The economy is booming. President Trump’s numbers keep climbing. Meanwhile the Dems face a very real civil war within their own party between their core politicos and the hard lefties of the Sandernista movement. The Iowa caucus just melted down.
Meanwhile Trump just posted his best job approval rating numbers.
President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017.
Trump’s approval rating has risen because of higher ratings among both Republicans and independents. His 94% approval rating among Republicans is up six percentage points from early January and is three points higher than his previous best among his fellow partisans. The 42% approval rating among independents is up five points, and ties three other polls as his best among that group. Democratic approval is 7%, down slightly from 10%.
What this really represents is a sharp division between Democrats, afflicted with TDS, and increasingly, the rest of the country.
That’s a really bad way to go into a presidential election.
The poll finds 52% of Americans in favor of acquitting Trump and 46% in favor of convicting and removing him from office.
As usual, actually televising the train wreck tends to skew the numbers away from impeachment.
The recent military action in Iran. More Americans in the new poll approve (53%) than disapprove (45%) of the U.S. military action that resulted in the death of a leading Iranian military general. Iran retaliated but, despite fears of escalation, no further military action has been taken by either side.
WW3 didn’t arrive on time. Another example of how the media can be its own worst enemy.
Sixty-three percent of Americans now approve of the way Trump is handling the economy, up six points from the prior reading in November. It is the highest economic approval rating not only for Trump, but for any president since George W. Bush enjoyed stratospheric job approval ratings in the first few months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Trump’s ratings for handling foreign affairs (47%) and foreign trade (50%) are also his best to date.
Maybe impeach him again?
As Trump’s job approval rating has improved, so has the image of the Republican Party. Now, 51% of Americans view the Republican Party favorably, up from 43% in September. It is the first time GOP favorability has exceeded 50% since 2005.
Tom Nichols and The Bulwark and Jennifer Rubin hardest hit.
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