Voters strongly oppose a national emergency over the wall. 65% OPPOSE

[riversedge]

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President Trump will declare a national emergency and seek money to build a border wall, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday, moments before the U.S. Senate passed a compromise spending bill that didn’t include wall funding.

If Trump follows through on the emergency declaration, he’ll be doing something that large majorities of Americans oppose — and he’ll be doing it at right as his job approval ratings had begun to rebound following the partial government shutdown in December and January.

Indeed, the act of declaring a national emergency to build a wall is even more unpopular than the wall itself — and the wall isn’t popular. Polls as tracked by PollingReport.com show an average of 32 percent of Americans in favor of the declaration and 65 percent opposed. Even in an era where many of Trump’s top priorities poll only in the low-to-mid-40s, that’s an especially large split, with roughly twice as many voters opposed as in favor...............................

[littlemissmartypants]

1. Excellent point.

Indeed, the act of declaring a national emergency to build a wall is even more unpopular than the wall itself — and the wall isn’t popular.

Thanks for sharing this, riversedge. ♡

[Squinch]

2. My biggest question: why did his job approval numbers begin to rebound?

[bearsfootball516]

4. Shutdown ended. That's the reason they were cratering in the first place.

Once it ended, they started going back up to what they usually were.

[Squinch]

6. Yeah, but it is awful to realize that they will NEVER learn.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Doesn't matter

Trump only plays to his shrinking base.

[zaj]

5. Here's trying to hold his base, so he's not impeached

If you want to understand his choices, always filter the polling down to only the results from his base.

Then the results with going, and you'll understand why he made the choice.

[democratisphere]

7. It is all for his base. They love to be lied to and will believe anything he says.

Really stupid people.

[world wide wally]

8. He is not a well man.

And his supporters are less intelligent than he is.