This is the first sequel to “Trump 2: Keeping Score“, which I published on February 6, 2025. In that post, I used a metric that I devised early in Trump’s first term: the enthusiasm ratio. The ratio is the number of likely voters who strongly approve a president as a percentage of the number of likely voters who venture an opinion one way or the other (thus omitting the voters who are non-committal).
Here is how Trump 2 scores three months into his second term, in comparison with his first term, Obama’s two terms, and Biden’s single term:
Derived from Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Polls for Obama, Trump 1, Biden, and Trump 2.
Here’s a closer look at the first year of each term:
All right so far. It’s too soon to tell whether Trump will win over some of his doubters and detractors, as he did in a big way during his first term.
Stay tuned.
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