Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

What Is Trump's Approval Rating Telling Us?

Impeachment hasn’t much affected the president’s popularity. But his numbers are still historically bad.

January 2, 2020 at 11:30 AM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

Same as it ever was.
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How about a check on President Donald Trump’s popularity to begin the new year?