{"id":1877,"date":"2026-05-01T01:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/trumps-approval-ratings-on-inflation-are-so-bad-pollster-had-to-redo-graph\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:12:00","slug":"trumps-approval-ratings-on-inflation-are-so-bad-pollster-had-to-redo-graph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wokeantifa.org\/topics\/trumps-approval-ratings-on-inflation-are-so-bad-pollster-had-to-redo-graph\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings on Inflation Are So Bad, Pollster Had to Redo Graph"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"attachment_5656415\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5656415\" class=\"wp-image-5656415 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/am12.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-05-at-6-33-14-PM-1200x819.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump in Oval Office\" width=\"1200\" height=\"819\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5656415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Alex Brandon\/AP<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pollster <strong>G. Elliott Morris<\/strong> expressed shock at President<strong> Donald Trump&#8217;s<\/strong> abysmal approval numbers in a new poll, remarking that they were so low they &#8220;literally broke the scale&#8221; of the graph on his data portal.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/fox-host-bluntly-draws-grim-conclusion-from-recent-trump-polls-people-are-not-confident-that-our-government-is-competent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling numbers<\/a> for Trump and the GOP have been brutal as his second term has progressed, with his immigration crackdown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/stunning-new-poll-shows-support-for-trump-immigration-crackdown-has-cratered-especially-among-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cratering<\/a> his support, the handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-claims-the-epstein-story-has-boosted-his-approval-rating-to-best-numbers-ive-ever-had\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epstein files<\/a> getting abysmal marks, and even Americans\u2019 views on his handling of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/new-fox-news-poll-reveals-grim-numbers-for-gop-on-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a> taking body blows. The president\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-says-irans-call-for-human-shields-around-power-plants-is-totally-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media posts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-proclaims-chinas-president-will-give-me-a-big-fat-hug-for-opening-strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public comments<\/a>\u00a0about the Iran war sparked new chatter, with reporters openly asking him about his \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-swats-away-question-about-his-mental-health-after-profane-truth-social-post-i-dont-care-about-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health<\/a>\u201d and critics accusing him of advocating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/retired-general-calls-trump-an-absolutely-terrible-commander-in-chief-predicts-nuremberg-trials-for-his-illegal-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Strength in Numbers\/Verasight <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gelliottmorris.com\/p\/2026-04-22-strength-in-numbers-verasight-impeachment-polling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> Morris was citing was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/shock-poll-21-of-trump-2024-voters-support-impeaching-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taken earlier this month<\/a> and had a margin of error of +\/-2.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday afternoon, Morris tweeted a link to his report discussing additional data from that April 10-14 poll on his Substack, along with a screenshot of a graph showing the president&#8217;s numbers taking a downward trajectory in every category that was surveyed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"2f43f36eb7df19439068dc4748114b61\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">trump literally broke the scale of this graph on my data portal<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLg7fEXIpF\">https:\/\/t.co\/cLg7fEXIpF<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gTmzhCZvTo\">pic.twitter.com\/gTmzhCZvTo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gelliottmorris\/status\/2049887860291940515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 30, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;[T]rump literally broke the scale of this graph on my data portal,&#8221; wrote Morris, with the polling on &#8220;Inflation\/cost of living&#8221; diving down below the rest of the lines on the graph, apparently necessitating a redesign to cover a lower range of numbers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/z8nax\/113\/\" height=\"510\" frameborder=\"0\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe>window.addEventListener(&#8220;message&#8221;,function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(&#8220;iframe&#8221;);for(var t in a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[&#8220;datawrapper-height&#8221;][t]+&#8221;px&#8221;;r.style.height=d}}});<\/p>\n<p>As of April 30, the poll showed Trump&#8217;s approval on inflation and cost of living is 40.3 points underwater.<\/p>\n<p>That same poll also found that a majority of U.S. adults now supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/shock-poll-21-of-trump-2024-voters-support-impeaching-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeaching<\/a> Trump (55% support, 37% opposed, 8% unsure) &#8212; including about one out of every five people who voted for him in 2024.<\/p><p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trumps-approval-ratings-on-inflation-are-so-bad-pollster-had-to-redo-graph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s Approval Ratings on Inflation Are So Bad, Pollster Had to Redo Graph<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<br> trump\r\n<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trumps-approval-ratings-on-inflation-are-so-bad-pollster-had-to-redo-graph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link  www.mediaite.com<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Alex Brandon\/AP Pollster G. Elliott Morris expressed shock at President Donald Trump&#8217;s abysmal approval numbers in a new poll, remarking that they were so low they &#8220;literally broke the scale&#8221; of the graph on his data portal. 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