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William Cummings, USA TODAY
Published 10:28 a.m. ET April 1, 2020
Updated 12:41 p.m. ET April 1, 2020
... a new Politico/Morning Consult poll shows voters may be becoming frustrated with the White House's handling of the crisis, which the administration says could kill 100,000 to 240,000 people in the U.S.
Overall, 61% of registered voters in that poll said Trump was not prepared to handle the outbreak.
Forty-six percent of registered voters said Trump was "very unprepared" to deal with the crisis, and another 15% said he was "somewhat unprepared." Fourteen percent said the president was "very prepared" and 18% said he was "somewhat prepared."
... responses varied greatly by political party. Sixty-three percent of Republicans thought Trump had been prepared, while 85% of Democrats did not. Sixty-five percent of independents thought the president was unprepared, and 26% said he was prepared ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/01/trump-unprepared-for-coronavirus-outbreak-poll/5101764002/
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Leaving 38-40% confused?
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Just needed time to find a way to profit from pandemic! 🤬
empedocles
(15,751 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Sorry thing is they vote.
sdfernando
(4,929 posts)They are STUPID.
Being ignorant of something doesn't mean you can't learn and educate yourself about something.
This people don't fall in that category so they are stupid in my book....they actually refuse to learn.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)struggle4progress
(118,270 posts)BY ANDREW WHALEN ON 9/6/19 AT 1:36 PM EDT
... Gallup poll of 1,522 adults in the United States found that one-third of respondents believe extraterrestrial spacecraft are visiting Earth.
When asked to choose between "some UFOs have been alien spacecraft visiting Earth from other planets or galaxies" and "all UFO sightings can be explained by human activity on Earth or natural phenomenon," 33 percent of all adults polled selected the first option ...
https://www.newsweek.com/aliens-are-real-ufos-2019-sightings-americans-area-51-raid-extraterrestrial-disclosure-1458103
You fools! Its getting away.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)NOW FUCKING PICK!
Alternatively we could pay teachers as if they have value to share with the younger folks STILL in their formative years?
I went through the rural K-12 program, it was just OK in my day, I have no idea on it now.
In the 5th grade we had IOWA tests, I found my results in a folder last year looking for papers, I was in the 99th percentile in MATH, they fucking cheated me out of M.I.T. those bastards!
My trig teacher was the former gym teacher, he was the pits, he had to drop a passing grade down to 30% or he'd have failed 90% of us.
Proven special education folks send to their own city?
I'm just being as ridiculous as the circumstances we find ourselves in, quite a fucking pickle!