Analysis: Where Trump’s two new favorite poll results came from
By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 18 at 10:40 AM President Trump was, for some reason, angry at “Saturday Night Live” on Sunday morning, even though Saturday’s show was a rerun.
Trump’s familiar with this concept in part because his hosting the show during the 2016 presidential primaries resulted in two of his competitors being allowed equal time on NBC. Of course, that was in response to his actually appearing on air, but why let a small detail like that interrupt a good Twitter complaint?“Hard to believe I won and am winning,” he wrote. “Approval Rating 52%, 93% with Republicans.
The first is easy to identify. It’s from Rasmussen Reports, which did indeed find that Trump had a 52 percent approval rating overall — on Feb. 11. — Rasmussen Reports November 5, 2018 What about the 93 percent support for Trump among Republicans? That doesn’t appear to come from Rasmussen. Instead, the first time Trump used it was on Feb. 24, 2018, when he celebrated getting 93 percent approval — from attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference. In other words: 93 percent approval from fervent conservative activists.
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