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It's been a few more days and Trump is now at...42.0% approval in our average. Not really much (if any) movement post Barr Memo.
The lack of moment in Trump's approval rating lines up with the fact that the public didn't think the Barr Memo was a game changer. I've said this before, but it seems like the public was smarter than the media about putting the memo into context. 
By context I mean:
—Other than highly partisan Dems, who have other reasons to dislike Trump, the public didn't expect a smoking gun
—Nobody has seen the Mueller Report itself
—Even in the Barr Memo, the news isn't all good for Trump, e.g. he's not exonerated of obstruction
—Other than highly partisan Dems, who have other reasons to dislike Trump, the public didn't expect a smoking gun
—Nobody has seen the Mueller Report itself
—Even in the Barr Memo, the news isn't all good for Trump, e.g. he's not exonerated of obstruction
re: public not expecting a smoking gun, here's a helpful poll from last year. 39% (mostly Ds) expected Mueller to find collusion, 36% no collusion, 25% unsure. Voters were pretty ambivalent, contra pundit claims about COLLUSION being a dominant narrative. bit.ly/2CHaNZZ
