This Is Gonna STING! RCP Poll Shows President Trump Has Higher Second-Term Approval Than Bush AND Obama

Amy Curtis | 3:30 PM on August 13, 2025

This writer always takes polls with a grain of salt. After all, if they were 100% accurate, Kamala Harris would be president today.

She shudders at the thought.

But there's a kernel of truth there, especially in polls that show President Trump doing well. Why? Because the media would never miss an opportunity to put a bad poll on blast.

This poll, the latest from Real Clear Politics (RCP), is bad. For Democrats, that is.

Factoid of the Day: Trump's current approval of 45.9% in the RCP Avg is more than 2 points better than Obama's and Bush's at this point in their second terms. pic.twitter.com/0SllZ8HAwb
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) August 13, 2025

Ouch.

And Harvard-Harris is looming, waiting, preparing to pounce with a 49 or 50.
— Chris (@chriswithans) August 13, 2025

Heh.

What’s more amazing is that Obama was the only one of the 3 that didn’t have a revved up ToxicDemMedia against him 24/7. Bush had it bad but nothing like the levels they’ve reached the last decade.
— Donna Davis (@DonnaDavisHNL) August 13, 2025

Right. Imagine if the media coverage of President Trump were even 50% less biased and more truthful.

And without YouGov polls, it would be higher.
— Not Jane Austen (@atwaSDOK) August 13, 2025

Correct.

Trump holding a higher approval than Obama and Bush at this stage proves the movement is stronger under pressure, the base isn’t breaking. 🇺🇸
— Agent 47 (@Agent_47_Trump) August 13, 2025

There's something about Trump that resonates beyond the base.

Perhaps it's because the Democrats are bat-guano insane.

Stunning when factoring the odious, insistent, non-stop DNC-media narrative that's almost inescapable on the boob tube and in print media--so grateful for @elonmusk for liberating X.
— Joshua Williams (@willijb203rd) August 13, 2025

So are we.