Trump Lies About His Approval Rating - Again

Donald Trump is still competing with Barack Obama.

Today, he tweeted that his approval rating is higher than that of Barack Obama – despite the data he is referring to suggesting the opposite is true.

The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating.That's higher than O's #'s!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2017

“The new Rasmussen Poll, one of the most accurate in the 2016 Election, just out with a Trump 50% Approval Rating. That’s higher than O’s #’s”

As everyone who follows politics knows, Rasmussen famously leans right in it's polling.

President Obama entered office on January 20 2009 with an approval rating of 67 per cent. At this point in his presidency his approval rating was 55%, five points higher than Trump.

Real Clear Politics, a site which collates data from the major national polls, estimated Mr Trump’s approval rating to be 39.9 per cent from May 30 to June 15.

The Huffington Post’s latest average puts the President’s approval rating at 38.5 per cent.

For reference (spot the outlier):

Gallup 38
Economist/YouGov 42
Reuters/Ipsos 40
PPP 41
Quinnipiac 34

Rasmussen 50https://t.co/e7T8plCocK https://t.co/OQRJ1nGHQw

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2017

Don't forget this week's @AP poll https://t.co/ZdjF2Mi7EV which showed Trump's approval rating down to 35%

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen) June 18, 2017