Donald's Approval Numbers are Worse Than You Think

Okay, you've heard this story over a hundred times -- nearly every day -- that Donald's approval numbers are bad, but this map of Gallup's January - June daily approval tracking numbers shows that not a single state holds an approval number higher than 60%. We're talking the reddest of red states.

That's astonishing, but you need something to compare it to, to make sense of all this, right? Back in 2009, President Obama had a 60%+ approval rating in 13 states plus DC. Obama's worst disapproval rating was 46%, Idaho. In 2017, there are 33 states with a 46% or higher disapproval rating of Donald.

That's pretty bad, but I can show you, in starker terms, two charts that illustrate just how disparate Obama in 2009 is from Trump in 2017.

In 2009 Obama was underwater in just two states -- Idaho and Wyoming. In 2017, Trump is undewater in 31 states.

It is absolutely true that Donald could make a comeback and soar in popularity.












Just kidding.

He can't stop being who he is. The majority of Americans who voted in 2016 did not support him in the first place and he hasn't ever pivoted (nor can he in the first place).

Donald's destroying the GOP nationally and neither he nor the GOP has truly understood how deep in trouble they are. They think that they merely need to keep their base support. Untrue.