Rasmussen may be a more conservative of the pollsters, but it isn't fake.



The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 50% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent (49%) disapprove.

This is the president’s highest job approval rating since mid-June of last year. President Obama earned 45% approval on this date in the second year of his presidency.

You read that right. Trump is more popular than Obama was at this time in his presidency.

You would never know this from reading DKos.

But it gets more interesting when you dive down into the poll.



Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe has resulted in 13 indictments against Russians for meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and half of voters now think it’s possible this alleged interference cost Hillary Clinton the presidency. But slightly more think the U.S. government also interferes in the elections of other countries.

The indictments handed down to the Russians involved using stolen identities from American citizens to promote mostly pro-Trump political activist campaigns through social media. Interestingly, though, 79% of regular social media users say their political opinions are not significantly influenced by postings on social media, including 40% who say they are not influenced at all.

There's the problem for the ScaryRussia! supporters.

If you don't think that Twitterbots and Facebook memes could have effected your vote, and you don't know anyone who would be effected, then it's hard to get excited about Russiagate.

The Dem establishment, represented by the ScaryRussia! people, consistently treat the voters as children. We must be protected from what we see because we can't be trusted to make up our own minds.

Americans don't trust the news media, and they rightly see a bias at every outlet.

Pushing an idea that doesn't make sense on a personal level, like Russiagate, is only going to increase the mistrust.