• leadore@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    This is a bit OT from the main point of the article, but since they brought it up and used the standard "The worst ratings for any president!!!1! hype [always with qualifying statement like “at this point in their term”| “since some convenient year”]

    Trump’s approval in our polling average is 44% today, the worst for any president at this point in their term (except Trump during his first term) going back to 1935.

    It’s 44% today, 44% yesterday, and 44% tomorrow. It’s always in the low-mid forties (40-45%). It’s steady as a rock, no matter what happens. Yet I’m continuously seeing articles titled “Trump’s ratings nosedive/plummet/crash!” whenever it fluctuates down by a point or two (never “Trump’s ratings skyrocket!” when it goes back up a point). It’s all for feel-good propaganda.

    This is just to say, don’t depend on his followers to turn their backs on him–they won’t. It’s up to the rest of us.