As with all elections, I was holding my breath. Locally, I didn't get what I wanted in either of our mayoral outcomes. But otherwise, I am generally very happy — even about races I didn't know were happening around the country.
Now I feel confident enough to share some screen shots of poll results, which I took during the Rachel Maddow Show on Monday evening. They clearly underpin last night's election results.
First, Trump's overall approval rating, comparing January 2021 (taken just after the January 6 riot at the Capitol) and October 2025:
His disapproval rating is higher now than it was then. And then there's this:
More than twice as many people strongly disapprove of Trump as strongly approve of him.
On particular topics, here are a couple:
That's 44 points "underwater," as they like to say.
And you know that thing about how 3.5% of people in a country protesting is what it takes to stop something bad from happening? Well, that's about being out in the streets.
But still, check this out:
The survey data were collected six to 10 days after the No Kings protest date. But that sense seems to have held up through Tuesday night.
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