Polls Show Divided Nation

[struggle4progress]

According to the .. NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, taken in late June, Trump’s overall .. rating stands at 40 percent approve, 55 percent disapprove. A deep split emerges if you break the rating down by party ...

... by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans say they are more likely to believe former FBI Director James Comey than President Donald Trump when it comes to their differing accounts of events that led up to Comey's firing, according to a different NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.



http://www.nbcnews.com/card/polls-trump-approval-comey-firing-show-divided-nation-n779016

[Wounded Bear]

1. So we need to support the base and lure the independents...

trying to flip Trumplodytes is an exercise in futility.

[SHRED]

2. If there was no hate radio or FAUX...

...those numbers would be way different and trump wouldn't be pResident.

[JHan]

3. Republicans SMH

[ProudLib72]

4. That 6% of Dems is worrying

Either statistical margin of error or they are DINOs.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Or, they are lying about their party affiliation.

[Adrahil]

12. I hate the term "DINO"

But keep I mind that in some southern areas there are still conservative Democrats who have not realigned as Republicans.

[BannonsLiver]

15. Yes, leftover remenants of "Reagan Democrats"

Who haven't voted Dem since 1976.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Trump and teams actions should result in 75% voting democratic

in the next election.

It wont, so we are beyond fixing unless we resolve many issues very quickly.

Too many of us are simply filled with ignorant hatred of others who look different.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Where's the graph showing the sane and the insane?

[KingCharlemagne]

7. The Republican Party now is, for all practical purposes, a

fascist party. So of course the fascists in the Repub party support the fascist Trump.

I do wonder, though, about the 6% of Dems who supposedly support the fascist.

[GoCubsGo]

14. The margin of error was over 3%.

I'm guessing that 6% is a gross overestimate.

[KingCharlemagne]

16. Jesus, one would hope! - nt

[moondust]

8. At this point

Republicans are not much more than a self-righteous cult of greedy bigots and WWE fans. The Fake President knew his starry-eyed fan base would love that WWE move on CNN.

[Solly Mack]

9. They needed a poll to know this?

[B2G]

10. What do you expect, when

the 2 most hated entities, Trump and the press, are going for each others' throats?

[GoCubsGo]

13. I have a hunch this poll is skewed.

They don't post the breakdown of who was polled. Or, at least I couldn't find it. They linked the numbers from another poll, and 82% of the respondents were white. It also skewed a bit toward older people. Which means that republicans were probably over-represented. It would not surprise me if that's the case with this poll, as well. And, one thing to keep in mind: There are a lot more Democrats and Independents than there are republicans.