Trump gets help ignoring public opinion — voters should worry

Gallup's sudden decision to cease tracking presidential approval ratings, after 88 years, comes amidst reports of Trump's historically-low approval ratings, with a recent poll showing a 36% approval rating, and may enable him to disregard public discontent, according to Democratic strategist James Carville.
Trump has been escalating efforts to silence critics, including the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, and the FBI's raid on election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, while raging against unfavorable polls and threatening legal action, as noted by historian Timothy Snyder, an authority on authoritarianism.
The move by Gallup, a highly-respected organization, may set a precedent for other institutions to surrender to authoritarian behavior, normalizing Trump's actions and undermining democratic institutions, as warned by experts like Henry E. Brady, former president of the American Political Science Association.