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I mean its a good indicator though, because it clearly shows that threatening the entire working class will make you lose elections. But that also means the inverse should be true and going hard on pro working class politics is a winning position.
It fails to capture the difference between a conservative German not approving of Merz because he's a bit of a dull bore and a marginalized American disapproving of Trump because his rule is literally threatening their life. You won't see no king protests against Merz. He is not so unpopular that he might realistically put an end to Germany as we know it.
It doesn't show that threatening the entire working class will make you lose elections. It doesn't have a class dimension at all, it just says how many people actively like their leaders in a handful of countries. Neither Macron nor Merz were particularly popular when they were last elected, they are just strategically positioned within their political systems.
It measures what it measures. We have seen again and again that leaders can be democratically elected and re-elected while fucking over the working class.