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A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he’s been a great or good president.

44% say Trump’s focused on the wrong priorities in the AP-NORC poll, 21% said an even mix and 10% don’t know

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

It’s a bullshit poll. 10% selected “I don’t know.”

The AP-NORC poll surveyed 1,260 adults from April 17- April 21, using a probability-based method from AmeriSpeak. The margin of sampling error for the poll is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

He’s underwater at 54.6% unfavorable on YouGov as of five days ago.

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/donald-trump-favorability

He’s 59% unfavorable on Pew Research Center as of three days ago.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/04/23/evaluations-of-trump-job-approval-and-confidence-on-issues/

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, these numbers are still crazy low relatively speaking.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

They’re the lowest in ~~presidential history~~ 70 years. Don’t forget, they’re not exclusively asking informed people.

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

No they're not lol. The lowest in the first 100 days maybe. Don't just believe headlines.

Have a look at Truman's approval numbers towards the end of his term.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 12 hours ago

Don't bring facts to an opinion fight.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

George W. Bush had the highest disapproval with 71% on 10/10/2028.

Harry Truman had the lowest approval, hitting 22% in 1951 and again in 1952. From secondary source Wikipedia (it's the internet; how hard do you want me to work?).

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The 52% AP-NORC result has a margin of error of 3.9%. That puts the 54.6% YouGov poll squarely within it. Pew Research was April 7-14 and doesn't have a margin on its first page, so I didn't look further.

Not sure why you don't think the YouGov poll is also bullshit since it is lower than Pew.

[–] TransSynthesist@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Yougov is a private company based out of England and founded by rich right wingers. They exist to profit from and meddle in American politics.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Fair point. They both typically use smaller sample sizes than Pew or Reuters/Ipsos as well.