Trump's approval rating surpasses that of Obama's eight years ago across all major polls
President Trump's job approval rating this week surpassed that of his predecessor Barack Obama at the same time eight years ago, according to several major polls. While the president is known to cite only conservative-leaning polls to celebrate his performance, this time there is good news for him across the board.
According to a Real Clear Politics average of more than half-dozen major polls, Trump's approval rating on Wednesday clocked 44.3 percent -- higher than Obama's average approval rating of 43.9 percent on September 18, 2011, Newsweek reports. The statistic averages the following polls:Rasmussen Reports, Economist/YouGov, Politico/Morning Consult, The Hill/HarrisX, Reuters/Ipsos, ABC News/Washington Post, CNN, NPR/PBS/Marist.
The commander-in-chief's average approval rating beat that of Obama's on Monday and continued to lead for the next two days. On Monday, Trump's average approval rating was 44.1 percent compared to Obama's 43.9 percent on September 16, 2011. The following day, he was at 44 percent as compared to Obama's 43.8 percent on September 17, 2011.
Following is a seven-day excerpt from Trump's average approval ratings in 2019 and Obama in 2011, per Real Clear Politics.
While Trump has continued to criticize Obama, he has not tweeted about achieving a higher average approval than his predecessor this week. But on Monday, he tweeted an image of himself emblazoned with the words "50% APPROVAL RATING" and attributed it to Rasmussen Reports, a conservative outlet which consistently rates him higher than other major polls.
"Thank you, working hard!" the president tweeted, alongside the hashtag #KAG2020 which stands for "Keep America Great 2020" -- his re-election campaign slogan.
"The highly respected Rasmussen poll revealed that the president is actually at his highest point in two years," a guest author for The Political Insider noted, adding that "perhaps even more significantly" Trump had topped Obama.
"Obviously, Obama won his second term," the author continued, "Despite polling lower than where Trump is today according to Rasmussen."