Trump’s Poll Numbers are Low-Normal, and Improving

Among Republicans, according to Gallup this week, it’s 87%. (Choose from the drop-downs at the bottom of the page accordingly, and you’ll see.) Just in case you’re wondering what number matches the last line in the block quote below.

If you don’t like this development, then get out your checkbook, debit card, credit card—and travel planner, too, if you like. 

Put up or shut up. The nutcases certainly do; that’s why they’re winning:

But look what’s happened since. Despite a stalled stock market, and with the Republican agenda dead in the water, Trump’s numbers have popped to the surface. His approval rating has risen from a dismal 37 percent to 44 percent — not bad in this sour age. (At the same point in his presidency, Barack Obama had fallen to 46 percent approval on his way down to 44.)   

Meanwhile, the gap between Trump’s approval and disapproval numbers has narrowed significantly, from 21 points to eight. Admittedly, that’s a pretty solid eight-point deficit; the intensity of opposition to Trump is unusually high. But his command of the GOP going into the midterm is complete. According to Gallup polling, Trump enjoys greater Republican loyalty than any president of the post-World War II era other than George W. Bush after 9/11.