‘These Are Horrible Numbers!’ CNN Data Guru Says Trump’s Unpopularity Is Record-Breaking

CNN data guru Harry Enten presented “fresh new polling” on Donald Trump’s popularity that host John Berman quipped was anything but “fresh like a daisy” for the president.

“No, the cake is getting baked, and what’s being baked ain’t daisies, I’ll tell you that much!” Enten said.

“You know, a lot of stuff has happened over the last few months. Has any of that really lifted Trump from record lows for these given pollsters, or second record lows? Not really,” Enten continued:

I mean just take a look here. The Washington Post, his all time lowest is -25 points back in April in terms of his net approval ratings — approval minus disapproval. Now it’s the second worst, tied for the second worst of all time at -24 points. CNBC was at its second lowest level at -18 points. And now, he’s at the record low for him in CNBC, -19 points. When you put it together what essentially is going on is there are a lot of events in the world. But this cake, as we get closer and closer to the midterm elections, is starting to look at least a little bit baked here.

“I suppose you could say, if you’re a Republican, the good news is it’s not getting worse, but you actually need it to be getting better,” Berman added.

“Correct! These are  horrible numbers, Johnny B,” Enten said.

“Just how horrible are these numbers? I mean, it’s the worst this century for a president at this point in his second term. When you look at an average of the CNBC and Washington Post polls, I mean, we’re talking about right here, the average of CNBC and Washington Post, -22 points,” Enten said.

“Barack Obama was underwater, but not anywhere near this level,” Enten continued. “He was at minus eight. And George W. Bush in the middle of the Iraq war when that was going south, he was at -20 points. So at this point, Donald John Trump is in fact holding the record for the lowest net approval rating for a president in a second term, at this point, in the second term of any president in the 21st Century.”

Watch the clip above via CNN.

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