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struggle4progress

(118,282 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:34 PM Feb 2017

Americans divided

Xinhua | 2017-02-16 07:45:31

... asked if the Trump administration is working on things that will help their family, 47 percent of voters say yes, while 48 percent say no, according to the Fox News Poll ...

... 35 percent "strongly" approve and 41 percent "strongly" disapprove.

The split is .. partisan ... 87 percent of Republicans give the thumbs up .. as do just 52 percent of independents and 10 percent among Democrats.

In February 2009, after Barack Obama's first month in the White House, 60 percent of voters approved his performance, including 90 percent of Democrats, 62 percent of independents, and 29 percent of Republicans ...


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/16/c_136060209.htm

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Americans divided (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
Crazy high numbers. I don't get half of our fellow Americans. yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #1
Not even a good try, yeoman6987. Kingofalldems Feb 2017 #3
I have never felt more divided as a country than I do today. Not sure how and if we can TrekLuver Feb 2017 #2
 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
2. I have never felt more divided as a country than I do today. Not sure how and if we can
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 01:02 PM
Feb 2017

come together...but it sure as hell ain't gonna be under this Trashpot ruler.

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