Trump Tweets Faulty Black Approval Claim
President Donald Trump’s approval ratings among African Americans have declined, not “doubled,” as the president claimed in a recent tweet. The post Trump Tweets Faulty Black Approval Claim appeared first on FactCheck.org.
by D'Angelo Gore
Jan 18, 2018
3 minutes
President Donald Trump’s approval ratings among African Americans have declined, not “doubled,” as the president claimed in a recent tweet.
The source of Trump’s boast appears to be a misreading of data from the online polling firm SurveyMonkey. Weekly surveys conducted by that organization show that his approval rating among black Americans has declined from between Jan. 26 and Jan. 30, 2017, to between Dec. 28, 2017, and Jan. 3, 2018. Polling by the and show declines over a similar period,
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