Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 months agoDonald Trump's approval rating underwater in all 7 swing stateswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down12
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minus-squareKirp123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·3 months agoThe man tried to overthrow the legitimate government of the USA and Americans still elected him into office. Approval rating doesn’t mean shit.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoElections happen every 2 years. Approval polls are taken every 2 weeks. Things change.
minus-squarebamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoAnd the voters have an even shorter term memory. Trending downward is nice, but I doubt the shit we’re dealing with now will be in most people’s mind when they vote in 2026 and 2028.
minus-squarebus_factor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoWe’ll probably have worse things on our mind by then…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNo shit. He probably will have nuked San Francisco or something by then.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIf in March he announces an end to the tariffs and prices have a sudden relief, then the GOP can sail in on the realization of lower prices. It’s easier to make things better when you deliberately make them worse first. There’s the lovely strategic thing of the non-election year.
minus-squarejaykrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago89 million Americans didn’t vote in 2024, roughly 36% of all eligible voters, over 1/3rd.
minus-squaresaimen@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoNot voting is equal to voting for the winner.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago… so you’re saying he’s extremely popular?
The man tried to overthrow the legitimate government of the USA and Americans still elected him into office. Approval rating doesn’t mean shit.
Elections happen every 2 years. Approval polls are taken every 2 weeks. Things change.
And the voters have an even shorter term memory. Trending downward is nice, but I doubt the shit we’re dealing with now will be in most people’s mind when they vote in 2026 and 2028.
We’ll probably have worse things on our mind by then…
No shit. He probably will have nuked San Francisco or something by then.
If in March he announces an end to the tariffs and prices have a sudden relief, then the GOP can sail in on the realization of lower prices.
It’s easier to make things better when you deliberately make them worse first. There’s the lovely strategic thing of the non-election year.
89 million Americans didn’t vote in 2024, roughly 36% of all eligible voters, over 1/3rd.
Not voting is equal to voting for the winner.
… so you’re saying he’s extremely popular?