Mission2Educate cites 65% Trump unfavorability

Mission2Educate posted on X on Sept. 2 that Kamala Harris “did worse” than current Democratic candidates on the comparison the account cited, framing the claim as a look back at the 2024 election and a look ahead to current polling. The post also said Donald Trump is not on a current hypothetical ticket and cited a 65% unfavorable figure for him in public polling. The account published the post in English under X post ID 2094862840301592778. X’s public page for that post was identifiable by the post ID, though the platform’s web preview did not surface the full text in this search. ### What can be verified from the post itself? Mission2Educate is the X account named in the Sept. 2 post referenced in the social-media briefing supplied for this story. That briefing described the post as part of online discussion about the 2024 aftermath, saying Harris underperformed relative to current Democratic candidates and noting Trump’s absence from a hypothetical ticket. The same briefing tied the post to the 65% figure cited online. (x.com) Sept. 2 is the key date in the post’s chronology. The user prompt and source briefing both place publication on that date, and the X URL provided resolves to the Mission2Educate post ID cited above. ### Where does the Trump unfavorability number stand in public polling? RealClearPolling’s Trump favorability tracker showed an average of 40.6% favorable and 55.6% unfavorable based on polls through Aug. 30, not 65% unfavorable. (x.com) Its table included individual surveys ranging from 50% to 61% unfavorable in late August, including Reuters/Ipsos at 61% unfavorable and Fox News at 61% unfavorable. The University of Massachusetts Amherst Poll, released Aug. 31, found Trump’s overall job approval at 32% and disapproval at 64%. The poll also found that more than two-thirds disapproved of Trump’s handling of the Iran war. That release dealt with job approval rather than personal favorability, but it put a current public disapproval measure near the 65% figure cited in the post. (realclearpolling.com) ### Is the 65% figure favorability, approval, or something else? Reuters/Ipsos was one of the late-August surveys listed in RealClearPolling’s favorability tracker, and that entry showed Trump at 37% favorable and 61% unfavorable for Aug. 21-24. RealClearPolling’s average did not show a 65% unfavorable reading for favorability as of Aug. 30. (umass.edu) The UMass Amherst release used a different measure. Its Aug. 21-26 survey found 64% disapproval of Trump’s job performance overall, and more than two-thirds disapproval on his handling of the Iran war. That distinction matters because social-media posts often collapse approval, disapproval, favorability and unfavorability into a single number. (realclearpolling.com) ### What about the claim that Harris ran behind current Democrats? RealClearPolling’s 2028 Democratic primary page showed Harris leading its average at 24.1% through Aug. 30, ahead of Gavin Newsom at 13.6% and Pete Buttigieg at 13.3%. Its national 2028 general-election page also listed Harris in current hypothetical matchups. Those pages show Harris remains present in current polling, even as online commentators compare her 2024 performance with today’s Democratic field. (umass.edu) Politico, in a Nov. 6, 2024 report on Harris’ loss, said Democratic strategists tied the defeat to President Joe Biden’s vulnerabilities and the compressed timetable after he left the race. That article documented the immediate post-election debate that Mission2Educate’s post revisited this week. (realclearpolling.com) ### What is the cleanest way to read the post? Mission2Educate’s Sept. 2 post can be read as a political argument built from at least two different polling categories: Harris’ relative standing against current Democrats and Trump’s current public standing. Publicly available polling reviewed here supports the broader point that Trump is unpopular in current surveys, but the exact “65% unfavorable” wording does not match RealClearPolling’s favorability average as of Aug. 30. (politico.com) Sept. 2 remains the operative date for the post, and the next verifiable reference point is the continuing run of public trackers such as RealClearPolling and fresh releases from pollsters including Reuters/Ipsos and UMass Amherst. (realclearpolling.com)