Inside Trump's job approval crisis

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Washington Examiner is calling it a job approval crisis for President Trump, and Lola Cruz is live with what the numbers actually say.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside a polling place that is closed today, which feels right, because the number everyone here is nervous about is the one in the average of polls.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIn the RealClearPolitics average, the president sits at thirty-eight point seven percent approval, and fifty-nine point four percent disapprove.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a twenty-point gap.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentTwenty point seven, to be exact, and the Examiner notes this rating is one of the best predictors of how a president's party does in the midterms.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo every candidate in his party is now reading one number like a lab result.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentBehind me, a campaign volunteer just checked it on his phone, put the phone face down on a car hood, and walked away from it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWalked away. Smartest move anyone has made in this race.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered checkpoints in places you cannot find on a map, and nobody guarding one looked as tired as the people guarding this number.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWill the number move before the midterms?

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    Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentNobody here will say, Hank, and the convoy behind it isn't moving either.