Trump dismisses polls showing low approval ratings as fake

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 25 Oct, 08:57 · Archive

President Trump has dismissed polling data showing his approval rating at around 34-38 per cent as fake, claiming his actual support is closer to 60 per cent.

President Trump has dismissed polling data showing his approval rating at 34-38 per cent as fake, claiming his actual support is much higher. When questioned by The Washington Examiner about a RealClearPolitics average showing 38.8 per cent approval and 60.4 per cent disapproval, Trump rejected the figures. When pressed on what he believed his actual rating to be, he said: 'I think that if I needed it, which I don't, I think 60.'

Multiple polls paint a different picture. A New York Times/Siena College poll put his approval at 34 per cent, described as the lowest for a president approaching midterm elections since Harry Truman's 33 per cent in 1946. Reuters/Ipsos found 34 per cent approval and 65 per cent disapproval. Pew Research Center reported just 30 per cent approval and 68 per cent disapproval.

Trump pointed to his strong support among Republican voters and his MAGA base as evidence of higher approval. He also referenced a September clip of CNN's Harry Enten noting that Trump had won 99 per cent of the MAGA GOP vote in the 2024 election against Kamala Harris.

How it is being reported

• Trump Rejects Disastrous Polls: 'I Don't Believe I Could Be Beaten By Anybody'The RealClearPolitics average of polls includes data from over a dozen reputable outlets. US President Donald Trump once again contested the validity of his disastrous approval ratings during a Friday interview with The Washington Examiner ahead of the upcoming midterms. He specifically dismissed a new RealClearPolitics poll average during the interview that puts his approval at 38.8%. “It’s fake,” Trump told the Examiner . “It’s fake.” The president reportedly based that argument on The New York Times’ earlier inclusion of data from Wedgewood Polls, a company that recently admitted to using…HuffPost UK · 25 Oct, 08:30
• Donald Trump says polls are fake and insists his approval rating is really at 60%A New York Times /Siena College poll put Trump’s approval at 34 percent, the lowest for a president nearing midterms since Harry Truman in 1946Independent World · 24 Oct, 18:01

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