Ed Morrissey writes at HotAir.com about an interesting admission from a legacy media outlet.
Does the Protection Racket Media need a “reality check”? So said Harry Enten, CNN’s estimable polling analyst, yesterday after looking at the most recent polling. The media still covers Donald Trump by assuming his unpopularity, even after winning both the Electoral College and the national popular vote in November.
Not only is Trump at his most popular these days, Enten says, Americans feel better about the country’s direction than they have in years. And Democrats hoping to score a rebuke against Trump in the 2026 midterms might need a reality check of their own.
The swing in polling on the right/wrong direction question has been sustained now for at least several weeks, and now the congressional ballot looks just as good for the GOP:
ENTEN: The bottom line is, the percentage of Americans who say we’re on the right track is through the roof. And if you were to compare it to when presidents have historically been re-elected, of course, Trump is not constitutionally eligible to run for re-election, but I think it sort of puts it in perspective, 42 percent of the country says the country is on the right track when the incumbent party is re-elected. And also keep in mind, back when Kamala Harris lost and the Democrats were turned out of power, only about 27 to 28 percent of the country said the country was on the right track. The bottom line is, right now, a much higher percentage of the country says we’re on the right track. …
… To Enten’s point, the generic ballot would look a lot better for Democrats if Trump was as unpopular as they or the media assume Trump is. He may not generate a lot of love because of his personality type, but voters didn’t elect Trump to be lovable. They elected him to take action against the Bureaustate and expose corruption and fraud. And so far, they like what they see about the direction Trump has taken the country, even if they’re still diffident about Trump himself.
