Martin sometimes felt that the world was truly fantastical.

He was filming a movie about defeating a "clown," yet in reality, he was propping up a "clown," helping him achieve victory.

And interestingly, just as the Republican primary battle was heating up fiercely, the outgoing President Obama was enjoying his highest approval rating in recent years.

According to Business Insider's news site, based on the latest data from professional polling firm Gallup, US President Obama's job performance approval rating for the latest week (February 29 to March 6) surged to its highest in three years, reaching 50%, a 5% increase from two months ago.

For Obama, whose approval had hovered around 40% throughout his second term, this was undoubtedly a massive boost.

Analysts say this growth might put more pressure on Republicans.

Even funnier, as the Republican frontrunner, Trump's net favorability was low—truly "unprecedented."

In a recent "net favorability" survey by NBC and The Wall Street Journal, Trump ranked dead last among current candidates and politicians, at just -39%. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ n0velfire.net

Hillary was at -13%; in comparison, the top two candidates were Kasich (19%) and Sanders (7%), who also received the least "attacks" in the recent campaign.

Current President Obama's net favorability was 4%.

(PS: Net favorability = Approval rate - Disapproval rate.)

"I've been in this business since the year after Goldwater in 1964," polling expert Peter Hart said. "To me, (Trump's net favorability) is really low. I've seen voter dislike and polarization, but up to now, I've never seen anything like this. This number won't go up; it can only keep dropping."

You win some, you lose some. Trump's maverick campaign style won him favor from many lower-class citizens but made elites discard him like an old shoe.

Besides that, due to his big mouth and clownish demeanor, he also earned a new title—the candidate least favored by female voters.

Recently, the latest surveys from major US polling agencies unanimously showed the same result: Trump was the least supported by female voters among all candidates, and even within his own Republican camp, nearly half of Republican female voters said they wouldn't vote for Trump.

According to NBC News data released on the 24th, about 47% of female Republican voters said they absolutely wouldn't support Trump (40% of male Republican voters also said they wouldn't support him), while other Republican candidates received much lower opposition ratings.

For example, 32% of Republican female voters said they wouldn't support Cruz (Ted Cruz), 27% said they wouldn't support Kasich (John Kasich).

From the perspective of all female voters, Trump's "harvest" was even more dismal—70% of female voters held a negative attitude toward Trump. This seemed to mean that non-Republican female voters disliked Trump even more intensely.

According to data from polling agencies like Fox and CNN, among non-Republican female voters, 7 out of 10 didn't support Trump, while for Cruz and Kasich, it was 1/2 and 1/3 respectively.

The Washington Post analyzed that alienating female voters would lead to Trump's defeat in the general election.

Republican strategy analysts even suggested sacrificing Trump altogether, having him withdraw voluntarily, because Trump's nomination would actually provide an opportunity for the Democrats.

Democrats were more inclined to choose the first female presidential candidate, and Trump's behavior could indirectly add votes for his opponent.

Hillary had, in past elections, criticized Republicans for 'waging war on women' through women's health, abortion rights, and equal treatment.

"Hillary is vulnerable among one group of women: independent moderate Republican female voters. She needs them to become her supporters, but she has weaknesses among them. If we nominate Trump, they'll flock to Hillary because they find Trump more disgusting, not just because of those 'women's issues,' but because of his views on women. He makes women feel that supporting him would give them a huge negative experience..."

Republican strategy analyst Katie Packer said.

Trump's aide team had discussed this and decided not to change or withdraw; Trump would continue his current "big mouth" path.

Trump's team believed that while Hillary had a huge advantage among women, she also faced low support among male voters.

Based on the average of the latest 5 polls, Hillary's net favorability among male voters was a mere -27, while her strong intraparty rival—Sanders—was at +1.

Even among female voters' net favorability, Hillary actually didn't surpass Sanders, at -5, while Sanders scored +11.

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"Dad, Martin provided some data; it might be useful for us."

In the campaign office, Ivanka walked into Trump's office holding a thick stack of documents.

This madman gentleman was currently lounging in his seat, enjoying a cigar, completely unbothered by external questions and criticisms.

"What data?"

"Take a look; I've highlighted the important numbers for you."

Ivanka placed the documents in front of Trump.

Trump frowned, reluctantly looking over; he hated reading these dry data files.

But after a glance... his eyes lit up.

"Is this data real? How did Martin get it?" He asked in surprise; this set of data couldn't be collected without a massive team.

"Martin has his ways, Dad; you just need to trust it." Ivanka said proudly.

Trump nodded. "Of course I trust Martin. Haha, looks like this 'big mouth' of mine is about to play 'prophet'!"

Trump laughed excitedly.

He was extremely eager for this kind of showing off in front of others thing.