleva
(36,343 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)elleng
(131,107 posts)Foolish to spend time on them; rather, come up with strategies and tactics.
mountain grammy
(26,650 posts)Joe McCarthys approval rating was 34% whe he went down. The rest will be the end of us.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Raine
(30,540 posts)people tend to be supportive and protective of someone they feel is being picked on (whether or not the person deserves it).