Don’t Assume Trump’s Approval Rating Can’t Climb Higher. It Already Has.

New York Times logoMillions of Americans who did not like the president in 2016 now say they do.

Donald J. Trump doesn’t always seem like a candidate focused on expanding his base of support. He may have done so anyway.

The share of Americans who say they have a favorable view of him has increased significantly since the 2016 election.

And over the last few months, some of the highest-quality public opinion polls, though not all, showed the president’s job approval rating — a different measure from personal favorability — had inched up to essentially match the highest level of his term.

View the complete August 7 article by Nate Cohn on The New York Times website here.