- President Donald Trump's approval rating has jumped to its highest level since May in the RealClearPolitics average.
- "Rasmussen just announced that my approval rating jumped to 49%, a far better number than I had in winning the Election, and higher than certain 'sacred cows,'" Trump tweeted Saturday.
- "Other Trump polls are way up also. So why does the media refuse to write this? Oh well, someday!"
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Trump's approval rating is at its highest point in almost a full year
President Donald Trump's approval rating reached its highest point in nearly nine months, according to the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polls.
President Donald Trump's approval rating has reached its highest point in nearly nine months,according to the RealClearPoliticsaggregate of polls.
Trump on Sunday reached a 42.2% approval rating in the aggregate. It was his highest rating since he hit 42.6% on May 9, which was the day he fired FBI Director James Comey.
The improved rating came on the heels of three polls published following his State of the Union address last week. Both anEconomist/YouGovpoll and aMonmouth Universitysurvey found Trump's approval rating to be 44%, while a right-leaningRasmussen pollfound Trump's approval rating at 49%.
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Trump's bump cameafter pollsshowed that most Americans who tuned into his first State of the Union address — an audience that skewed a bit more Republican than the voting populace as a whole — liked it.
A CBS News pollfound that 75% of those who watched Trump's speech approved of the address, while just 25% said they disapproved. ACNN snap pollfollowing the speech found that 70% of viewers had a positive reaction, with 48% saying they had a "very positive" response.
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