How we know the drop in Trump’s approval rating in January reflected a real shift in public opinion
Posted on AllSides January 20th, 2021
From The Center
ANALYSIS
Donald Trump’s final job approval rating as president was 29% in a Pew Research Center poll released last week, the lowest of his presidency and a 9 percentage point drop since August, when 38% of U.S. adults approved. The decrease stood out because even some of the momentous events of the past four years did not affect Trump’s approval rating very much.
Trump’s job approval drops sharply
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