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LovingA2andMI

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58. Both of these are true.....

Sun May 26, 2019, 01:52 PM

May 2019

Which is why polling will not matter. It is about action and if no action is taken with Trump and his antics, we can lean towards a repeat of the 2016 election (regardless if folks think it could not happen, twice over)....

Second, I think that a lot of Trump voters are not necessarily happy with the stupid things he says and does, but when faced with the choice at the ballot, they decide he's the lesser of two evils.

Third, I think some Trumpsters out there just lie their asses off rather than provoke some sort of reaction from someone calling them for a poll.

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538: Trump's Approval is Going Nowhere [View all] crazytown May 2019 OP

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