Donald Trump Demands Investigations Into Negative Approval Rating Polls
Source: Newsweek
President Donald Trump has said pollsters that have shown his approval ratings sliding in recent weeks should be investigated for "election fraud." Trump cited recent polls from The New York Times, ABC News/The Washington Post, and Fox News, which put his approval rating on 42 percent, 39 percent, and 44 percent respectively. Responding to the polls, Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday: "They are negative criminals who apologize to their subscribers and readers after I win elections big, much bigger than their polls showed I would win, loose a lot of credibility, and then go on cheating and lying for the next cycle, only worse." Newsweek contacted the White House for comment on Monday outside of regular working hours.
The ABC News/The Washington Post poll showed that Trump's approval rating had dropped to the lowest level of any president in 80 years at this point in their presidencies. The New York Times/Siena poll found that only 31 percent of respondents approved of Trump's handling of the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and only 43 percent approved of his handling of the economy.
Responding to the pollsters, Trump wrote: "Great pollster John McLaughlin, one of the most highly respected in the industry, has just stated that The Failing New York Times poll, and the ABC/Washington Post poll, about a person named DONALD J. TRUMP, ME, are FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.
"The New York Times has only 37% Trump 2024 voters, and the ABC/Washington Post Poll has only 34% Trump Voters, unheard of numbers unless looking for a negative result, which they are." He added: "They suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and there is nothing that anyone, or anything, can do about it. THEY ARE SICK, almost only write negative stories about me no matter how well I am doing (99.9% at the Border, BEST NUMBER EVER!), AND ARE TRULY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE! I wish them well, but will continue to fight to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-demands-investigations-negative-approval-rating-polls-2064949
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BoRaGard
(5,206 posts)
G.O.P. is all slick and subby for the Dear Leader on-your-knees worship shit.
How do they sleep at night?
DBoon
(23,676 posts)Referencing The Manchurian Candidate for a perfect description of brainwashing
LiberalLovinLug
(14,430 posts)Instead of 0 - 9 against him. And he believes it of course.
Its almost like elder and idiot abuse. They need Trump to be the face of their cruelty. A cruelty that they have always fantasized about but not one of them is arrogant or charismatic or brave enough to step up and do it themselves. They keep him in a bubble, feeding his narcissism
Escurumbele
(3,774 posts)sop
(13,938 posts)Trump is "loosing" his mind.
SomewhereInTheMiddle
(504 posts)I did not know he was a Medical Examiner. Master of Engineering? Mechanical Engineer? Maine? Methodist Episcopal?
I wonder what else it might mean?
dchill
(42,198 posts)
HarryM
(358 posts)louis-t
(24,289 posts)Ever. Like we've never seen.
twodogsbarking
(13,496 posts)
FakeNoose
(37,242 posts)Now even his fake polls are tanking ... people have finally realized what a total fraud he is.
DENVERPOPS
(11,966 posts)big time, just watched a video of Fox News talking heads, going after him due to the Fox News Polls that are showing his demise.
Lovie777
(18,230 posts)
The Madcap
(1,123 posts)
AZLD4Candidate
(6,561 posts)
Ponietz
(3,600 posts)
Bernardo de La Paz
(55,108 posts)Look up those words.
Ponietz
(3,600 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(55,108 posts)
underpants
(190,237 posts)
everyonematters
(3,765 posts)
Meowmee
(8,886 posts)Escape
(185 posts)to see if it was The Onion or Borowitz.
Omnipresent
(6,868 posts)As some of his supporters like saying, “Fuck your feelings”. 
Torchlight
(4,572 posts)his failure to inspire confidence in anyone but useful idiots, and his general incompetence, I wouldn't be surprised if his approval ratings fell into the mid- or even low-twenties by midsummer — especially once the consequences of his inept policies start impacting even the simplest everyday purchases
yardwork
(66,437 posts)What.
Ritabert
(1,032 posts)It should be 0%.
AZLD4Candidate
(6,561 posts)You pushed away the severe storm
You made us believe, Comrade Donald Trump
We cannot live without you
Our country cannot exist without you!
Our future and hope depend on you
People's fate depends on you, Comrade Donald Trump
We cannot live without you
Our country cannot exist without you!
Even if the world changes hundreds of times
People believe in you, Comrade Donald Trump
We cannot live without you
Our country cannot exist without you!
Oh... Our Comrade Donald Trump
Our country cannot exist without you!
ananda
(31,598 posts)Let's see:'
lawsuit
firing
buying them out
criminalizing them and having them arrested
siccing his cult on them
Oh I don't know, what WILL he do?
NCDem47
(2,799 posts)it must be eating him up on the inside.
GOOD.
For a while there, I thought he wouldn't care about polling as he's alerady "in" and can do destruction. But his egocentric persoanlity, and SOME level of self awareness that his dropping polls are not good for him, keeps him highly intereted in where he stands with the public.
BigmanPigman
(52,948 posts)
BlueKota
(4,230 posts)that it's their own behavior that makes people despise them. In their minds it's the people who do despise them that are the "sicko criminals."
It's sad in a way because it is a mental illness, that usually can't be helped. The person suffering from it won't accept there is anything wrong with them and won't seek out mental health treatment.
The people who are manipulating his madness for their own benefits are even more despicable than he is.
Eugene
(64,692 posts)D.Rump has gone full tyrant. He isn't bothering with even the pretense of legitimacy.
Martin Eden
(14,206 posts)His voters are perfectly capable of Orwellian doublethink. For example, Jan 6 was a normal tourist day full of love -- and also a false flag riot instigated by the FBI and Antifa.
IronLionZion
(48,651 posts) 
Ray Bruns
(5,164 posts)But I’m pretty sure that’s not happening either.
Dave Id
(93 posts)I figure Trump will outlaw polling all together, since his numbers have tanked. Surprised he's settling for investigating the polls. That will only verify what the polls are showing and deepen his butt-hurt.
Trueblue Texan
(3,303 posts)…and you think it’s a joke, then learn it’s not, you have to call it insanity.
Wounded Bear
(61,818 posts)
Martin68
(25,614 posts)
Fla Dem
(26,602 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 28, 2025, 06:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Stephen Miller is the biggest propagandist, then he listens to all the RW "NEWS" shows who never say anything that will upset him.
UpInArms
(52,706 posts)Forgot we are dealing with a Nazi toddler
HipChick
(25,550 posts)
kysrsoze
(6,296 posts)I just cannot take his stupidity anymore. How can such an absolute dipshit rise to this level?
Postal Grunt
(244 posts)
mdbl
(6,360 posts)I can't choose between him, his voters or his propagandists.
FullySupportDems
(326 posts)Take out the Sharpie and fix those numbers right up!
I guess this is the kind of crazy crap he uses to keep us distracted? The outrage of the day? God I am so sick of it.
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3catwoman3
(26,586 posts)..."Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer." Carter famously called him "a short-fingered vulgarian,"
which, by all accounts, totally infuriated Trump.
"To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers," Carter wrote. "I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby."
PortTack
(35,613 posts)
hadEnuf
(3,157 posts)Everybody should worship him and anyone who doesn't is anti-American or a terrorist.
Trump is clinically insane.
Republicans might want to act as he will come for them too.
walkingman
(9,160 posts)
tornado34jh
(1,465 posts)Did you ever hear Biden, Obama, or Clinton ever get obsessed with polls? Heck, as far I was know, even George W. Bush wasn't obsessed with polls. If you are that worried about polls, that sounds to me like it is you who has a problem.
ReRe
(11,580 posts) hay rick
(8,665 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(122,338 posts)Are you expecting people to throw rose petals at your feet?
Zorro
(17,309 posts)Rupert will be grateful!
2MuchNoise
(46 posts)Wiz Imp
(4,855 posts)In the NYT/Siena poll, 16% of their sample said they didn't vote in 2024 which seems very high (It would not surprise me if a significant percentage of these people actually voted for Trump but are too embarrassed to admit it now). But amongst those that did, 38% voted for Trump and 38% Harris. When they removed the "did not vote" people, it was 46% to 46%. 6% said they didn't know or refused to answer. I'm willing to bet that the vast majority of those are Trump voters too embarrassed to admit it at this point. Ultimately, the sample was, at worst, 50-50 between Trump and Harris which is what you should expect and in no way a sample that is biased against Trump.
The WaPo/ABC poll was similar. For some reason, they showed an even larger group of people who did not vote in 2024. Again, I would have to guess that there are significant numbers of Trump voters embarrassed by their Trump vote at this point so they lied and said they didn't vote. The breakdown in this poll was:
Voted - Harris = 848 / Voted - Trump = 842 / Did not vote = 729
So again, 50-50 between Trump and Harris which would not in any way be biased against Trump.
Vinca
(51,989 posts)Botany
(73,982 posts)Simple reason. Trump cheats end of story. In 2024 Musk and the GRU were into the data.
LetMyPeopleVote
(162,387 posts)Instead of dealing with the failures that have led to his drop in support, the president is blaming pollsters and news organizations.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lnuq3mvmts2c
But he apparently finds it easier to call for investigations into "criminal" pollsters — rhetoric that's become difficult to simply shrug off.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/approval-rating-sinks-trump-wants-investigations-pollsters-rcna203262
No, I’m just kidding. He’s actually lashing out at pollsters in new and ridiculous ways. Newsweek noted:
President Donald Trump has said pollsters that have shown his approval ratings sliding in recent weeks should be investigated for “election fraud.” Trump cited recent polls from The New York Times, ABC News/The Washington Post, and Fox News, which put his approval rating on 42 percent, 39 percent, and 44 percent respectively.
As this week got underway, Trump, shortly before sunrise, published an item to his social media platform that read, “We don’t have a Free and Fair ‘Press’ in this Country anymore. We have a Press that writes BAD STORIES, and CHEATS, BIG, ON POLLS. IT IS COMPROMISED AND CORRUPT. SAD!”
That came shortly on the heels of a related item, in which he lashed out at “FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS.” The president added, “These people should be investigated for ELECTION FRAUD, and add in the FoxNews Pollster while you’re at it.”.....
The hysterics were not altogether surprising. Trump did, after all, sue The Des Moines Register for publishing the results of a poll he didn’t like. So it stands to reason that he’d freak out in response to an avalanche of survey data showing his fading popularity.
But to the extent that reality has any bearing on this discussion, there are a few things to keep in mind here. The first is that there is no conspiracy: Polls show Trump struggling because Trump is failing and much of the public has noticed.
Second, the basis of the president’s weird conspiracy theory is absurd on its face: Pollsters can’t be engaged in “election interference” when there is no election, and the politician in question can’t run for re-election. (Even if there were an election, of course, there’s nothing improper about releasing public opinion research that one party doesn’t like.)
Third, and most importantly, some might feel the temptation to simply shrug off Trump’s call for an investigation into “criminal” polling, but given recent events, that seems inherently risky. This president has already a demonstrated a willingness to direct the Justice Department to go after his perceived foes, and there’s no reason to assume he’ll abandon these authoritarian-style tactics anytime soon.
hadEnuf
(3,157 posts)You asshole.
It must be an embarrassment to be a Republican now-a-days.
muriel_volestrangler
(103,523 posts)
33taw
(3,157 posts)that help people. And, watch your approval numbers go up.
mobeau69
(11,943 posts)Torrent63
(23 posts)Someone needs a diaper changed.
timms139
(250 posts)reveal the poll numbers are a result of 1: Treating people seeking a better life like sub humans.2: Reckless tariffs on everything that are disrupting the supply chain and raising prices on everything . 3: Disobeying court orders 4:Lying about everything you are doing .5: Degrading everyone and everything that points to your unlawful behavior . 6:Allowing reckless people handle our national security.7:Taking a wrecking ball to the constitution . 7 things that cause the poll numbers to be where they should be and if this isn't enough reason let's add number 8: Not helping Ukraine defeat your idol Putin .
mzmolly
(52,121 posts)
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,137 posts)Then they'll give him 100% approval ratings. Hey, it worked for ABC.
mzmolly
(52,121 posts)too!
Insane times we're living in.
Baitball Blogger
(49,897 posts)IronLionZion
(48,651 posts)that the president of the USA is behind the falling approval ratings. Conspiracy!
LudwigPastorius
(12,321 posts)...just a black, vacuous ego hole that needs constant assurance that he is somebody.
Trueblue1968
(18,492 posts)
red dog 1
(30,805 posts)What will this ass-clown say next?
mdbl
(6,360 posts)Other than a really weird or vile group that thinks he's Jesus or his sycophants who are all afraid he'll fire them. Didn't he know?
rustysgurl
(1,075 posts)but he won't ask me.
Sogo
(6,216 posts)What a cry-baby....
NotHardly
(2,081 posts)
Skittles
(163,831 posts)AND HOW do people go through life and never figure out the difference between LOSE AND LOOSE???
Karasu
(1,036 posts)AdamGG
(1,686 posts)
Hekate
(97,455 posts)
Turbineguy
(38,996 posts)
justaprogressive
(3,494 posts)Lewis Black retired from stand-up! 
LymphocyteLover
(7,896 posts)Doodley
(10,827 posts)businesses and has never learnt a thing. He is always the victim who has done everything perfectly. It is never his fault.
Chasstev365
(5,397 posts)Seriously Dude: GET HELP!
LW1977
(1,503 posts)
Blue Owl
(56,070 posts)NickB79
(19,884 posts)Two terms per the Constitution.
orangecrush
(24,405 posts)I've been getting calls from pollsters every day.
I tell every one of them you suck shit
58Sunliner
(5,707 posts)John McLaughlin, obsequious bootlicker, I mean ass kisser.
PedroXimenez
(670 posts)and anyone who says prices are going up is a terrorist, and anyone who says The Apprentice didn't win every Emmy is a traitor.
justgamma
(3,684 posts)an Des Moines pollster for getting the election poll wrong. It was laughed out of court, but this is sop for him.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/media/trump-lawsuit-des-moines-register-ann-selzer-poll/index.html
Rebl2
(16,226 posts)he have better things to do. Touch up his makeup and hair.
Godot51
(439 posts)... focuses on the truly important issues, the ones that stay in his head.
MissouriDem47
(152 posts)They should hold hold off on the the investigation because the numbers are going to keep getting worse. Of course he could always sue them like he did CBS and 60 Minutes.
Historic NY
(38,914 posts)Klondike Kat
(875 posts)An investigation may show that you're more universally loathed than what the polls indicated.
OldBaldy1701E
(7,755 posts)Brilliant idea. 
GPV
(73,286 posts)mahina
(19,721 posts)To be clear, not that it is approvals in the shitter, but that it’s being reported
republianmushroom
(19,690 posts)and you may learn something.