OVER THE LAST WEEK Christian Whiton’s essay “How Taiwan Lost Trump” has ricocheted its way through the Taiwanese media. Ever sensitive to foreign perceptions of Taiwan, the Taiwanese chattering cla…| The Scholar's Stage
President Donald Trump's last job approval rating is a personal low 34%. He averaged 41% job approval in office, a record low by four points.| Gallup.com
Gallup's initial job approval measure for President Donald Trump finds the public evenly divided, with 45% approving and 45% disapproving.| Gallup.com
Congress' 31% job approval rating is its best since 2009.| Gallup.com
Confidence in all three branches of the U.S. government has fallen, reaching a six-year low for the presidency (29%) and all-time lows for the Supreme Court (30%) and Congress (7%).| Gallup.com
Donald Trump left the presidency with an 11% satisfaction rating, although his overall term average was higher than any since George W. Bush's first term.| Gallup.com
Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going has doubled since September but remains low at 28%. Almost all of the increase has occurred among Republicans.| Gallup.com
Trump's initial job approval rating is similar to what it was at the start of his first term, reaffirming his position as the lowest-rated new president since 1953.| Gallup.com
Barack Obama’s recent job approval ratings have hovered around 60%. Since they remain above the historical average of 55% approval, he is arguably still in the honeymoon phase of his presidency. Recent presidents have averaged just seven months above this benchmark, much less than those from 1945-1974.| Gallup.com
Fresh off his diplomatic visit to Europe, President Joe Biden enjoys a job approval rating that is steady in the mid-50s. Meanwhile, Congress has lost favor, particularly among Democrats.| Gallup.com
LAST OCTOBER I published a short breakdown of four geopolitical ‘schools’ that might shape China strategy under Trump. That piece was a pre-election preview of a much larger report I was writing fo…| The Scholar's Stage
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president?| Gallup.com
Trump's approval rating is at 45%, with broad support from Republicans. Republicans are also behind an improved job rating for Congress.| Gallup.com
THERE ARE DECADES WHEN possibility is constrained in a narrow frame. The terrain has been surveyed, boundaries have been laid, and rules have been established. In such an age there is still room fo…| The Scholar's Stage
Americans' 90% retrospective job approval of Kennedy is much higher than that of eight other recent presidents, including Trump's 46%.| Gallup.com
President Joe Biden's job approval rating has reached another low point in his presidency. The overall drop in approval is driven largely by political independents.| Gallup.com
Presidential job approval ratings have historically been a reliable predictor of reelection for presidents, as all those with ratings of 48% or higher have won a second term.| Gallup.com
Americans are now almost evenly split on whether to amend the U.S. Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system for electing presidents. In the past, Americans preferred the popular vote.| Gallup.com
On the 60th anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, about two-thirds of Americans think there was more than one person involved in the murder, but there is little consensus about who that was.| Gallup.com
MANY HAVE TRIED to pin Trump to Heritage’s “Project 2025.” The Trump campaign has not only refused to endorse Project 2025—they have refused to endorse any detailed policy plan whatsoever. Trump pr…| The Scholar's Stage
Biden averaged 39.8% job approval during his third year in office, the second-lowest third-year average for recent presidents.| Gallup.com
Americans' trust in various aspects of the U.S. government is low, including 39% who trust the federal government to handle international problems.| Gallup.com
The Republican and Democratic parties are not the same: power flows differently within them. The two big political news items of this week—the happenings of the Republican National Convention and t…| The Scholar's Stage
Biden enters 2024 with a persistently low job approval rating of 39%, the worst of any modern-day president seeking reelection at the same point.| Gallup.com
Democrats' less positive appraisal of Biden's presidency has sent his overall job approval rating down to 37%, tied for his lowest to date.| Gallup.com