Trump’s approval rating is better than meets the eye

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Judging from the media, you could be forgiven if you thought President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are in a free fall. Not only are they actually on the rise, but the major polling averages underestimate his true standing with voters.

That’s because Trump currently suffers from the largest gap in at least over a decade between approval ratings as measured by polls of all adults as opposed to those surveying registered or likely voters.

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