PRESIDENT RISES AGAIN – AT 9:54 A.M. ET:  The president has hit 51% approval in the Rasmussen poll, the only daily tracker left.  This in spite of some gaffes and some rather petty and boastful comments he made after the election.  Maybe the American people have discounted his occasionally coarse indulgences.  Or maybe they're sending a message to the Democrats not to go crazy in their anti-Trump hatred.  From Rasmussen: 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 51% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-eight percent (48%) disapprove. 

The latest figures include 36% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 40% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -4.

COMMENT:  We always stress that this is one poll, and tends to show the president higher than in other surveys.  The poll result is best used to detect trends rather than hit specific numbers.  The trend for the president in the last week has been upward.  He has gained four points.

November 21,  2018