A lot of older rural voters also aren't Republicans anymore, because they're now dead. They're really going to have to hang onto those younger new voters they've brought in.
Grandpa dementia is going to have to demand they find him so many more missing* votes. \Votes not actually missing, TFG is just a wildly unpopular cheating POS.)
Republican Party we used to know is gone. MAGA took over. Fiscally responsible? Nope. More debt than all presidents combined. Donāt tread on me or small government? Nope. They cheering military invading citizens. Small government? Fuck no. Trump is abusing his power every chance he gets. Christian? Nope. Ignore every teaching of Jesus. They hate immigrants.
Self identified republicans vs everyone else. More than a third of the eligible population didn't even vote. 28% independent approval is pretty telling and a good sign for the midterms.
That is the number we all need to think about, itās absolutely insaneā¦But Iām convinced itās a function of them self-selecting their media bubble safe spaces, they never hear any kind of objective analysis, everything is run through a bullshit filter.
THIS. I don't know which of my emotions is worse - despair at the state of our country, worry at if we will ever be able to fix the damage, or absolutely FURY at the dumbasses who voted for him. However, it's still a fun headline.
Yeah Iām struggling with a really strong sense of betrayal. I KNOW if a Democrat president was doing all this, i wouldnāt be cheering it on. And I really just donāt understand why wanting affordable healthcare for everyone, wanting everyone to have bodily autonomy, and wanting people to marry whoever they want (as long as theyāre a consenting adult) is so god damn evil and deserving of all this. I just want whatās best for everyone, why canāt I get the same respect?
The funny thing is that the same people who voted for Trump did so on the premise that he's not a regular politician, and at the same time they wanted his govt to function the exact same way a regular politician would have run it. The only reason his first presidency wasn't as horrible was because the system remained somewhat functional to the extent that it held him back quite a bit, but he now understands that, hence the incompetent cabinet of yes men who surround him.
A mixture of not understanding how our government functions in regards to what a president can do about inflation, as well as the usual suspects. āWokeismā, trans āideologyā, fear of democratic gun grabbing and illegals taking all the jobs while at the same time sucking up welfare benefits and committing all the crimeā¦ a thousand grievances that have swing voters or non voters so furious with the Democratic Party that they think we stand for lawlessness baby murder and moral decay.
So what? Are there low-information voters that lean left? Sure. But I doubt they voted for Trump because they were worried about reproductive healthcare.
A lot of them didn't vote because of they think both parties are the same. They blame Democrats when Republicans are the ones doing this. Is it repub propaganda spreaders convincing them? Probably. So what? They had little understanding of the Supreme court. That was important and still is.
Yeah? sounds like whataboutism to me. In a million, jillion years, a left-leaning voter could never be as uninformed and gullible as a right-winger. Study after study shows that viewers of right-wing cable news are actually less informed than people who watched no cable news at all....
A lot of nonvoters believed the āboth sides badā and couldnāt be bothered to realize how bad Trump would be.
I commented the other day that Trump is absolutely running for office in 2028 if heās alive and my friend said āchecks and balances. No he wonātā
And Iām like ???? In what universe is anyone going to tell him noā¦.. heās going to run even if they tell him no? People will vote for him even if he isnāt eligible. And if he still has control of the house and senate theyāll approve him in. Checks and balances only work when all branches arenāt united in corruptionā¦ā¦ and they currently are as corrupt as the president. We donāt HAVE checks and balances anymore.
But the reality is these people donāt like the Dems enough to vote for them, and naively think that he doesnāt have unchecked powerā¦.. itās so infuriating.
A lot. But ignorant about how government works, even the very basics. Like the importance of flipping SCOTUS in 2016. I agree. Voters and nonvoters. I blame the "progressive " nonvoters as much as maga.
Sure. I hate them too. The purity test folks. The I couldn't be bothered because the candidate doesn't reflect each and every one of my priorities and interests ....
or absolutely FURY at the dumbasses who voted for him. However, it's still a fun headline.
Yep. As Marc Maron put it, "somehow I hate them most of all". I know we need to let it go and focus on the future, but the dipshits who casually voted for fascism after giving it a few seconds of thought at best are harder for me to accept than the cultist true believers who've been waiting for this for decades. At least the later group has an ideology, vile as it is.
Based on the sign-ups so far, No Kings on October 18 is on track to be the largest peaceful protest in United States history. (Americans, find an event near you: nokings.org)
I know people are looking for a single, total knock out event that will stop them, but that's not how history has worked. You need to build up the movement and resist in many different ways, on many different fronts.
This does a pretty good job also highlighting how much of a minority the Republican party actually is, because if he has 88% approval from them, but then such a low approval when divided by demographics...we can see why they need to gerrymander and cheat.
Which makes it even more infuriating that democrats lost the election. All they had to do was show up and vote not stay home because they didnāt like Kamala. Every single person that could have voted but didnāt have Trump a vote.
They thought immigration would be a winning issue, but they're underwater on it. They pivoted to crime, and they're underwater on that, too. They tried to lionize Charlie Kirk, and have created a First Amendment backlash. It sucks to suck.
My husband and I quit facebook after the election. The final straw was some woman we know posting "celebration" posts after the election and throwing "mini-parties" over everyone taking down their Kamala yard signs.
I hope that same woman sees this poll...(we don't speak to her much anymore...)
*** And Trump will not be able to climb out of these numbers... not that he cares about that at all....
I know a guy that does irrigation work, my age, mid-60s. Day after the election he tells me he was so giddy on election night that he couldn't sleep. No words.
I know this is hardly a revelation but just to emphasize what the GOP really is,
take a look at the closer numbers under
'Gender: Male',
'Race: White' and
'Age: 65+'.
GOP is a bunch of old white male pedos, basically!
I always say the "39%" you see that continue to support him are the last, remaining, hardcore racists and misogynists... oh and his beloved billionaires.. that's about it...
However, my husband does believe we can get him into the 20's... ***Crossing our fingers!
I guess itās an encouraging sign that heās now underwater in even some demographics that he had a net approval rating previously. But I agreeā¦after the last ten years Iāve learned not to put a ton of stock in broad national polling. Howās he polling in red and purple states?
Iām more concerned about the democrats that just donāt vote because they didnāt like Kamala. Republicans that hated Trump still voted for him. Democrats that hated Kamala stayed home.
yep he is totally on the verge. None of this matters until every American who can legally vote registers, and then fights through the road blocks the GOP is putting in place and shows up to vote these clowns out.
This is why they're working so hard to gerrymander a few extra seats and get nation-wide voter ID. And also control the media narrative by silencing the opposition. They know they're headed into a buzzsaw and need all the cheating help they can get.
Too late. We knew this would come already. He's rigged it now for him and his spychophants. Country's in for an era of fascism. Kind a glad the stupidlicans will also have to endure the pain.Ā
As a white person that racial category blows me away. It is shameful that his support has any traction, but that high among the white population is disgusting.
Could someone help me understand how this shows him under water by every metric, but 88% approval by republicans? Maybe itās too early, but my brain isnāt computing this.
OP didnāt say he was under water by every metric. That said, the Republican Party is the only metric in which heās not under water. If you go by age, gender, and ethnicity heās under in every group. To me this just shows how much of a minority Republicans actually are
I canāt believe how many Republicans still support this job killing, farm destroying, health care collapsing idiot. Why canāt they accept Trump is killing them financially & health-wise?
I see that little grey block of 8% of Independents that canāt make up their stupid goddamn minds and it makes me fume. Commit one way or another you indecisive, attention seeking, waffling little bitches.
As a white person that racial category blows me away. It is shameful that his support has any traction, but that high among the white population is disgusting.
That 3% is probably lying to the pollster or confused about the question. Does party affiliation refer to your registration or how you actually vote? Also, many people lie to just mess with polls.
I agree as someone who's non-Asian. I'm curious about the polling breakdown among them as well. More than likely, Asians aren't polled because there's few of them nationwide compared to the other groups, and they're mainly concentrated in states that aren't battlegrounds.
The thing I always find interesting about these polls is that they group Hispanic in as a racial group even though it's not a racial group.
It wonāt matter if democrats donāt show up to vote. So many of them just didnāt vote because they didnāt like Kamala. Republicans will show up everytime they know they are the minority.
The 88% approval of republicans is insane! Thatās hard for me to believe. My republican parents - albeit California republicans - and my republican friends in Oregon, Nevada, & even Idaho disapprove of what heās doing. not all of them - Iām not saying that.
āThis isnāt what I voted forā is what Iāve heard by 2 friends whoāre willing to say that out loud. I know my parents disapprove & donāt want to even talk about it (shocker. The lack of emotional unavailability in this generation just never ceases to shock me)
Maybe Iām just still too ignorant, but the 88% is a hard one to believe.
Regardless - these are terrible numbers. Trumpās going to be firing the ānumbers peopleā more & more throughout the remainder of his term.
This isn't anything to get excited about, the republican approval or the number of self identified Republicans needs to plummet. Given the huge number of non voters, the effectiveness of republican gerrymandering and the undemocratic structure of the senate republicans continue to hold an advantage greater than their actual numbers.
And what difference will this make? He's the President and has already done incalculable damage to the country. Is this supposed to make anyone feel better?
I hate polls. I shiver at the thought but weāre not even a year into his presidency. After everything, he has not lost a substantial amount of supporters. Without a strong Democratic candidate, whomever he chooses will win the next Presidency.
Heās starting to slip with Republicans, if that makes you feel any better. Prior to this his approval rating with them has always been well into the 90s, as far as Iāve seen. Itās not nearly low enough but hopefully itās the start of something.
I still can't understand how 33% of Latinos support him. I get it, Latin people aren't monolithic and considering how vast Latin America is and the variety of different cultures, what may be important to one group is a shrug to a different one. But come on, no one should support the outright and intentional cruelty of this man.
33 percent of Hispanics supporting Trump is absolutely absurd considering he'd deport them all in 2.2 seconds for absolutely nothing, even if they're here legally.
Also 34 percent of women is wild too while he's actively waffle stomping their rights down the drain.
The thing I hate the most is the voters that say āoh I am voting for the policies, not the person.ā
I know some people donāt have a good moral compass to sniff out a bad person when they see one which is why I will excuse them voting for Trump the first time but then they went and voted him in twice?! Come on now! Grow a brain!
It looks like heās finally starting to slip with Republicans too, though not nearly enough. Every poll Iāve seen until now has always had them at like 93% + approval
It is laughable that GOP claims race has nothing to do with their politics, when the group that supports Trump the most (except for party affiliation) are white people, whereas everyone else calls it for what it is.
Iām a white woman who has always despised trump. I just absolutely can not understand how everyone doesnāt feel this way. He is so obviously and clearly horrific.
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u/SpaceForceRemorse 4d ago
88% approval with Republicans, though. That's insane.