# Trump simultaneously most and least popular he's ever been **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 25, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550 "2018-02-25T16:42:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550/6 "2018-02-25T21:22:12Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > People who consistently vote and people who consistently don’t vote generally tend to have different attitudes and priorities. Pollsters have been tripped up in the past by failing to distinguish between the two groups. I made this same point about Rasmussen ten months ago in a strikingly similar thread. > [@Trump Approval Hits 50%](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-approval-hits-50/784676/19): > > I’ll point this difference out between Rasmussen and the rest of the pack. As far as I know they are the only ones applying a likely voter screen on their presidential approval poll. Every other poll is either registered voters or adults. It’s not really an apples to apples comparison. > > Rasmussen says 50% of **likely voters** approve of the job Trump is doing while Gallup says 41% of **adults** approve of the job Trump is doing. It is possible that they are both perfectly accurate since they are not answering the same question. Thread: [Trump Approval Hits 50%](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=20144881#post20144881) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550)._