Added: MSNBC and ABC stunned that their 24/7 attacks against Trump haven't worked: 4/24/17, "Sad 'Morning Joe' Is Floored That Only Two Percent of Trump Voters Regret Backing Him," NewsBusters, Curtis Houck. MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: "That’s a remarkable number....Mika, how can that just be two percent?"
4/24/17, ABC's Good Morning America anchor, "Stephanopoulos ‘Surprised’ Trump Would Beat Clinton Again, Still Has Strong Support," NewsBusters, Kristine March
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Poll dates, April 17-20, 2017, 1004 random adults, 3.5 error margin, land lines and cell phones. Above Karl tweet via, "Wash Post poll hides: Trump still beats Clinton, 43%-40%," Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard. "His (Trump's) approval rating among those who cast ballots for him stands at 94 percent....When asked if they would vote for him again, 96 percent say they would, which is higher than the 85 percent of Hillary Clinton voters who say they would support her again."...(Second WaPo article below, parag. 11)
4/23/17, "Trump voters don’t have buyer’s remorse. But some Hillary Clinton voters do." Washington Post, Aaron Blake
"I argued last week that anecdotal stories about disillusioned Trump supporters were overdone. The fact is that, on a broad scale, Trump supporters say they aren't disappointed. In fact, a poll showed they were more pleased than disappointed, by about 5 to 1:
"...The Pew Research Center released a poll showing very little buyer's remorse among Trump voters. The poll showed just 7 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say Trump has performed worse than they expected him to. Fully 38 percent — five times as many — say he has performed better."
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll confirms this — in spades."...
[Ed. note: Clicking on this link takes you to a headline that contradicts reporter Blake's thesis: "President Trump is least popular president at 100-day mark." Looking through the page, I saw no no mention of positive Trump poll results reported above by Aaron Blake. Even the subhead of the link we're provided sells "record low" Trump approval. Readers are invited to, "Click "detailed view" to see interactive results by political and demographic groups"...Unless being paid to do so, most people don't have time to click through "detailed views" of each question to find out what news Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post hope you never find out. Affiliation of poll respondents was 31 D, 24 R, 36 Ind.:]
(continuing): "And, in fact, it shows more buyer's remorse
for Trump's opponent in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton. And were the
2016 election held again today, it shows Trump would avenge his
popular-vote loss.
While just 4 percent of Trump's supporters say they would back someone else if there was a redo of the election, fully 15 percent of Clinton supporters say they would ditch her. Trump leads in a re-do of the 2016 election 43 percent to 40 percent after losing the popular vote 46-44.
That 15 percent is split between those who say they would vote for Trump (2 percent), Gary Johnson (4 percent), Jill Stein (2 percent), and either other candidates or not vote (7 percent).
It's not hugely surprising that the losing candidate in an election would see this kind of drop-off. People don't like voting for losers, and if you look closely at polls after an election, some voters won't even admit to having cast their ballots for the losing candidate. The winning margin for the victor is generally exaggerated.
But against the backdrop of stories about how Trump hasn't delivered what his supporters thought he would, it's notable how much his backers are sticking by their candidate, relative to his opponent. There is basically no real defection to the one candidate who could have delivered a different result.
Of course, you can still be disappointed in Trump and not say you wish you had voted differently. But this poll also reinforces the idea that Trump supporters aren't even disappointed. Not in the least, in fact.
Just 2 percent of those who voted for Trump say he has been a worse president than they expected. Only 1 percent say he has been “much worse,” and 1 percent say he has been “somewhat worse.”
In contrast, 62 percent say he has been better than expected, with one-third (33 percent) saying he has been “much better.”
That's not disillusioned Trump supporters; that's quite the opposite. And we have yet to see a poll that suggests there are a bunch of disgruntled Trump voters out there, stewing over their decision to install a reality show star as president."
Added: "The Post-ABC poll was conducted April 17-20 among a random national sample of 1,004 adults interviewed on cellular and landline phones. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points."
......................... Added: WaPo runs an additional 4/23/17 article about this poll with its all important headline and opening sentence very negative for Trump ("record lows," "least popular...in modern times").
Not until the 4th sentence from the end does one read that Trump would
beat Hillary 43-40 nationwide if the Nov. 2016 election were held again
today. Though in parag. 11, WaPo does report: "His (Trump's) approval rating among those who cast ballots for him
stands at 94 percent....When asked if they would vote for him again, 96 percent say they
would, which is higher than the 85 percent of Hillary Clinton voters who
say they would support her again."... 4/23/17, "Nearing 100 days, Trump’s approval at record lows but his base is holding," Washington Post, Dan Balz, Clement "President Trump nears the 100-day mark of his administration as the
least popular chief executive in modern times, a president whose voters
remain largely satisfied with his performance, but one whose base of
support has not expanded since he took the oath of office, according to a
new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Trump’s
first months in office have produced some tangible successes. Beyond
the continued enthusiasm of his most loyal supporters, a small majority
of Americans see him as a strong leader. A bigger majority approves of
his efforts to pressure U.S. companies to keep jobs in this country.
Those who say the economy is getting better outnumber those who say it’s
getting worse by the biggest margin in 15 years in Post-ABC polling. But the president’s balance sheet overall tilts toward the negative."... (parag. 11, WaPo does admit): "There are no signs of major slippage in support among those who voted
for Trump. His approval rating among those who cast ballots for him
stands at 94 percent. Among Republicans, it is 84 percent. Asked of
those who voted for him whether they regret doing so, 2 percent say they
do, while 96 percent say supporting Trump was the right thing to
do. When asked if they would vote for him again, 96 percent say they
would, which is higher than the 85 percent of Hillary Clinton voters who
say they would support her again."...
(parag. 12): "Among Trump voters who say they
were “somewhat enthusiastic” or less excited about supporting him, 88
percent approve of his current performance and 79 percent say he
understands the problems of people like them."... (3rd paragraph from end): "Despite the public’s skepticism of Trump’s first 100 days, the survey
finds little evidence voters would render a different verdict from last
November, when Trump won key states needed to secure victory in the
electoral college despite Clinton winning more votes nationwide."... [Ed. note: This is false. The survey found no "evidence" that WaPo's preferred verdict would be rendered in a rematch. Trump
would beat Hillary in both Electoral College and popular vote (43-40)
in a rematch. WaPo actually does report this in its next paragraph's
last sentence]. (2nd paragraph from end): "The
new survey finds 46 percent saying they voted for Clinton and 43
percent for Trump, similar to her two-point national vote margin. [How is it a "finding" of the "new survey" to merely restate known Nov. 2016 popular vote percentages?] Asked
how they would vote if the election were held today, 43 say they would
support Trump and 40 percent say Clinton. The Post-ABC poll was
conducted April 17-20 among a random national sample of 1,004 adults
interviewed on cellular and landline phones. Overall results have a
margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points."
.........................
While just 4 percent of Trump's supporters say they would back someone else if there was a redo of the election, fully 15 percent of Clinton supporters say they would ditch her. Trump leads in a re-do of the 2016 election 43 percent to 40 percent after losing the popular vote 46-44.
That 15 percent is split between those who say they would vote for Trump (2 percent), Gary Johnson (4 percent), Jill Stein (2 percent), and either other candidates or not vote (7 percent).
It's not hugely surprising that the losing candidate in an election would see this kind of drop-off. People don't like voting for losers, and if you look closely at polls after an election, some voters won't even admit to having cast their ballots for the losing candidate. The winning margin for the victor is generally exaggerated.
But against the backdrop of stories about how Trump hasn't delivered what his supporters thought he would, it's notable how much his backers are sticking by their candidate, relative to his opponent. There is basically no real defection to the one candidate who could have delivered a different result.
Of course, you can still be disappointed in Trump and not say you wish you had voted differently. But this poll also reinforces the idea that Trump supporters aren't even disappointed. Not in the least, in fact.
Just 2 percent of those who voted for Trump say he has been a worse president than they expected. Only 1 percent say he has been “much worse,” and 1 percent say he has been “somewhat worse.”
In contrast, 62 percent say he has been better than expected, with one-third (33 percent) saying he has been “much better.”
That's not disillusioned Trump supporters; that's quite the opposite. And we have yet to see a poll that suggests there are a bunch of disgruntled Trump voters out there, stewing over their decision to install a reality show star as president."
Added: "The Post-ABC poll was conducted April 17-20 among a random national sample of 1,004 adults interviewed on cellular and landline phones. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points."
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