Nonetheless, political strategists are debating whether there has been a recent change in the political environment that could ease fears among Republicans that a big blue wave is coming. President Trump’s approval rating has ticked up from its lows of last year. “Is that possible?”Trump’s current approval rating, while better than it was, is still in a danger zone, given history. But Newhouse thinks Trump’s approval rating might be undervalued. Mark Blumenthal, of the online polling firm SurveyMonkey, recently published an analysis of Trump’s approval ratings.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2018 16:27 UTC