The media and Democratic leaders have mocked President Trump as a “rookie” prone to stupid mistakes, pointless fights, and support-sapping insults, but new polling shows that his voters like that he’s stirring up Washington.
And even better for Trump: The increased support from his base in response to the left’s attacks are helping to keep his overall approval rating fairly stable, near 50 percent.
That will be tested Friday if the House moves on Trump’s demand that the vote on repealing Obamacare even if the votes aren’t there to OK the GOP plan. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and some in the media have called Trump’s dare a “rookie” mistake, but the new polling suggests that even in defeat the so-called “Trump Train” will stick with him.
The polling by Morning Consult tested the response of “Teflon Don” voters to several “scandals,” like the fight over Inauguration crowd sizes to his tweet that the media is the enemy of American people.
In all, his support among his base increased.
“On the whole, these scandals don’t seem to be pulling down Trump’s overall approval numbers. He has hovered around 50 percent after dropping a few points after the first executive order on immigration. It’s also important to note that for about a 20 percent of voters, these scandals didn’t change their opinion either way,” said the analysis.
Morning Consult, which worked with Politico on the survey, concluded: “So what does this mean? It’s possible that the scandals tamp down on support in the moment, but the outrage of the day isn’t yet driving public opinion of the president. And if anything, it’s making Trump’s base like him even more.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
