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4 out of 10 Americans approve of him... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #1
We will get that a little lower before this is all said and done. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #3
I'm a 50 something white guy crazytown May 2019 #4
I'm with you, I don't look at my fellow white men the same way anymore Downtown Hound May 2019 #7
A few days after Christmas 2008 crazytown May 2019 #10
This. We're still the nation who elected a black president -- Hortensis May 2019 #34
It is not just white men Cosmocat May 2019 #45
True, but less women than men. n/t Downtown Hound May 2019 #48
Marginally Cosmocat May 2019 #51
Not denying that there's a problem with many white women having their heads up their butts Downtown Hound May 2019 #55
I just can't understand........... MyOwnPeace May 2019 #63
I know MANY Cosmocat May 2019 #72
Because their preachers tell them that Dems are baby killers. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #79
Honestly, you don't want to really know.... LovingA2andMI May 2019 #57
The drip drip effect we have going now should help get that down some. ooky May 2019 #5
Drops are getting more frequent empedocles May 2019 #11
True. More like an open faucet. ooky May 2019 #14
This is the high water mark. He will sink further down.....I'm going to guarantee that. nt UniteFightBack May 2019 #2
I believe this too. Just have to. More will be revealed. nt emmaverybo May 2019 #8
A little dated, but worth the read. CrispyQ May 2019 #6
Scary. Happening in Europe too. nt emmaverybo May 2019 #9
Of the 40% trump support, I suspect the trump strong support is much less than that. empedocles May 2019 #15
This is a very good read. Thanks for posting the link . History shows 40% was all that was needed lunasun May 2019 #23
+1 dalton99a May 2019 #33
Rubbish. If Trump doesn't improve on the 46% (of the vote) John Fante May 2019 #37
In an honest election. n/t moonscape May 2019 #46
It will be honest enough that the Democrats will win if we show up. John Fante May 2019 #56
There will be a lot of voters who don't approve of Trump but still vote for him. bearsfootball516 May 2019 #62
The Media is doing everything possible to Wellstone ruled May 2019 #12
Russian trolls and bots are hard at work, too. Dave Starsky May 2019 #47
Is anyone on facebook getting the truth out. scarytomcat May 2019 #67
These polls miss the point entirely customerserviceguy May 2019 #13
Fourth: Some people will vote for a Republican no matter what Poiuyt May 2019 #16
True customerserviceguy May 2019 #17
I would vote for any dem over any goper. Even if I thought he/she was terrible. nt USALiberal May 2019 #64
It wasn't it was third parties and Democratic undercount that won the election for Trump uponit7771 May 2019 #18
Can you agree with me customerserviceguy May 2019 #22
I thought he'd get the votes rMoney did, he did worse uponit7771 May 2019 #36
I was surprised customerserviceguy May 2019 #50
Trump will likely get 46% of the vote like he did last time. John Fante May 2019 #38
It depends on how the votes are spread customerserviceguy May 2019 #49
Why do posters insist that Trump is more popular than he's shown? John Fante May 2019 #52
I think a lot of people lie to pollsters customerserviceguy May 2019 #54
Those voters won't be enough to win again. John Fante May 2019 #59
Or, the opposite could play out with moonscape May 2019 #71
The rethugs will win because we haven't fix the election problems scarytomcat May 2019 #68
Yawn. John Fante May 2019 #69
I think we should fix the problems scarytomcat May 2019 #70
This sort of defeatism gets us nowhere. MarvinGardens May 2019 #78
Both of these are true..... LovingA2andMI May 2019 #58
Yep customerserviceguy May 2019 #61
IIRC, the gap between Clinton and Trump fell to 3% on the eve of the election thanks to Comey davekriss May 2019 #65
It might or might not customerserviceguy May 2019 #66
At 42% approval for trump this is nothing for Americans to be proud of lunasun May 2019 #19
What is the relationship between approval numbers and elections for Presidents? aikoaiko May 2019 #20
No president with less than 50% approval has been reelected crazytown May 2019 #21
Do you know about the first elections of presidents? aikoaiko May 2019 #24
No actually, HRC had more favorables than Trump crazytown May 2019 #25
That's what I mean. Trump had more unfav and less fav ratings than HRC, but he still won. aikoaiko May 2019 #26
My avatar is a paper clip crazytown May 2019 #27
Trump won the electoral college. He did not recieve more votes John Fante May 2019 #39
With the help of the Russians, it was not a clean win and introduces noise. uponit7771 May 2019 #73
Some who"disapprove," will still vote for him, especially if they disapprove because Hoyt May 2019 #28
National poll: 54% will 'definitely not' vote for Trump crazytown May 2019 #29
Yeah, that article says only 76% of GOPers will vote for him. Do you believe that? Hoyt May 2019 #30
I am not sure crazytown May 2019 #31
Truly hope I'm wrong, but I'm not taking anything for granted now or in 2020. Hoyt May 2019 #32
Why are you so incredulous? 54% of voters didn't vote John Fante May 2019 #40
And he won. The implication is that he won't win in 2020. Hoyt May 2019 #41
And you implied that 54% is not a believable number. John Fante May 2019 #42
I'm not claiming victory until our candidate takes the oath. Comey, etc., including Hoyt May 2019 #43
2 Points Horizens May 2019 #35
+1, Red Don can no doubt count on doing slightly better than rMoney this time but only with Russia's uponit7771 May 2019 #77
True, it's the "never Trumpers" who don't like HOW Red Don is saying what they like but doing what uponit7771 May 2019 #74
Look at strongly approve vs strongly disapprove numbers instead DeminPennswoods May 2019 #44
+1, I think that was part of the 2018 turnout uponit7771 May 2019 #75
If we were Turin_C3PO May 2019 #53
This.... LovingA2andMI May 2019 #60
+1, you're correct but FAUX News and winger world propaganda give Red Don a 15 - 25% bump in uponit7771 May 2019 #76
Fox News and Talk Radio were created to dumb us all down. Funtatlaguy May 2019 #80
His lies win, and his approval numbers show a failure of communication from the side of truth. Doodley May 2019 #81
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