{"id":934,"date":"2025-07-23T12:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=934"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:02:19","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-poll-shift-same-candidate-trumps-support-drops-from-90-to-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=934","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 Poll Shift, Same Candidate \u2014 Trump&#8217;s Support Drops From 90 to 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-3.jpg 480w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/3-3-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent CNBC interview, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made headlines by claiming that former President Donald Trump holds a \u201c90 percent approval rating.\u201d While the statement resonated strongly with Trump\u2019s base, national polling data paints a different picture \u2014 <strong>same figurehead, shifting support.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a CNN poll released on July 17, 42 percent of Americans say they support Trump, while only 37 percent believe he sets the right goals for the country\u2014an important indicator of public confidence in his leadership. A Reuters\/Ipsos survey similarly put approval for Trump\u2019s policies at 41 percent among registered voters. Meanwhile, The Economist\/YouGov reported a 55 percent disapproval rating. Even Rasmussen Reports\u2014often seen as more favorable to Republicans\u2014showed Trump\u2019s approval among likely voters at just 50 percent. <strong>Same candidate, different results\u2014far from the 90 percent cited by Johnson.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So where did that 90 percent figure come from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A closer look at the CNN data reveals that 88 percent of <strong>self-identified Republicans<\/strong> said they approve of Trump. Johnson appears to have rounded that number up to 90 percent and framed it as a broader, national metric. While technically accurate <strong>within the party<\/strong>, applying that number to the general population <strong>distorts the reality<\/strong>. It reflects a common dynamic in political messaging: <strong>the figure stays the same, but the frame changes<\/strong>\u2014leading to a perception that doesn\u2019t match the national mood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent CNBC interview, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson made headlines by claiming that former President Donald Trump holds a \u201c90 percent approval rating.\u201d While the statement resonated strongly with Trump\u2019s base, national polling data paints a different picture \u2014 same figurehead, shifting support. According to a CNN poll released on July 17,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=934\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\ud83d\udea8 Poll Shift, Same Candidate \u2014 Trump&#8217;s Support Drops From 90 to 4&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":937,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934\/revisions\/937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}