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As President Donald Trump works to contain the damage from the novel coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., the rally in support he enjoyed as the nation entered a virtual lockdown has faded. His job approval rating, now 43%, has slipped six percentage points since mid-March when he earned 49% approval, which tied his personal best.

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Thirty percent of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S., marking a 12-point drop since the prior reading in early March.

A monthly drop this large has only been recorded twice in the past two decades:

in October 2008, days after the U.S. stock market crashed and the House rejected the Bush administration's initial attempt at financial rescue legislation

in July 2016, after a string of mass shootings -- including one at an Orlando nightclub in June, which was, at the time, the deadliest in U.S. history -- and multiple shootings of black men by white police officers, followed by retaliatory mass
shootings of Dallas police officers in early July

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Base Going Nowhere

As I have pointed out many times, the base is going nowhere. Trump has a 93% approval rating among Republicans. This group will never vote for Biden.

Similarly, hard-core Democrats will never vote for Trump.

The group to watch is the independents who only give Trump a 39% approval rating.