Some Fascinating Takeaways from Trump's Latest Approval Polls

I try to keep up with Trump’s poll numbers.

Trump’s numbers had gone up a bit from their nadir in the last month or two. They are now at 9 points under according to my method. They had been 6 points under for weeks. He’s lost 2-3 points just in the last week or so. His disapproval has been flat but he’s shed a few points from this approval, some of which went to undecided. Hey, it’s progress.

Trump Approval    Disapproval   Not Sure Net 

      43          52            5        -9

Previously, for a few weeks:

Trump Approval  Disapproval  Not Sure Net 

      45        51           4        -6

The only thing that I can see that could have resulted in a few points of movement is the massive mess in LA and a couple of other cities involving civil disturbances over the ICE raids. I was almost completely certain that this was a sure loser for us in the polls, but apparently that’s not so. Don’t ask me to explain how protests supporting an unpopular position - opposition to ICE raids against illeg…