It’s nice that the answer is in the title.
Does this really affect anyone? Or what?
It affects political capital. It will be harder for Trump (or any politician in a similar situation) to get other party members behind his agenda as the association is seen as a liability. Is there some immediate affect? No, but you may see things slowing down unless sentiment changes
This might be relevant in a country with actual proper elections but that is not what you have in America.
Easily verifiably false. I’m not even that old and I personally remember that Bush Jr. was way more underwater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_approval_rating
The actual article qualifies it like this
The only president who was less popular than Trump at this point in his second term? Richard Nixon, who had an approval rating of -36 points just a few months before he resigned from office.
We’re still not even through the first year of his second term (though its certainly been a long one)
Carter, Bush Sr./Jr., Nixon and Truman were all lower it seems.
