The poll in the article: https://harvardharrispoll.com/assets/uploads/2026/08/HHP_Aug2026_KeyResults.pdf

NEW YORK CITY, NY AND CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 2, 2026 / Stagwell (NASDAQ:STGW) today released the results of the August Harvard CAPS / Harris poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the Harris Poll and HarrisX.

President Donald Trump’s approval rating is at 44%, 2 points up from July. His job approval is highest on fighting crime in America’s cities (48%) and immigration (47%), and lowest on handling inflation (37%) and tariffs and trade (38%). This month’s poll also covered public opinion on the economy, midterm issues and messaging, U.S.-Canada trade, and conflicts in the Middle East. Download the key results here.

  • Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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    Those who approve of Trump “fighting crime in America’s cities” probably mostly aren’t the actual ones actually living in America’s cities.

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      They are probably the same ones unaware that per capita, some of the most violent areas are rural areas.

      They are probably just giddy at the idea that tiny-d donnie is terrorizing cities that they don’t live in.

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    Well, I clicked through to the PDF, and every single image was somehow more depressing than the last, including when I returned to the front of the deck after the last image, just a forever downward Escherian spiral. Here’s nearly where it ends, so you know I’m not kidding:

    Now, don’t get me wrong. I think this is an outlier poll in many ways from what we’ve been seeing and will remain optimistic that this opt-in polling (however the intro statement alleges it was controlled) biased it towards false neutral metrics. I mean, NYC voters freaking LOVE Mamdani, but the polls here suggest he’s reviled - no doubt because Fox News is much better represented in the polling bloc than to voters who actually matter for Mamdani’s elections.

    But really, all I see reading is the equation: consent equals lies multiplied by duration, volume and repetition.