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Trump Polling Better Than Democrats Fighting Over How To Fight Him

By Byron York
Wednesday, March 19 2025

There are a lot of questions these days about poll numbers, both President Donald Trump's and those of his Democratic opponents. First, job approval. The president's rating has tipped slightly underwater, by 0.4%, in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. But what is striking about Trump polls is the wide variation in approval between the different polls. The current RealClearPolitics average contains a Quinnipiac poll, from March 10, that showed Trump 11 points underwater. It also contains an RMG Research poll, from March 13, that showed Trump 10 points above the water. A 21-point spread is a…

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