party that is shown to be welcoming to all races and genders is concerned over identity politics.

Why, next thing you know, Republicans will be advising Democrats on being non-offensive to African Americans. But here is some polling information from the Hill, and we both know how much HO sometimes (but not all the time) likes polling information. Meanwhile the WSJ op ed and the NRO (all opinion all the time) are telling themselves there is no problem other than identity politics at play. The Hill:

President Trump's approval rating has dropped 6 points in the past month amid widespread unrest and economic uncertainty, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll.

The survey of registered voters conducted this week found that 44 percent approve of the job Trump is doing compared to 56 percent who disapprove.

That marks the first time Trump's approval has dipped below 50 percent since March and his lowest approval rating in the poll in a year, though it still remains in the mid-40 percent range.

The last time Trump's approval fell to 44 percent was May 2019, while his lowest recorded approval rating in the Hill-HarrisX poll was 43 percent two months earlier.



The latest survey, conducted between Monday and Thursday this week, comes amid continued protests in major cities across the country over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died last week in Minneapolis police custody.

While many protestors have gathered peacefully, demonstrations have also at times turned violent, with numerous clashes with police and instances of vandalism and looting rocking several cities and prompting a large law enforcement response.

A recent Reuters-Ipsos poll found more than 55 percent of Americans disapprove of the president's handling of the protests, with 40 percent strongly disapproving.

And according to a new PBS-NPR-Marist poll, more than six in 10 Americans view the protests as legitimate and 67 percent of respondents say they think Trump has mostly increased tensions.

"What I think is happening again is that the President is running counter to public opinion," Lee Miringoff, Director of the Marist poll, told Hill.TV.