Newsmax has used a so-called “polling expert” to spin President Trump’s dismal polling numbers. It first did this in a Jan. 27 appearance:
Polling analyst Patrick Allocco pushed back Monday on media narratives suggesting President Donald Trump is losing support among his 2024 voters, arguing instead on Newsmax that the political landscape looks remarkably similar to Election Day.
“Americans didn’t just wake up overnight and change their mind about Donald Trump,” Allocco told “Finnerty.”
“Poll after poll is showing us that between 88% and 96% of Republicans who voted for him in 2024 are still supportive of him today,” Allocco said.
Allocco, founder of the Zoose Political Index, said those numbers align with Trump’s coalition last year and undercut claims that voters have taken a “U-turn” on the president.
He noted in his most recent report that Trump continues to draw support beyond the Republican base, including “30% of independents” and “4% of Democrats,” figures that mirror the margins seen in 2024.
“Fifty-nine percent of blue-collar workers are still with him,” Allocco told “Finnerty.” “That’s huge going into the midterms.”
Allocco argued that much of the current political unrest is not coming from former Trump supporters but from voters who opposed him all along.
Newsmax hosted Allocco to spin further after Trump’s bombing of Iran caused gas prices to spike in an April 6 appearance:
Polling expert Patrick Allocco told Newsmax on Monday that President Donald Trump’s relatively low approval rating reflects the political cost of taking decisive action, pointing to tariffs and the ongoing conflict involving Iran as key factors.
Appearing on “Finnerty,” Allocco, founder of the Zoose Political Index, addressed the RealClearPolitics polling average, which currently shows Trump’s approval at 40.9%.
“There’s always a cost to taking action, especially real action,” Allocco said.
“Most presidents operate within the conditions they inherit,” he said.
“They manage, they react.
“And because of that, their impact on people’s day-to-day finances is often indirect,” Allocco said.
Allocco argued Trump has taken a different approach, making what he described as “two very deliberate, high-impact decisions” that are directly affecting voters.
“This president didn’t do that,” Allocco said.
“He made two very deliberate, high-impact decisions. He imposed tariffs and he chose to engage militarily in Iran,” he added.
[…]“Both of those decisions hit the same place, the kitchen table crises, gas, supply chains,” Allocco said. “Voters feel that immediately,” he said.
The polling dip, he added, should be understood in that context rather than as a simple measure of political weakness.
“That’s what leadership looks like,” Allocco said.
The Zoose Political Index, by the way, is driven by artificial intelligence, which raises numerous questions.