POLLS? TRUMP IS IN A BETTER PLACE THAN DEMOCRATS, WHO ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER OVER HOW TO FIGHT HIM. There are a lot of questions these days about poll numbers, both President Donald Trump’s and those of his Democratic opponents. First, job approval. The president’s rating has tipped slightly underwater, by 0.4%, in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. But what is striking about Trump polls is the wide variation in approval between the different polls. The current RealClearPolitics average contains a Quinnipiac poll from March 10 that showed Trump 11 points underwater. It also contains an RMG Research poll from March 13 that showed Trump 10 points above the water. A 21-point spread is a pretty broad range. Better to look at the average.

What can be said with some certainty is that the president’s polls have dipped a bit — a month ago, on Feb. 16, he was almost 3 points above the water. So, he has trended downward for a while, which is better than his first term, when he was more than 5 points underwater in the RealClearPolitics average by this time.