Oct 19, 2026 · 32 min · 12 segments
Today on the show: new Georgia poll numbers. Diana Paulson from ABC News all over the midterms. Erick Erickson joins us live. Wendy Benjaminson from Bloomberg with the latest on Russia/Ukraine…
Mark ArumHost
Jordana MillerGuest
Diana PaulsonGuest
Melissa BellDebra GreenHost
First off, before I get into the explanation why I think Mike Collins is waking up very happy this morning, I want to start with poll numbers nationally.
Likely voters support the Democratic candidate in congressional district elections over the Republican candidate.
About seven in 10 say gasoline is affordable and the country is headed to the wrong direction.
Most notably, though, this this ABC Ipsos Washington Post poll shows really bad numbers for President Trump.
approval rating, it's at a record low.
Neither in the second term nor in the first term, even after January 6th, has Donald Trump been this unpopular in our polling.
He's at 33% approval, 66% disapproval, and just over half, 52%, say they disapprove of him strongly.
And that's worse than the president was polling just after January 6th.
So why is that good news for Mike Johnson? It's like we are in a silo here in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted new poll numbers this morning just about President Trump's approval ratings in Georgia.
So there is Portnoy with the national numbers, 36% approval rate, the worst he's ever had, worse than they were after January 6th, which we would assume would have been the low point in his career.
But it's not that bad in Georgia, which I think this is really good news for Mike Collins and Rick Jackson.
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows 55% of likely Georgia voters disapprove of President Trump's job performance.
That's six percent better approval rating here in Georgia than President Trump has nationally.
First off, before I get into the explanation why I think Mike Collins is waking up very happy this morning, I want to start with poll numbers nationally.
Likely voters support the Democratic candidate in congressional district elections over the Republican candidate.
About seven in 10 say gasoline is affordable and the country is headed to the wrong direction.
Most notably, though, this this ABC Ipsos Washington Post poll shows really bad numbers for President Trump.
approval rating, it's at a record low.
Neither in the second term nor in the first term, even after January 6th, has Donald Trump been this unpopular in our polling.
He's at 33% approval, 66% disapproval, and just over half, 52%, say they disapprove of him strongly.
And that's worse than the president was polling just after January 6th.
So why is that good news for Mike Johnson? It's like we are in a silo here in Georgia.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution posted new poll numbers this morning just about President Trump's approval ratings in Georgia.
So there is Portnoy with the national numbers, 36% approval rate, the worst he's ever had, worse than they were after January 6th, which we would assume would have been the low point in his career.
But it's not that bad in Georgia, which I think this is really good news for Mike Collins and Rick Jackson.
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll shows 55% of likely Georgia voters disapprove of President Trump's job performance.
That's six percent better approval rating here in Georgia than President Trump has nationally.
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