On Tuesday, a Rasmussen poll reported that President Donald Trump’s approval rating improved in the week after the election, rising by 3 percent, while disapproval of him fell by a similar 3 percent.
A Nov. 10 Newsmax report, citing Rasmussen polling data, said 52 percent of potential voters approve of Trump’s job performance, up from 49 percent on Nov. 3, while the number of those who disapprove of his job performance dropped from 50 percent to 47 percent.
Among those who approve, 42 percent strongly approve and 39 percent strongly disapprove. Trump’s approval index, the difference between those who strongly approve and those who strongly disapprove, is the highest it has been since Sept. 18, when he was plus 4.
On Oct. 7, his approval index fell to minus 15.
Trump’s numbers were slightly better than those of his predecessor, Barack Obama, who had a 51 percent approval rating on the same day in his first term.
Rasmussen was one of the most accurate national polls before the election, and at a time when most polls across the nation were generally reporting Democrat Joe Biden leading Trump by eight points or more, Rasmussen’s Nov. 2 report had Biden leading Trump 48-47 percent.
The Rasmussen survey is a three-day rolling survey of 1,500 potential voters across the U.S. via telephone and online survey tools, averaging 500 people per night. It has a margin of error of 2.5 points.
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