Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Let's Start Taking Trump's Unpopularity Seriously

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November 16, 2017 at 1:45 PM 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.

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The FiveThirtyEight polling aggregator tells us that Wednesday was Donald Trump's 300th day in office -- and he's still breaking records for unpopularity at this stage of his presidency.

The good news for Trump? It's hard to find any, but I suppose it's becoming fairly likely that he's plateaued at his current level. His approval is currently estimated at 38.1 percent, and it's been in the high 30s since dropping below 40 percent May 16. I don't think anyone at this point believes he's hit a hard floor, though it's at least plausible that it would take additional events to push him further down.