This Is Scary

Here is a chart of the popularity of post-war presidents among members of their own party after their first 500 days:



W., of course, was extraordinarily popular because he was still basking in the glory of his enormous popularity in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, when the people would have rallied behind any president. That anomaly aside, Trump's the most popular president (among members of his own party) since they started tracking these things.