Discussion: 52% Of Americans Say Country Worse Off Under Trump, According To AP Poll

This bitch who is suppose to be the POTUS of the Free World is nothing but a destructive dumb stinking ass bitch!

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From the poll. These numbers are toxic for Republicans if they hold up. If the economy hits any bumps, they’ll drop even lower.

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By contrast, an AP-NORC poll conducted a year ago found that Americans were more likely to think the country had become better off over the course of Barack Obama’s presidency than worse off, 46 percent to 33 percent.

Only 9 percent think the country has become more united as a result of Trump’s presidency, while 67 percent think the country is more divided because of Trump. That’s far higher than the 44 percent of Americans who said in a poll one year ago that Obama’s presidency had served to divide the country further.

Even Republicans are more likely to say Trump has divided America than united it, 41 percent to 17 percent.

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And this is only the first year, before many of the effects of his policies have had time to take place.

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When you read numbers like these there are two things to keep in mind. Do these numbers represent observations or partisan sentiments and that 33 % means nothing. What is motivating the answer? Objective observations or partisan prejudices? Rome will always be there and so will the 33%. 33% today means zero.

None of these polls amount to shit.

Why should I be glad that Trumpistas are sad that Trump has not yet done all the terrible things he promised to do?

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There is something else to keep in mind: Geography.
The electoral college (and gerrymandering) have made it possible for a minority to control the government, and have greatly inflated the political power of rural areas. People in California, New York, Illinois can overwhelmingly hate Trump but in the end they’ll just inflate the popular vote margin. Electoral maps have become more and more critical. Everyone should be looking at maps.

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The polls are pretty consistent, just over half of America thinks Trump is a lying incompetent scumbag taking this country into the toilet with him, and should be impeached.

Less than a quarter think he’s just great, and won’t hear anything negative about him, and the remaining roughly 25% are on a scale of supporting him with some reservations to disliking him but don’t believe he’s as terrible as others think. That’s the group that will slowly but inexorably move into the Trump must go camp. Already, about 2/3 of Americans think he’s a chronic liar, is hiding something about his relationship with Russia and that he is a divisive person. While we may think these are all obvious and the number should be 90%, it’s also an indicator that it won’t take much to get Trump’s disapproval ratings to around 65% by November.

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Only 52%?

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Damn, beat me to it…

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Trump hates this photo—so don’t share it or spread it around.

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All polls have a built in margin of error but well designed polls do largely reflect the groups they survey. Even if you discount the accuracy of a single poll, over time a series of polls does accurately show shifting opinions. See Trump’s downward spiral. I’m pretty sure that isn’t fake.

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I’m pretty sure you’re right - otherwise what’s the point of watching the polls?

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This poll should scare the crap out of Republicans—but their smug disregard for facts will stop them from believing what it is telling them.
And that is good for Democrats.

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Various state polls indicate that the drop off in support for Trump is in all regions and among all demographics.

The groups least likely to support Trump have seen some of smaller declines, as there wasn’t much lower to go, but proportionately it’s reasonably consistent, generally a 10-20% (not point) decline from his January support across the board. Morning Consult, which tends to have better national numbers for trump than other pollsters, did a survey of states in early October, and Trump was above 50% approval in only 16 states, and had net positives in only 22. He was in negative territory in all the Midwest states he flipped from 2012, by double digits in IA,WI and MI. And these numbers don’t even account for voter enthusiasm. Polls over the last couple months had shown Trump support in AL ranging from the mid 50s to the low 60s, but exit polling on election day put it in the high 40s, indicating that those who vote next year may well have a more negative opinion of Trump than the public at large.

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So he has been losing support right from the start. So there must be people changing their minds despite how very often we hear otherwise - o god, they’ll never change, they’ll never turn on him. Somebody is.

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And many policy changes that barely make a blip - but will have an impact on lower income earners - such as:

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Yikes! Where/when was that taken. It would have fit in well with last weeks discussion/musings about the composition of whateveritis that is on top of his head.

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Trump response - “I’m better off - and that is all that really matters”

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The Big Blue Wave, coming soon to an election near you!

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