STUNNING – AT 9:56 A.M. ET:  Rasmussen, which had one of the best records of accuracy in predicting the 2016 presidential race, shows President Trump soaring with the American people:

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-one percent (41%) disapprove.

The latest figures include 44% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 31% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of +13 (see trends).

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In the latest of this week’s executive orders, Trump has begun a crackdown on illegal immigration, adding thousands of Border Patrol agents, starting the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and cutting federal funds to so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce immigration law. He also has imposed a temporary ban on refugees from and visas for citizens of several Middle Eastern countries until the U.S. government can do a better job screening out possible terrorists.

COMMENT:  Rasmussen has explained that its high rate of accuracy last year was based on the belief that the election was about issues, not media-driven narratives.  I'm sensing that this is correct, and is continuing.   The American people are responding to Trump's handling of major issues in his first week, not the media's opinion of him.  In other words, he's mastering the art of speaking above the media to the people themselves. 

January 26,  2017