New poll shows Trump is beating Obama and Bush, winning over Americans



President Donald Trump successfully brokered a peace last week in the Gaza Strip, bringing an end to the bloody, two-year war between Israel and Hamas terrorists that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people and prompted political unrest across the world.

The European members of the Nobel Peace Prize committee opted on Friday not to recognize this triumph of life-saving diplomacy or the peaceful resolutions that the American president previously secured between other warring nations, including Azerbaijan and Armenia and India and Pakistan.

While the Nobel Prize Organization is loath to recognize the good work that Trump is doing, others much closer to home appear to be paying attention.

'Trump is still more popular now than he was eight years ago.'

According to the RealClearPolitics poll average, President Trump is presently outperforming former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama in terms of second-term job approval.

As of Oct. 13, President Trump's job approval rating was 45.3%.

At the same point in their respective second terms, Obama — then arming Islamic terrorists in Syria and facing heat for his Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups — had a rating of 44.4%, and George W. Bush — then dealing with the political fallout of Hurricane Katrina and a seemingly interminable war in Iraq — had a rating of 39.5%.

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Pollster Nate Silver's approval tracker alternatively shows Trump with an average approval rating of 43.9% and a disapproval rating of 52.3% as of Oct. 13.

According to the Silver Bulletin, the historical daily approval polling average for Obama on Oct. 13, 2013, was 44.41%, and the approval average for George W. Bush on Oct. 13, 2005, was 40.12%.

Silver indicated that Trump, whose rating has apparently not taken a hit from the Democrats' government shutdown or his administration's recent layoffs of federal workers, is outperforming himself, noting, "Trump is still more popular now than he was eight years ago."

An Oct. 9 Quantus Insights poll had Trump's job approval rating even higher than indicated by the RealClearPolitics poll average or Silver's average — at 47% approving with 51% disapproving. While a slim majority, 53%, signaled disapproval for his handling of the economy, 68% of voters said they supported his Gaza peace plan.

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Trump more popular in UK than leftist British prime minister — but censorship is king



Vice President JD Vance put Britain on blast in February over its suppression of speech and routine attacks on religious liberties. Citing a British Army veteran's conviction and fining last year for silent prayer as an example, Vance stressed that free speech in the U.K. "is in retreat."

Just in case leftist Prime Minister Keir Starmer missed his critique the first time around, Vance blasted Britain's "infringements on free speech" weeks later while seated next to the British leader during a meeting at the White House.

When asked what was the 'single most important issue facing the UK,' a plurality answered 'reducing immigration.'

Despite such constructive criticism from the Trump administration, the censorship regime in London has worsened in recent months thanks in part to the enactment of the so-called "Online Safety Act."

The OSA, which came into force in July, not only requires Britons to prove with ID verification and credit-card checks that they are who they claim to be, but has already resulted in the suppression of speech and in the suppression of legal content, including footage of a protest and a video of a conservative member of Parliament's speech about the sexual crimes committed by grooming gangs.

The Spectator's John Power recently noted that the OSA serves to control "the channels through which dissent, especially the kind that makes the government deeply uncomfortable, is organized. It is as much a crisis-management tool for a flailing political class as it is a piece of digital regulation."

While fast losing their freedoms, Britons are still able to express their frustrations at the ballot box and to pollsters.

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A City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll released on Tuesday revealed that 71% of Britons think their country is headed in the wrong direction. With the exception of respondents ages 25-34 who majoritively think the U.K. is on the right track, a supermajority in every other age cohort took the opposite view.

When asked what was the "single most important issue facing the U.K.," a plurality answered "reducing immigration."

Just as most of the British aren't keen on the direction their country is heading, they're not pleased with the man at the helm.

Sixty percent of respondents said they held an unfavorable view of Keir Starmer; only 23% signaled approval.

President Donald Trump, meanwhile, had a favorability rating of 26%, beating Starmer by three percentage points and British Secretary of State David Lammy by 12 points. According to the latest Economist polling data, Trump's approval rating in the U.S. is 41%.

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In addition to revealing that Starmer is less popular in his own country than the American president, the poll revealed that Trump ally Nigel Farage's Reform U.K. party is a relative favorite among would-be voters.

Whereas only 20% of respondents said they would vote for Starmer's Labour Party, a plurality of 31% said they would vote Reform, the favorability rating for which was 39%. When asked to choose in a matchup between Farage and Starmer, the former enjoys a 2% lead.

It appears that Starmer's unpopularity is not the result of his support for the OSA, which Vance criticized and Farage has promised to repeal. The poll found that 64% of respondents supported the new censorship law. Only 20% of respondents signaled disagreement.

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Trump enjoys favorability boost, post-election explosion in popularity among young Americans



Despite recently increasing the risk of a direct military confrontation with Russia, President Joe Biden appears poised to end his term not with a bang but with a whimper. According to an Emerson College poll released Tuesday, Biden's approval rating has hit a four-year low of 36%. Gallup polls have captured a similar decline, now putting him at 37%. A total of 52% of respondents told Emerson they disapproved of Biden's performance.

Meanwhile, the once and future Republican president has enjoyed a significant favorability bump following his landslide election win on Nov. 5.

Emerson indicated that President-elect Donald Trump's favorability rating has climbed six percentage points since the start of this month and now sits at 54%. Where mainstream polls go, that's a big deal, especially given Gallup's claim that Trump never cracked 50% during his first term.

When it comes to men, 61% surveyed by Emerson said they viewed Trump favorably, compared to 48% of women. Broken down by race, 59% of whites, 53% of Hispanics, and 28% of blacks said they viewed Trump favorably.

"Trump's favorability varies significantly by gender, race, and age," said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling. "Trump's strongest age cohort is among voters 40-59, with 60% viewing him favorably, compared to 48% among those over 70. Notably, his favorability has risen among younger voters, with 55% of those under 30 expressing a favorable opinion."

As Kimball indicated, Trump appears to have made significant inroads with young voters.

According to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted from Nov. 17-19, 57% of respondents ages 18 to 29 said they had a favorable view of Trump. Newsweek highlighted that this marks a net favorability increase of 19 points for Trump among members of that age cohort since YouGov polled them just one week earlier.

'He is the state of play.'

Among voters 30-44, 45-64, and 65+, Trump's favorability rating was somewhat lower — 49%, 51%, and 48%, respectively.

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk responded to the poll, tweeting, "President Trump is surging with young voters. According to YouGov, Trump has a +19 point favorability rating with voters ages 18-29. TikTok and X are big reasons why. Our campus videos were seen 3 BILLION times this semester. Truth is ascendant."

Kirk noted prior to the election that "the energy is off the charts. You have a younger generation, Gen Z, who experienced a lot of — they would say — lies and deceit during COVID, and a lot of their life being altered. There is this pent up 'rebellion energy' that has never come out," reported Vanity Fair.

"Gen Z could impact this entire election," added Kirk.

While it was clear that young men were gravitating toward the Republican candidate and toward conservatism more broadly, young women surprised some observers on Election Day with an 11-point shift toward Trump.

NBC exit polling revealed that Biden's 35-point lead over Trump among young women four years ago shrunk to a 24-point lead for Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, recently emphasized that for younger Americans, Trump is not a disruptive force — "He is the state of play."

"They see him through Barstool Sports, through UFC, through golf. They see him through culture; they see him through music, et cetera," Volpe told "CNN Political Briefing." "It's [also] about the message that permeates throughout MAGA, which is, 'He's strong, the opposition is weak, and he exudes this confidence that a lot of younger people clearly are seeking.' Three-quarters of young men, and women aren't so far behind, are stressed out on a regular basis about their future, OK? And they don't have anything that they tell me to give them hope. They think of the world as scary and unclear, and the vision of their future is blurry. So when someone says, 'I will take care of this,' 'I will make sure that you're taken care of for the economy,' et cetera, there's clearly some resonance of that."

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New poll suggests Americans may finally have had enough of the Democratic Party



Gallup released the results of a devastating new poll Tuesday, indicating Americans are majoritively fed up with the Democratic Party.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are not well liked by the majority of Americans. The latest Economist/YouGov poll put their unfavorability at 55.4% and 54%, respectively; 57% of respondents also indicated they disapproved of the job the geriatric president is doing.

Biden and Harris are not, however, the only Democrats in Washington out of favor with the American public.

According to the results from a Sept. 1-23 Gallup poll, 58% of Americans now hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party at large.

When asked which political party would do a better job of keeping the country prosperous, 53% of respondents said the GOP. Only 39% answered Democratic.

On national security, 57% of respondents said Republicans would do a better job protecting the nation from international terrorism and military threats; 35% said they preferred Democrats at the helm.

On this question, 56% of independents went with the GOP, and 30% went with the Democrats.

When asked which party would best handle their top problem, 44% of respondents went with Republicans and 36% went with Democrats.

Democrats appear to have less confidence in their party than Republicans do in theirs.

92% of Republicans said their party was best equipped to handle the most important problem. Only 86% of Democrats could say the same.

When it came to protecting the nation, 81% of Democratic respondents said their party had what it takes versus 93% of Republicans who said the same of their own. 17% of Democratic respondents said Republicans were better equipped to protect the nation. On the flip side, only 2% of Republican respondents said Democrats could make do.

Gallup concluded that "Americans currently see Republicans as the party better equipped [regarding economic security and safety from military threats], which could enhance Republicans' position in promoting their agenda in Washington in the near term."

While the poll painted a bleak picture for Democrats, the Republican Party is not, on the whole, looking a great deal better, scoring only 2 points better on overall unfavorability than its counterpart.

The unpopularity of the two parties appears to have created an unprecedented opportunity for an alternative.

Gallup reported Wednesday that 63% of U.S. adults are so disenchanted with both major parties that they've determined "a third major party is needed." 58% of Republican respondents said so, up 13 points over last year.

This response represents the highest measure since the question was first asked by Gallup in 2003.

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