THE FEDERALIST: Trump’s Approval Is Spiking, And The Left Can’t Stand It

Trump’s Approval Is Spiking, And The Left Can’t Stand It

By David Marcus
March 28, 2020


Over the past two weeks, President Trump’s overall approval rating and specifically approval of his handling of the Chinese virus have been spiking. You would think that most people would view this as good thing, I mean, in the middle of a crisis, having faith in leadership is better than not having faith in leadership, right? For many on the left, though, these numbers are cause for consternation.

Here’s a not particularly sane response from supposed one-time conservative Ana Navarro:


Ana Navarro-Cárdenas
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@ananavarro
Who are these 51% of Americans who approve of the way this lying, narcissistic, science-denying, petty, partisan, infantile, intellectual wasteland, lame excuse for a President with the vocabulary of a 4 year-old (apologies to 4 year-olds), is mishandling this crisis? Really. [link to twitter.com (secure)] …

ABC News
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@ABC
51% of Americans approve of Pres. Trump’s handing of the coronavirus outbreak; 45% disapprove, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. [link to abcn.ws (secure)]

3:38 PM - Mar 27, 2020


Chiming in from the world of entertainment is Alyssa Milano, with a brief but amusing take:

Alyssa Milano
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@Alyssa_Milano
WHAT?! [link to twitter.com (secure)] …

ABC News
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@ABC
51% of Americans approve of Pres. Trump’s handing of the coronavirus outbreak; 45% disapprove, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. [link to abcn.ws (secure)]

3:50 PM - Mar 27, 2020


Some, like Nate Silver, see this as a simple fluke, a display of sympathy from some Democrats and Independents.

Nate Silver
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@NateSilver538
Yeah this seems important and suggests that a lot of Trump's approval bounce comes from Dems and indies who are trying to express sympathy at a time of national crisis but have no intention of voting for him. [link to twitter.com (secure)] …

Geoff Garin
@geoffgarin
A key takeaway from the Fox News poll: improvements in Trump's approval rating are having no real impact on voting intentions in trial heats with Biden, and haven't dented Biden's lead.

5:52 PM - Mar 27, 2020


There are plenty more examples, but suffice it to say, to those for whom hating Trump has become the passion of a lifetime, the president’s relative popularity is infuriating. It is also confounding to them, and it’s worth thinking about why.

Trump’s initial response to virus, in late January and into February, was not great. He did seem to be downplaying what we know now to be a cataclysmic crisis, but he was far from alone in that. Let’s remember that as recently as March 2, when Trump’s response was getting on a firmer footing, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was urging Gothamites to get out there and go to the movies. Hizzoner’s pivot to taking this seriously happened far later than Trump’s, and with dire consequences for the city he mismanages.

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