Trump Says He Is 'Doing Great' Despite Low Approval Rating
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President Trump says he is 'doing great'. This comes after his approval rating fell to a record low. An approval rating shows how many people like a leader's work.
Trump does not agree with the bad polling numbers. Polling means asking many people what they think. He says the numbers are not important.
Trump traveled to the state of Nebraska. He went there to help Republicans. Republicans are one of the two big political parties in the US.
The US will have midterm elections soon. These are elections for Congress. They happen in the middle of a president's term.
Trump wants Republicans to win these elections. He is traveling to different states to support his party's candidates.
Vocabulary15 words
- approval rating
- a number that shows how many people like a leader
- polling
- asking many people questions to learn their opinion
- Nebraska
- a state in the United States
- Republicans
- one of the two big political groups in the US
- midterm elections
- US elections held in the middle of a president's time in office
- president
- the leader of a country
- record low
- the lowest number ever seen
- Congress
- the group that makes laws in the US
- candidate
- a person who wants to win an election
- downplay
- to say something is not very important
- support
- to help someone
- political party
- a group of people with the same political ideas
- term
- the time a leader stays in a job
- state
- one of the parts that make up the US
- white house
- the home and office of the US president
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President Trump says he is '_____'.
This comes after his _____ rating fell to a record low.
Trump does not agree with the bad _____ numbers.
He says the numbers are not _____.
Trump traveled to the state of _____.
He went there to help _____.
The US will have _____ elections soon.
These are elections for _____.
Trump wants Republicans to _____ these elections.
He is traveling to different _____ to support his party's candidates.
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