Thursday, March 24, 2022

Popularity Polling

Real Clear Politics surveys major, reputable polls concerning the favorability of current (and one former) political figures, and computes an average for each. Here are today's averages.

Biden, Harris, Trump, Pelosi, McCarthy, Schumer, and McConnell are ranked from lowest to highest based on the spread between "favorable" and "unfavorable." For all of these individuals, the unfavorables exceed the favorables, with the smallest negative number reflecting the highest approval.

Trump (-6.1)
Biden (-9.2)
Harris (-13.8)
Schumer (-17.0)
McCarthy (-19.3)
Pelosi (-21.0)
McConnell (-34.0)  

Hat tip to John Nolte of Breitbart for the link. Nolte writes some interesting interpretation of this data, which shows Trump the most popular of the bunch. 
Trump can oftentimes be his own worst enemy regarding likability. This is a very smart and charming guy who can also be petty, childish, obsessed with things that don’t matter, and entirely too abrasive for what many people see as the role of a president or even a former president. Nevertheless, he’s wiping the floor with the media-approved politicians, at least for right now.

Which Nolte follows with this snarky, tongue-in-cheek conclusion:

If Trump would simply tone down the abrasive side of his personality from 11 to, say, 7.5, he really could be president for life.