Well, Trump, despite his incredibly low favourability, is still viewed more favourably than Ryan, but the fact that it’s even close is insane.
If you contrast with 2009, Pelosi had about 41% favourable, which is higher than Ryan’s 36.5%. But Obama at that time had a favourable of about 61% compared to Trump’s 37%.
So Ryan appears to be unpopular as a house leader, but Trump is radically, dramatically unpopular as a president only two months into his first term. He’s at lows Obama barely ever approached. Trump is heading towards post-Katrina Bush lows without even having a disaster to test his mettle.
If I were Ryan I wouldn’t be very afraid of Trump. Then again, if I were Ryan then Ryan wouldn’t be such a heartless moron, so who knows what else would be different.
