CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten on Monday put the lack of public support for slapping Donald Trump’s name on government buildings into stark perspective.
Enten, just days after a judge ruled Trump’s name cannot be added to the Kennedy Center, noted polling data showing just 9% of Americans approve of naming government buildings after Trump while he is still in office.
“Just 9%. Just 9%. Literally, you can put it on your two hands. When you can put something on your two hands, you know it’s a very small section of the public,” he said.
Just 21% said it would be acceptable to name buildings after Trump once he leaves office, while 50% said it would not be acceptable at all, noted Enten.
“To put that into some perspective, 10% of Americans believe that the Earth is flat and 12% of Americans think that the moon landing was faked, which of course it was not. And of course, the Earth is actually round,” said Enten.
“So, fewer Americans think it’s acceptable right now to put President Trump’s name on government buildings than believe two conspiracy theories: either the Earth is flat, or the moon landing was fake,” he added. “And when you’re lower than that, you know that you’re doing something quite, quite unpopular.”
