"You know, I took a look at all of the polling, averaged it all together, and we have now reached the year mark. We have now reach the year mark in which he has a negative net approval rating. So we have been talking about this for a long period of time. According to my average of polls, what we've been looking at is every day since March 12th, 2025, President Trump has been underwater and we've been counting up the days."
"Yeah, really bad with one voting group. John, you know, we have spoken about this: independents, independents, independents, the center of the electorate. We have been talking about how Trump has been just downright awful with them! And I decided we're going to look back and compare it to other presidents this century at this point in their second term, compare it to George Bush, compare it to Barack Obama and look at that: 38 points underwater at this point."
"That is worse than Obama by 20 points. That is worse than George W. Bush by double digits, and of course, George W Bush's second term went way off the rails. Sixty percent overall say that the Trump administration is focused on the wrong things. Look at that, 78% of independents say that Trump administration is focused the wrong things."
President Trump has reached a significant milestone of maintaining a negative net approval rating for one full year, with every day since March 12th, 2025 showing underwater polling numbers. His performance with independent voters is particularly concerning, showing a 38-point deficit that exceeds previous presidents' second-term standings by substantial margins. Compared to George W. Bush and Barack Obama at similar points in their presidencies, Trump's independent voter approval is 20 points worse than Obama and double digits worse than Bush. Recent polling indicates 60% overall and 78% of independents believe the Trump administration is focused on the wrong priorities, raising questions about political viability.
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