Which means he’s down overall. Look at the trend line since his election. Not the day to day swings back and forth.
Trump started far lower.
Remember that this guy lost the popular vote by the largest margin ever for a president that still took the electoral college. And he squeaked out a win by one of the lowest EC margins ever. Record low attendance for the inauguration of a new president. While sparking the largest single protest in American history.
His support was never particularly large, and quite clearly didn’t amount to a majority of Americans. It doesn’t take that much of a dip in approval or support numbers to mean his chances at re-election are minimal.
So much of the news coverage and discussion of the subject (including here, look up thread) has treated it as if his support was massive. As if a majority of Americans, especially in red states. Are 100% behind the guy. And there’s almost nothing out there to back that up. Even at his highest approval ratings, dude has one of the lowest approval ratings since we’ve started tracking it (for the given period in a presidency). This is not an insurmountable lead. And it in no way looks like a starting point for a persistent shift in American politics, a red “wave” or even a clear shot at re-election.
