{"id":2435795,"date":"2025-05-16T19:15:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-data-expert-gives-democrats-a-reality-check-as-trumps-polling-numbers-take-a-sudden-turn\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T19:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T23:17:58","slug":"cnn-data-expert-gives-democrats-a-reality-check-as-trumps-polling-numbers-take-a-sudden-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-data-expert-gives-democrats-a-reality-check-as-trumps-polling-numbers-take-a-sudden-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN Data Expert Gives Democrats a &#8216;Reality Check&#8217; as Trump&#8217;s Polling Numbers Take a Sudden Turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcnn-data-expert-gives-democrats-a-reality-check-as-trumps-polling-numbers-take-a-sudden-turn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-told-obama-hes-running-again-report\/\" title=\"Biden Told Obama He\u2019s Running Again: REPORT\">senior data reporter<\/a>, Harry Enten, highlighted a surprising uptick in President Donald Trump&#8217;s approval ratings, which rose from -8 points in late April to -1 point as of mid-May 2025, according to a Reuters\/Ipsos poll. This enhancement coincides with decreasing public concerns about a recession, which has positively influenced people&#8217;s views of the economy. For instance, fears over the stock market and recession have notably declined since April. Enten remarked that while many anticipated a continued decline in Trump&#8217;s approval ratings, the recent data indicates a rebound, suggesting he is performing better than he did during a similar period in his first term.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten said Friday that President Donald Trump&rsquo;s approval ratings are unexpectedly soaring once again after having slipped in the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>As recession fears wane, Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-ties-best-ever-approval-rating-new-poll-crushing-democrats-narrative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approval rating<\/a> jumped from -8 points on April 21 to -1 point as of Tuesday, a Reuters\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-approval-rating-rises-44-americans-worry-less-about-recession-2025-05-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a> found.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-shows-biden-approval-in-full-on-nose-dive\/\" title=\"New Poll Shows Biden ... In Full On Nose Dive\">net approval rating<\/a> has also risen from -9 points in late April to its current -6 points, according to Enten&rsquo;s aggregate polling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s time for a bit of a reality check. We were going into late April, Donald Trump&rsquo;s approval rating, his approvals seemed to be falling. He seemed to be &lsquo;adios, amigos.&rsquo; People were writing his political obituary,&rdquo; Enten said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He is rising from the dead like [Lazarus]. Look at this, hello, Trump&rsquo;s net approval rating among voters, this is the Reuters\/Ipsos <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/icymi-cnn-presenter-says-holy-toledo-sees-dem-polling-numbers-party-breaks-humiliating-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polling<\/a>, look at this.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In late April, he was eight points underwater, but look at where he was in the most recent poll among voters. He&rsquo;s up seven points to a -1 point net favorability rating.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not the picture I think a lot of people thought we would be painting in late April.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think a lot of people expected his approval rating to keep dropping. But at least according to Reuters\/Ipsos, it is, in fact, rising,&rdquo; Enten continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time for a reality check&hellip; I think some folks thought Trump&rsquo;s approval rating would keep falling, but it&rsquo;s rising.<\/p>\n<p>Ipsos has his net approval going from -8 pts to -1 pt with voters. Aggregate has him up higher than late April too &amp; much higher than at this point in term 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uP0xYvnnnZ\">pic.twitter.com\/uP0xYvnnnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForecasterEnten\/status\/1923363920711983372?\">May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >current -6 net approval rating fares<\/a> much better than his -15 point net approval rating from May 16, 2017, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-data-guru-stunned-literally-cant-find-lower-numbers-chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enten<\/a> said, citing his aggregate polling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we see, Donald Trump isn&rsquo;t just doing better than he was doing in late April of 2025, he&rsquo;s doing considerably better than he was doing at this point in term number one,&rdquo; Enten said.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s approval ratings are rebounding as the public&rsquo;s views on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-tells-americans-hang-tough-tariffs-rattle-economy-wont-easy-end-result-will-historic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">economy<\/a> have improved.<\/p>\n<p>The number of U.S. adults who were &ldquo;concerned about the stock market dropped from 67 percent in April to 60 percent in May, while those worried about a recession decreased from 76 percent to 69 percent, according to the Reuters\/Ipsos poll.<\/p>\n<p>Americans&rsquo; approval of Trump has jumped as their worries about a recession are easing.<\/p>\n<p>J.P. Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/05\/13\/jpmorgan-lowers-recession-odds-as-trump-strikes-temporary-china-tariff-deal\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> the chance of a recession has fallen from 60 percent in April to below 50 percent, while Goldman Sachs&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/us\/goldman-sachs-cuts-us-recession-odds-35-45-trade-truce-optimism-2025-05-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prediction<\/a> went from 45% in April to 35%.<\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s approval ratings stumbled in April due to the reciprocal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-liberation-day-list-tariffs-maga-dream-come-true\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs<\/a> he placed on foreign countries to return manufacturing to the U.S. and negotiate fairer trade deals.<\/p>\n<p>After implementing a 90-day pause on other nations, the U.S. and China agreed to lower their tariffs by 115 percent while retaining an additional 10 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/05\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-secures-a-historic-trade-win-for-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a White House fact sheet released Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a &#039;Good Samaritan&#039;\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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