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Is Trump’s Approval Rating Really The Same As Obama’s? Not Quite.

Frank Camp

On Friday, Rasmussen Reports (a respected public opinion polling company) claimed that according to their daily presidential tracking survey, President Trump would be “ending his first year in office with virtually the same job approval ratings that Barack Obama earned on Dec. 29, 2009, at the end of his first year as president.”

President Trump’s approval rating stands at 45%, while his disapproval rating stands at 53%, reports Rasmussen. On the same date in 2009, then-President Obama’s approval stood at 46%, with his disapproval at 53%.

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