64% of Americans say they wouldn’t support Trump: poll
64% of Americans say they wouldn’t support Trump: poll
A majority of Americans say they wouldn't support former President Trump, new polling shows, even as he remains the overwhelming favorite among Republicans.
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That is embarrassingly low.
Sub 20% turn out for under 30's in TX is more embarrassing.
They’re bad, but Texans don’t vote. The laws don’t nearly begin to explain the turnout numbers.
As a former Texan, it's quite difficult to vote. The work culture there makes it even harder but the state also purposely makes it as inconvenient as possible. If you're low income and don't have vacation time or anything like that it's really hard to get out and vote in-person. Now I'm in a state with mail-in voting by default and Texas makes me even more sick when I saw how easy it's supposed to be.
More people could definitely make more of an effort there, but the barriers to vote shouldn't be overlooked imo
Colorado? I grew up here and worry I don’t know how good I actually have it. I wouldn’t know where to begin if a ballot didn’t auto-magically appear in my mailbox. The system backing it up is so good that when it doesn’t show up magically, a new one is a phone call and a short walk away.
If I don’t want to put a stamp on my ballot, I walk a half mile to drop it off
Colorado?
Oregon! That's cool to learn that Colorado is set up the same way. I wish it was implemented on a national scale though.
Imagine if you lived in a state where voting in person is so quick and easy that’s it’s not worth sending in the mail in ballot automatically sent
I have that option too, I just like to not wear pants when I vote now. They frowned on that when I tried to do that in person.
Then what does? And what's the solution?
Because I don't buy that Texans are just inherently worse citizens.
There is almost an unwritten rule in political discourse universally that you'll never get more than 80% to agree on anything. Even when Bush Jr. left office he still had an approval rating of like 28%. So based on that the number could be higher for sure, but it's not so bad relative to the norm.
It's terrifying if you consider the norm. Trump has something like 70+ felony counts, arguably the worst orator in history, and a verified rapist.
He's still getting around 35-40% support consistently.
It's fucking terrifying how good the Fox propaganda machine is.
Personally, I find it far more terrifying how utterly stupid and gullible the average person is.
and half of all people are even dumber.
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He lost the popular vote, twice
The average person isn't our problem, our political system is
Carlin said it best.
Yeah the last few years since Covid especially have taught me that however utterly stupid and gullible we thought people were as you said, it turns out they are WAY stupider than we ever dreamed possible. And THAT is what is terrifying to me - I already knew people were plenty dumb so to see firsthand how badly I overestimated them...
Very unpopular opionion: He's a very good orator, even though he can't form a coherent sentence. He gets his points across with out actually speaking them. His followers hear him on a purely emotional level and he inspires their extreme loyalty and devotion.
When you consume talk radio, Facebook, and Fox News, it understandable that you would think he is the greatest President ever. He's not, he was the worst President ever.
Some people process loss or being lied to in different ways. And some people take time to process that loss more than others.
Denial: The election was stolen!
Anger: We have to storm the capital!
Bargaining: We were just trying to protect our democracy.
Depression: Biden is just as bad. <----- Most people are here.
Acceptance: Trump committed election fraud and is going to prison for itThough I think many MAGA folk will be stuck on depression for quite some time.
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Give them time. They can still make their way around to
"See? I always said he was a crook."
That's actually the first time I've heard anybody express it like that. Very interesting and somewhat hopeful.
I didn't say this situation in a vacuum. If that's what you think then you didn't read what I wrote. What I said was there is a general rule in politics that suggests there's pretty much always about 30% of the population that will gravitate towards the side of crazy, and that isn't a new trend. I didn't imply it was OK or that support of Trump should be a norm, but those kinds of numbers are at least relatively expected.
Yes, I read what you wrote...30% of people are bat shit crazy and will vote for anything.
Trump consistently polls above that threshold...that's a terrifying number and it's not statistically normal.
If Biden had 70 felonies would you vote for him or Trump?
Trump wouldn't be trump if he didn't have 70 felonies though.
I agree with you. Virtually everything l, even random totally trivial matters of taste/opinion come out 50/50 these days. The country is deeply polarized. For anything to come out with a 2:1 margin is a landslide. Trump is a huge loser. I just hope he stays in the race long enough to sink the Republicants.
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I agree and…
Whyshouldistopyellingatyou?
BecauseImDoingMyBest
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I can’t answer that but I am curious, does the TA in your username mean ‘Technical Analysis’?
It is Andrew Tate's sock puppet. /s
Teachers Aid lol
Well, but it's progress, right?
You're saying that about a population that literally voted this guy into office just a few years ago.
If people haven't realized how dumb our society is after that, there's not much hope.