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Back at our table this morning, Cliff Young, polling and societal trends president of Ipsos, here to talk about public interest and public opinions in President Trump's first 100 days.
So let's talk about his overall approval rating as we approach 100 days.
Well, we found there's been a decline since he took office, and whether that be Ipsus polling or just the average of all polls, both show a five-point decline.
Ours shows from 47 points to 42 points.
And so the question is, is that a lot?
Is that a little?
And let's look at history a bit.
And what we know by history is that if we go back to 1948, the average decline the first 100 days is about three points.
He's at five points, so he's a little bit above that.
Not significantly so, not outside the expectations.
But when you look at public opinion generally, there's a lot of noise in it.
We can talk about that, especially relative to tariffs and a lot of the actions taken.
But his approval ratings, I would say, are within expectations.
A lot of, depending on the indicator, if you look at his handling of the economy as one, people's opinion of tariffs as another, thwarting court orders, these are just examples of a variety of specific issues that America is a little bit standoffish about.
They're negative towards.
And that doesn't necessarily translate into the approval ratings right now.
It can, it might, but at this moment, it isn't.
But we can see on the edges this sort of noise friction, unease.
Indeed, if we look at focus groups, that is not polling, which is quantitative, where we call you or knock on your door and talk to you, but when we basically sit down with you and have a conversation, Americans are saying the same thing.