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Trump seeks better midterm publicity

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U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration was doing a good job but needed better publicity, as Republicans faced poor polling ahead of midterm elections.

Reposted by Will Jennings, Jacob T. Levy, Samantha Brennan , and 7 more

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atrupar.com
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
time.com
October 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, David Darmofal, David R. Miller

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atrupar.com
Trump: "There's never been a job done like we've done, but we haven't gotten the word out. So I say we've done a bad public relations job, but a great management job, and that's more important, right?"
October 1, 2026 at 8:25 PM

by Brendan Nyhan Reposted by Will Jennings

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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Key point: "the last 3 presidential elections showed varying levels of pro-Democratic bias in polls, on average. But House and Senate pre-election polls showed very little bias in the two midterms of the Trump era: 2018 and 2022. "
jonathanmladd.com Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 23h
The 2024 AAPOR Task Force on polling accuracy collected a really thorough set of polls and checked them for legitimacy. See Figure 2.1.1 on page 16. The light lines are polling bias-levels toward Democrats. The solid lines are the levels of absolute/random error.
aapor.org/wp-content/u...
October 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM

by David Darmofal

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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
Come on now, we all know the real Democratic culprit of Trump's mess is James K. Polk :)
crawf34.bsky.social adrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 3h
bullseye. this is very clearly obama’s doing
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h
STEPHEN MOORE: We had much much higher inflation under Biden

BERMAN: Let me stop you. Has inflation gone up or down since Trump took office?

MOORE: Well, it was about 3.2% when Biden left office, it's 3.4% now

BERMAN: So it's gone up

MOORE: That is true
October 2, 2026 at 1:21 PM

by Jonathan Wolff

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jowolff.bsky.social
Hahahahaha!! I’ve posted several times that every politician eventually says the same thing. “Yes I made mistakes. I failed to communicate how brilliant I am.”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump: "There's never been a job done like we've done, but we haven't gotten the word out. So I say we've done a bad public relations job, but a great management job, and that's more important, right?"
October 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM

by Brendan Nyhan

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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Trump's never had to run against the economy before. Turns out there's no magic.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d
New AP poll: Trump’s job approval rating falls to 31%, while 69% disapprove.

• His approval rating on the economy: 26%

• On the cost of living: 17%
• On Iran: 28%
• Trade negotiations: 38%
• AI: 31%
• Immigration: 39%
• Border security: 48%

apnorc.org/wp-content/u...
October 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

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kennedyandara.bsky.social
#JobsDay numbers came in well below expectations (+29k jobs). Revisions reversed the narrative of a strong end-of-summer hiring boom (-60k fewer than reported). Trump's economy fails to deliver jobs for Americans as job growth slows, unemployment increases (4.2%), and inflation outpaces wages
October 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM

by David Darmofal

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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
Trump seems to think the American people are idiots and are hallucinating the prices they're paying at the grocery store, at the gas pumps, and when they're trying to buy a house because of him.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump: "There's never been a job done like we've done, but we haven't gotten the word out. So I say we've done a bad public relations job, but a great management job, and that's more important, right?"
October 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM

by Roman M. Sheremeta

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rshereme.bsky.social
I made this comment exactly one year ago, and oh boy, was I right: “After today’s meeting of Trump and Hegseth with U.S. generals, it’s clear: America is in the hands of the worst president in our history and the most dangerously incompetent government we’ve ever had.”
October 1, 2026 at 9:50 PM

by Clyde W. Barrow

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clydewbarrow.bsky.social
Ken Paxton is as unpopular as Trump 😂🤣😅
www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
GOP Senate Candidate Hits Record Unpopularity in Deep-Red State
Donald Trump’s pick in a must-win race is doing worse than any other Republican candidate for that seat in more than 25 years, according to CNN’s resident numbers wizard. “Congratulations to Ken Paxto...
www.yahoo.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

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danbenbow.bsky.social
A new AP/NORC poll shows 26% of the American public approve of Trump’s handling of the economy.

Why is that number so high?
October 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM

by David Darmofal

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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
@jaketapper.bsky.social wrote a book about Biden instead of this man who is disconnected from reality. During this presidency.
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 23h
Trump: It was just announced that we have the best economic numbers of any president in the history of our country
October 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

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atrupar.com
Enten unpacks how Trump's net approval in Texas is 13 points lower at this point in his term than any other president this century
October 1, 2026 at 12:51 PM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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washingtonpost.com
Democrats in Florida and Texas have surged thanks in part to President Trump’s poor approval ratings, Cook Political Report analysts said, shifting their rating of those races from “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican.”
GOP hold on Florida and Texas governors’ races weakens, nonpartisan analyst says
President Donald Trump’s poor ratings contributed to the Cook Political Report shifting both races from “Likely Republican” to “Lean Republican.”
www.washingtonpost.com
October 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM

by David Darmofal

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daviddarmofal.bsky.social
Trump acknowledging how incredibly close @kamalaharris.com came to beating him despite having to run in the worst possible environment for a Democrat.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
Trump: "If I ran today, I'd win by 25 percent"
October 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
AP-NORC poll: Only 17% of U.S. adults say Trump keeps his promises — including just 4% of Democrats and 36% of Republicans.
October 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

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factpostnews.bsky.social
Trump on his historically low approval rating: "They're fake numbers. I would beat anybody running today by 20 points. Your numbers that you have are fake. The pollsters are corrupt."
October 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce

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statsboyandi.bsky.social
“Folks, the polls are real bad for the big guy what can we do to help”

“Look into whether Nixon was badly treated”
October 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal

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factpostnews.bsky.social
Trump: It was just announced that we have the best economic numbers of any president in the history of our country
October 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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