Poll: 56% of Dems Want Leaders to Block Trump

[DonViejo]

Fifty-six percent of Democrats say party's elected officials in Congress should stop President Trump’s efforts, even “if that means blocking all legislation or nominees for government posts,” according to a new Politico and Morning Consult poll. Only 34 percent of those same voters surveyed said they believe party leaders should find common ground to work with the White House. The survey was conducted among 2,070 registered voters from Feb. 2 to Feb. 4. “There was talk after the election that Trump might be a president who Democrats could work with, at least on certain issues like infrastructure,” said Kyle Dropp, Morning Consult’s chief research officer and co-founder. “But this new data indicates that, even if deals are possible, that’s not primarily what Democratic voters are looking for.”

READ IT AT POLITICO

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2017/02/08/poll-56-of-dems-want-leaders-to-block-trump.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

[PeopleAgainstHate]

1. Here's how we can put more Dems in Congress

One of the ways these swine got in power was through the pervasive peddling of vicious lies via the pro-Trump radical-right tabloids. Their sleazy headlines blare at us as we - and those who have malleable minds - stand in line at the grocery store. As consumers we need to demand that the stores where we shop quit carrying those fake-news rags that helped get Trump and the alt-right elected in the first place. PLEASE sign our MoveOn petition:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-selling-hate-filled?source=c.fwd&r_by=17478167

And here is a link to an article from Politico that lays it all out about how those tabloids help elect Trump and his kind. If you don't want to read the whole article, please at least read this one paragraph from it:

It’s easy to imagine that tabloids don’t matter; the Enquirer is a relatively small voice in the media kingdom . . . But that misses the importance of the constant cultural background noise it adds to American life: There are 37,000 supermarkets in America, with an average of about 10 checkout stands each, and many stands feature a wire rack displaying the Enquirer, the Globe, often the company’s other tab, the National Examiner, and celebrity magazines. According to an industry study, American households make an average of 1.5 trips to the supermarket each week. Every customer passes by the checkout stand, which means that even people who never purchase a tabloid still absorb the ambient headlines, and those headlines can shape their view of the world.


http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/tabloid-newspapers-trump-media-propaganda-214627

[NCTraveler]

2. That seems like a seriously low number. nt.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Same Concept, Different Side

I was thinking the 34% that want to pursue common ground seemed seriously high! Same result, though.