唐纳德·特朗普总统经常称赞其“准确性”的一项民意调查周三宣布,公众对他的政府的支持率在20世纪90年代后似乎正在下降弹劾调查他决定将美国军队撤出叙利亚。
这10月24日版拉斯穆森报道的每日总统追踪民调显示,大多数(54%)可能的选民不赞成总统在任时的表现,而43%的人赞成。
民意测验进一步显示,45%的美国人“强烈”不赞成特朗普的工作表现,而32%的人“强烈”赞成。
总统此前称赞拉斯穆森的观点准确无误,没有偏见,称之为“最准确的”民意调查之一。他还在拉斯穆森民调中称赞了自己的数据,并经常通过社交媒体分享这些数据。
最近,10月17日,他在推特上发布了拉斯穆森的支持率,这让他的支持率高于当时大多数其他民调——50%。
事实上,拉斯穆森通常认为总统的支持率高于其他民调,特朗普自己在推特上也多次提到这一点。
在提及拉斯穆森的民调时,总统有时会称赞该公司展现了他在美国人民中支持的真相,而其他民调则报告说,他在大多数兜售“假新闻”的美国人眼里并不讨人喜欢
特朗普几次炫耀自己的拉斯穆森支持率,直接将其与他的前任、前总统巴拉克·奥巴马的支持率进行比较。
“拉斯穆森民意测验中刚刚达到50%,比奥巴马总统同期高得多,”他说推特2018年4月15日。“有这么多虚假的故事和虚假的新闻,真让人难以置信!谢谢美国,我们正在做伟大的事情。”2018年8月,总统再次认为投票公司是对“虚假新闻”报道的制衡。
截至美国东部时间10月24日下午1点,总统还没有在其推特账户上分享拉斯穆森的最新民调结果。
对拉斯穆森民意测验准确性的评估喜忧参半。虽然预测特朗普在2016年总统选举中获胜相当准确,有线电视新闻网报道这是关于2018年中期选举结果最不准确的民意调查之一。
拉斯穆森每周九点半发布每日总统追踪调查的最新消息
2019年10月23日,DC华盛顿,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫外交室发表讲话时,受到副总统迈克·彭斯(左)的护卫。
Trump's Favorite Poll Shows Falling Approval Rate Amid Impeachment Inquiry
Apoll that President Donald Trump has frequently praised for its "accuracy" announced Wednesday that public approval of his administration appears to be diminishing in the wake of the impeachment inquiry and his decision to pull American troops out of Syria.
The October 24 edition of Rasmussen Reports' Daily Presidential Tracking Poll showed a majority (54 percent) of likely voters disapprove of the president's performance in office, while 43 percent approve.
The poll further reported that 45 percent of Americans "strongly" disapprove of Trump's job performance, while 32 percent "strongly" approved.
The president has previously praised Rasmussen for what he has viewed as its precision and lack of bias, referring to it as "one of the most accurate" polls. He has also lauded his numbers in Rasmussen polls, often sharing them via social media.
Most recently, on October 17, he tweeted an approval rating from Rasmussen that gave him an approval rating higher than most other polls at the time—50 percent.
In fact, Rasmussen has typically rated the president's approval rating as being higher than other polls, as Trump himself has noted several times on Twitter.
In his references to Rasmussen's polls, the president sometimes praised the company for presenting the truth about his support among the American people, whereas other polls reporting that he was unfavorably viewed by most Americans peddled in "fake news."
On several occasions, Trump has flaunted his Rasmussen approval ratings by comparing them directly to those reported for his predecessor, former President Barack Obama.
"Just hit 50% in the Rasmussen Poll, much higher than President Obama at same point," he tweeted on April 15, 2018. "With all of the phony stories and Fake News, it's hard to believe! Thank you America, we are doing Great Things." The president once again deemed the polling company a counterweight to "fake news" reports in August 2018.
As of 1 p.m. ET on October 24, the president had not shared the most recent Rasmussen poll results on his Twitter account.
Evaluations of the accuracy of the Rasmussen polls have been mixed. While it was quite accurate in predicting a victory for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, CNN reported that it was among the least accurate polls regarding the outcomes of the 2018 midterm elections.
Rasmussen posts updates of its Daily Presidential Tracking Poll every weekday at 9:30 a.m.
U.S. President Donald Trump is flanked by Vice President Mike Pence (L) while making statement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House, on October 23, 2019 in Washington, DC.