The Republican Future

Many Trump critics relished a recent Quinnipiac poll showing that President Trump’s job approval had fallen to a new low, at a net -23 percent (34 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove).

Commentators friendly to the president sprinkled a few grains of salt on the survey. For one thing, they noted, Quinnipiac has always had Trump’s job approval a bit lower than other pollsters. Gallup, for example, has Trump’s job approval/disapproval at 38 percent, 56 percent, and the Real Clear Politics average has it at 39 percent, 55 percent. So things aren’t that bad!