I just saw an article online about DJT's approval rating from five different sources

[MIButterfly]

and it ranged from 41% to 50%. How in the hell is it not 0%? It is in my house.

[magicarpet]

1. Many down to the marrow deep,...

.... dyed in the wool Fascists reside in The United States of America. Djt brought them to the surface and they are loud and proud to be MAGA Nazis.

[canetoad]

9. Yep and I reckon

That more than a few of them own media companies big and small. They can't be expected to go against their own interests.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. How? The Deplorable horde is way larger than many think.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

10. Much larger

[usonian]

3. Same reason they liked him in the first place.

[unblock]

4. It's hard to believe them

I know I'm in a blue state, but open support for Donnie is a *lot* lower here than 4 or 8 years ago. Very, very few houses with trump signs, very few trump t-shirts, very few maga hats, etc. nothing like it has been in the past.

And I know absolutely no one Donnie has won over. I know people he's lost, but no one he's picked up. Granted I don't hang out with many new voters, but still.

Plus, the entire business community I interact with hates him and thinks the tariff crap is a disaster. Again, I know people who supported him previously, but the tariff nonsense lost him a lot of support, not that they were even all that enthusiastic during the latest campaign.

Other than pure bigots and a few billionaires, it hard to see where his support still is.

I can't believe the propaganda is really that effective. Dictators can get away with only about 30% support, and that I'll believe. But nearly 50% is really hard to believe.

Keep in mind he cheats at everything, lies, and corrupts everything. Wouldn't surprise me if he's corrupted the polling community somehow.

[newdeal2]

7. I now look at who social media stars or influencers follow

Anecdotal but they overwhelmingly follow Trump’s accounts. These people are quite young and 2024 was probably their first or second time voting.

[W_HAMILTON]

5. Rightwing propaganda + the dumbing down of our society.

[czarjak]

8. Melded to perfection.

John Birch Society intention. Then came Ronnie & Rushbo & Fox. Here we are.

[Wiz Imp]

6. This site aggregates polls but has standards that must be met to be included

So blatantly partisan garbage polls like Rasmussen are not included. I count a total of 122 polls since inauguration day that meet their criteria. Of those, a grand total of only 5 have ever had Trump at 50% or higher. And only one poll since February showed Trump at 50%. That was an Insider advantage poll from May 18 that was so far of an outlier, I have no idea how it ever met their criteria. Anyway, bottom line, is there haven't been any legitimate polls showing Trump anywhere close to 50% in over 3 months.

https://votehub.com/polls/