Judging from the media, you could be forgiven if you thought President Donald Trump’s job approval ratings are in a free fall. Not only are they actually on the rise, but the major polling averages underestimate his true standing with voters.

That’s because Trump currently suffers from the largest gap in at least over a decade between approval ratings as measured by polls of all adults as opposed to those surveying registered or likely voters.

According to major polling averages, Trump’s job approval rating is in the mid-40s. That ranges from 46.3% on the RealClearPolitics average to 42.1% in G. Elliott Morris’ tally. Other notable averages from Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin and the New York Times place Trump’s approval around the 44% level.

None of these figures is great, although they are all much higher than Trump’s standing at a similar point in his first term. But all likely are off the mark because they include polls of adults as well as polls only of voters.

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