The media spin machine is revving up again after a new Glengariff Group poll of a whopping 600 likely Michigan voters is showing President Donald Trump underwater in his approval rating in the state.

Six hundred voters. Wow. Practically the entire population of Michigan packed into one survey!

Just kidding…Michigan currently has roughly 7.9 million registered voters, according to recent statewide voter registration estimates.

That means a poll of 600 likely voters is sampling about 0.007% of the state’s registered voters – basically a tiny political spoonful being used to predict what nearly eight million people think. And here’s a good question. Have ANY OF YOU ever participated in a poll? Or even been contacted to do so? I haven’t.

According to the poll (commissioned by the Detroit Regional Chamber), Trump’s approval sits at 37.1%, with 56.8% disapproving. Cue the dramatic headlines, ominous music, and political consultants hyperventilating into reusable coffee mugs. And why do we even care? He’s not running for president again.

What many stories conveniently leave out is that bad approval numbers are hardly some unique Trump catastrophe. Former President Barack Obama dropped to 38% approval during ugly stretches of his presidency in 2011 and again in 2014 amid debt fights, ISIS turmoil, and foreign policy disasters.

Then came Joe Biden, whose Gallup approval cratered to 36% in July 2024 as Americans fumed over inflation, border chaos, the economy, and concerns about his age and mental sharpness.

So while Trump’s numbers may look rough in Michigan right now, pretending that fluctuating approval ratings are some once-in-history political apocalypse requires the long-term memory of a Snapchat message.