8/10/18

Fake Approval Rating or Good One?

Some report that Donald Jr posted a fake approval rating for the President.

https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trump-jr-photoshopped-screencap-instagram-trump-approval-a6053e82a66f/

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/401232-trump-jr-shares-fake-trump-approval-rating-on-instagram

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/08/10/trumps-approval-hits-50-percent-in-a-doctored-poll-graphic-shared-by-his-son/?utm_term=.31cefac84ff9

The Washington Post and the site above report that Don Jr inflated the approval rating 10 points. Instead of 50% its 40%. Yet the Gallup Poll reports 45% making the WP's article a half truth.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/203207/trump-job-approval-weekly.aspx

I read somewhere that one poll reported a 49% approval rating and that makes the WP report 90% fake.

Newsweek reported on a Rasmussen poll that showed (Aug. 2nd) the rating is 50%. That is what Donald Jr. said it was, and that makes the WP article 100% false.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-approval-rating-obama-higher-1054927

Even so; here is a line graph (an economical bar chart) that shows the approval rating for the President from some subjective opinion poll that I made with an online chart maker..




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