Trump’s Approval Ratings Remain Low
As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation:
I&I/TIPP Poll
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It’s been a rocky spring for President Donald Trump, at least as far as his favorability ratings go among voters. That’s the bad news. But there’s also good news for Trump: His ratings showed little change in the latest I&I/TIPP Poll, as he moves toward a deal with Iran that will reopen the Mideast’s oil spigots. The national online I&I/TIPP Poll each month asks voters to assess presidential performance. June’s poll was taken from May 26 through May 28, and included a sample of 1,589 adults, with a margin of error of +/-2.7 percentage points. The first question:
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Because the answer is obvious.
Let’s turn the dial back to June 2022. Joe Biden had been occupying the White House for a year and a half. Democrats controlled Congress, handing him his $2 trillion “Build Back Better” spending extravaganza. The economy had more than recovered the ground
Trump’s Approval Ratings Remain Low
As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation:
I&I/TIPP Poll 19 replies
As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation:
I&I/TIPP Poll 19 replies
It’s been a rocky spring for President Donald Trump, at least as far as his favorability ratings go among voters. That’s the bad news. But there’s also good news for Trump: His ratings showed little change in the latest I&I/TIPP Poll, as he moves toward a deal with Iran that will reopen the Mideast’s oil spigots.
The national online I&I/TIPP Poll each month asks voters to assess presidential performance. June’s poll was taken from May 26 through May 28, and included a sample of 1,589 adults, with a margin of error of +/-2.7 percentage points.
The first question:
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Welcome to the healthcare system that Bernie Sanders and his socialist pals want to import into the U.S.
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Yes, Today’s Gas Prices Are ‘Peanuts’
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Democrats were quick to make hay of President Donald Trump’s remark that the high price of gasoline “is peanuts.”
But what if he’s right? What if today’s prices are lower than they were, say, when we had a peanut farmer as president? Or many times since then?
Democrats called Trump “out of touch” with everyday Americans.
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New EV sales in April – the second full month of the war – were down 6.2% compared with March, and down a whopping 23% from the year before, according to Cox Automotive.
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In other words, people were increasingly turning to gasoline-powered cars when they bought in April.
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The news stories are pretty much all the same. Heartless Republicans slashed Medicaid spending and let temporary “enhanced” Obamacare subsidies expire, and now millions are losing health insurance.
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Trump’s Approval Ratings Remain Low
As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation:
I&I/TIPP Poll 19 replies
As Voters Fret Over Economy, Inflation:
I&I/TIPP Poll 19 replies
It’s been a rocky spring for President Donald Trump, at least as far as his favorability ratings go among voters. That’s the bad news. But there’s also good news for Trump: His ratings showed little change in the latest I&I/TIPP Poll, as he moves toward a deal with Iran that will reopen the Mideast’s oil spigots.
The national online I&I/TIPP Poll each month asks voters to assess presidential performance. June’s poll was taken from May 26 through May 28, and included a sample of 1,589 adults, with a margin of error of +/-2.7 percentage points.
The first question:
Tuesday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” former first lady Jill Biden said she believed her husband, former President Joe Biden, would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
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According to Axios, several former Biden aides, including
Iran stops negotiations with U.S., vows
to ‘completely’ block Strait of Hormuz:
State media 18 replies
to ‘completely’ block Strait of Hormuz:
State media 18 replies
Iranian negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries in retaliation for ongoing ceasefire violations, Iran’s state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim said.
Tehran will also move to fully block the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reported.
Oil prices leapt more than 5% higher following Tasnim’s report.
Iranian negotiators will stop exchanging messages with the U.S. through intermediaries, and Tehran will move to fully close the Strait of Hormuz, in retaliation for ongoing ceasefire violations, Iran’s state-affiliated news outlet Tasnim said Monday.
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