Stunning Rasmussen poll shows rising approval of Trump in the wake of the Capitol incursion
By Thomas Lifson
If you believe the media and most Beltway politicians, the entire country is appalled at President Trump and wants him erased from history. A moral panic is being pushed by the media and other Democrats in the wake of the incursion into the United States Capitol. It has been persuasive to the media, including many nominal conservatives. And it may have convinced many Republican politicians that President Trump is now a marginal figure, at best, and should be shunned.
But unless the Rasmussen polling organization suddenly has become inaccurate after being far more accurate than most presidential polls, the mainstream of conservative American, roughly half the country, isn’t buying it, and Trump's approval has actually risen.
By Thomas Lifson
If you believe the media and most Beltway politicians, the entire country is appalled at President Trump and wants him erased from history. A moral panic is being pushed by the media and other Democrats in the wake of the incursion into the United States Capitol. It has been persuasive to the media, including many nominal conservatives. And it may have convinced many Republican politicians that President Trump is now a marginal figure, at best, and should be shunned.
But unless the Rasmussen polling organization suddenly has become inaccurate after being far more accurate than most presidential polls, the mainstream of conservative American, roughly half the country, isn’t buying it, and Trump's approval has actually risen.
On the fifth and sixth of January, Trump's total approval figure was 47%. The movement may be small, but it is the direction that is important. Far from deserting Trump, the public is staying with him and even increasing approval
