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Funtatlaguy

(10,870 posts)
Thu May 2, 2019, 09:31 PM May 2019

Who are the persuadable Trump 10% and what do they want?

Since Trump has been in office, his approval ratings have stayed pretty consistent in all of the reputable polls.
He stays within a 10% framework of 35%-45% approval.
Generally, he bounces from 38%-42%.

My question is this. Who are these people that bounce around?
We know that the 35% base are Unreachable Fox News/RW radio deplorables.
But, I’m more interested in those 10% that neither worship nor hate him.
Who are these odd people that blow with the wind 💨 on their Trump affection level?

I think if we knew who they are, where they are, and what matters most to them, we might then know what we could do to target 🎯 and make them permanent anti Trumpers.
A flatline of only 35% would mean a landslide win in 2020 including flipping the Senate.

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Who are the persuadable Trump 10% and what do they want? (Original Post) Funtatlaguy May 2019 OP
I think, at this point, 10% is unrealistic. Probably looking at something like 3-5% Va Lefty May 2019 #1
Jobs customerserviceguy May 2019 #2
The working poor mia May 2019 #3
So you think lower middle class types are the 10%? Funtatlaguy May 2019 #4
Does it occur to anyone that the polling might be wrong? struggle4progress May 2019 #5
Could be. But they've been consistent for 2 years now. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #6

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
1. I think, at this point, 10% is unrealistic. Probably looking at something like 3-5%
Thu May 2, 2019, 09:46 PM
May 2019

and what they want is not compatible with Democratic Party values

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
2. Jobs
Thu May 2, 2019, 09:50 PM
May 2019

Barack Obama kept organized labor and environmentalists voting Democratic as long as he was waffling on the Keystone Pipeline. Once he came down on the side of the environmentalists on that issue, some of the labor folks wanted to fight back, and voting for Trump was a way to do that.

If we campaign heavily on the Green New Deal, we can expect them to vote accordingly.

mia

(8,360 posts)
3. The working poor
Thu May 2, 2019, 09:52 PM
May 2019

and those who are looking for jobs. Medicaid expansion that will include these folks.




struggle4progress

(118,274 posts)
5. Does it occur to anyone that the polling might be wrong?
Thu May 2, 2019, 10:31 PM
May 2019

Cellphones are regulated differently than landlines -- and that's forcing pollsters to use a mix of landlines and online polling

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