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DemocratSinceBirth

(101,977 posts) Fri May 1, 2026, 02:54 PM Friday

NEW Trump's Approval Falls To 34% In NYT Select and Gold Standard Pew Research Poll

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/05/01/americans-remain-critical-of-trump-administrations-approach-to-iran/

How low can he go?

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*NEW* Trump's Approval Falls To 34% In NYT Select and Gold Standard Pew Research Poll (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Friday OP

We ain't seen nothing yet Fiendish Thingy Friday #1

He would have to drop another 28% to 30% in the aggregates DemocratSinceBirth Friday #2

Bush got into the 20's near the end of his second term, as fatigue from the wars set in Fiendish Thingy Friday #3

Fiendish Thingy

(23,802 posts)

1. We ain't seen nothing yet

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri May 1, 2026, 03:00 PM

Friday

He’ll be in the 20’s by the midterms.

DemocratSinceBirth

(101,977 posts)

2. He would have to drop another 28% to 30% in the aggregates

Reply to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)

Fri May 1, 2026, 03:20 PM

Friday

No president that I'm aware of has gone into the midterms with an approval rating that low. Nixon was gone foe rge 74 debacle.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,802 posts)

3. Bush got into the 20's near the end of his second term, as fatigue from the wars set in

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #2)

Fri May 1, 2026, 03:43 PM

Friday

And the economy collapsed.

Polls this week showed Trump’s war with Iran approaching those levels of disapproval after 60 days, and the economy isn’t going to be any better by November- recession is more likely.

As the Trump-induced suffering continues to spread across racial, regional and partisan boundaries, I don’t think an approval rating in the 20’s is impossible.

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