As it turns out, there isn’t a correlation: no correlation to his primary polling, his general polling, his favorability polling or his approval polling. For example, here is the actual primary and general polling average, the daily average favorability ratings and the daily Gallup rating Trump has seen since he announced his candidacy in June 2015. You’ll notice that at no point, save for a few individual days of favorability ratings, has Trump been above 50 percent. Trump’s favorability ratings ticked up after the election, but even so remained under 50 percent. In Gallup’s weekly averages since inauguration, it’s Republicans that have kept his approval ratings as high as they are.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2017 19:07 UTC