Disapproval rose to 62%, the worst of his two terms in office, amid economic issues since launching his war against Iran
Six months out from November’s midterm US elections, Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has reached 62% – the worst of his two terms in office – according to a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
The US president received his worst ratings on the cost of living and other economic issues since launching his deeply unpopular war against Iran in February, which has plunged the global economy into an oil crisis and sent gas prices rocketing to a four-year high.
Trump achieved majority disapproval on his management of every issue measured, including Americans disapproved of his handling of that war by 66% to 32%, while a staggering 76% disapproved and only 23% approved of his handling of the cost of living. Two-thirds of Americans now feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Is it as simple as 38% approve and 62% disapprove? Many polls have something in the middle for “neither approve nor disapprove.”
In those polls, the disapproval rate can move without anything changing in the approval rating, and that’s worth reporting.
Just saying It isn’t entirely either/or.
Probably not.
But when dealing with stats is best to err on the side of caution.
At most 38% approve, if the real number is lower and some maga tries to argue, it just turns out that it’s even worse than I said.
If it was really 39% then that becomes the focus and there’s no convincing.
So when in doubt, give the extra to the side you’re trying to convince especially when the split is big enough a few points either way don’t even matter.
It stops them from arguing over minute details and forces the larger discussion.
Wasn’t doing it intentionally, it’s out of habit
I do something similar. I’ll often misstate numbers in the same way hoping that they will look it up to try and prove me wrong and succeed. They get a little dopamine rush when they see I’m wrong and that makes it easier for them to understand that if I had been accurate, it would paint an even grimmer picture.
It’s not really that.
What I was talking about is I’ve amassed a huge amount of random knowledge. If I said:
Someone is gonna chirp up that in election year ____ there was only 28% non-voters so all that literal scientific research that happened is a moot point.
Shit like that gets tiresome. Especially when everyone assumes the only way someone would know stuff like that, is if they looked it up 2 seconds ago and have a handy source.