Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

ProfessorGAC

(77,839 posts)

4. A Curiosity In The Numbers

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 09:04 PM

Saturday

...was that on the chart discussing approval by issue, NONE of the Approve/Somewhat Approve sums add up to the 43% the best of his polls show.
Seems weird that fewer people approve of anything he's doing but still adds up to under 43.
Border security is the only one close with a sum of 41%. There are two issues where the "approve" SUM is in the low 20s.
I wonder how we get from that fact to 35 to 43% approval.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

multigraincracker

4 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How Trump's approval rating stands after US 250th birthday: 6 polls [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Saturday OP

How much do you have to suck to lose approval going to the 4th of July? underpants Saturday #1

Who are these 35% approving of him? Masochists? Ritabert Saturday #2

This is horrifying orthoclad Saturday #3

A Curiosity In The Numbers ProfessorGAC Saturday #4