Trump Boasts About 51% Approval Rating Despite 'Bad Publicity'
- 6 years ago
President Trump on Friday boasted about his recent Rasmussen approval rating.
President Trump on Friday boasted about his approval rating in a recent Rasmussen Reports poll.
"The Rasmussen - it's at 51 or 52. It's the highest level I've ever been at," Trump said while delivering remarks at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum. "How does that happen when you only get bad publicity?"
"That's because people realize that a lot of what you read and a lot of what you see on television is fake," Trump added. "The people are smart."
According to the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports, "daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove."
In the recent past, Trump has used the Rasmussen poll to compare his job performance to former President Obama's.
"Just got recent Poll - much higher than President O at same time....Well, much more has been accomplished!" Trump wrote on Sunday.
And on April 3, Trump tweeted, "Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling. Just hit 50%, which is higher than Cheatin' Obama at the same time in his Administration."
Nevertheless, the statistics site FiveThirtyEight, which aggregates ratings from several major polls, shows that Obama has consistently maintained higher job approval numbers than the current president.
President Trump on Friday boasted about his approval rating in a recent Rasmussen Reports poll.
"The Rasmussen - it's at 51 or 52. It's the highest level I've ever been at," Trump said while delivering remarks at the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum. "How does that happen when you only get bad publicity?"
"That's because people realize that a lot of what you read and a lot of what you see on television is fake," Trump added. "The people are smart."
According to the conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports, "daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove."
In the recent past, Trump has used the Rasmussen poll to compare his job performance to former President Obama's.
"Just got recent Poll - much higher than President O at same time....Well, much more has been accomplished!" Trump wrote on Sunday.
And on April 3, Trump tweeted, "Thank you to Rasmussen for the honest polling. Just hit 50%, which is higher than Cheatin' Obama at the same time in his Administration."
Nevertheless, the statistics site FiveThirtyEight, which aggregates ratings from several major polls, shows that Obama has consistently maintained higher job approval numbers than the current president.