Trump trusted more than Biden on democracy among key swing-state voters

[Anonymous]

People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

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Anonymous wrote:Too much censorship with Biden’s admin? Doesn’t make me feel like they’re trustworthy.

What does Biden’s admin censor? Not trying to argue, just want your pov. Thanks.

NP. I’m not the PP but I am pretty convinced that the aggressive prosecution of Dr. Haim in Texas is a very serious political misstep by the Biden DOJ.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/doctor-charged-unauthorized-access-personal-information-pediatric-patients-texas

Republicans out here telling us they think HIPAA is a joke. You guys don’t know or understand what “aggressive prosecution” is, it just seems to be “average prosecution [of your sacred cows].”

Look, I’m not taking a position on the substance. But what I am telling you is that it’s a political misstep and feeds into the narrative that the Democrats use censorship, misuse of the judicial system, and threats of prison to quell political dissent. I’m not a Republican, either, but I’m not willfully blind like a lot of Democrats are.

A big percentage of the country thinks that Trump was politically prosecuted. I don’t agree, but a lot of people believe this. Now you have the DOJ going after someone who was apparently earnestly trying to blow the whistle on what a lot of voters consider medicalized child abuse? It feeds into the existing narrative, and builds what OP is talking about.

Hyperventilating about how the prosecution is correct legally is useless and not helpful. Biden has a serious problem in how he is perceived and it’s time for Democrats to be realistic about that.

dp; I understood what you meant. I think that many democrats (like hyperventilating pp) choose to start complaining about republicans reflexively instead of discussing the issues on substance.

There has to be reasons why Trump is more trusted by the people sampled for this poll, and if people don’t want to discuss the possibilities, they should create their own thread to talk about Trump and republicans.

Reality here - sorry, we all saw what happened on January 6th. There is nothing even remotely equivalent from Biden.

That’s great; but the people in swing states who responded to the poll disagree with you and that is what is being discussed. There is an entire, separate thread discussing Jan 6.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

[Anonymous]

“In six swing states that Biden narrowly won in 2020, a little more than half of voters classified as likely to decide the presidential election say threats to democracy are extremely important to their vote for president, according to a poll by The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

Yet, more of them trust Trump to handle those threats than Biden. And most believe that the guardrails in place to protect democracy would hold even if a dictator tried to take over the country.

“Many Americans don’t recognize Biden’s custodianship of our democracy, which is a bad sign for his campaign,” said Justin Gest, a professor of policy and government at George Mason University.“

It’s striking that the poll includes “a dictator trying to take over the country” and more of these respondents trust Trump to safeguard democracy.

[Anonymous]

So how many undercover FBI were in the J6 crowd? Nancy still ain’t telling us. Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

So people responding to this poll are stupid, answering untruthfully to aggravate the pollster, or the poll is flawed?

[Anonymous]

fyi, the poll was conducted by The Washington Post and the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

link to poll: https://www.washingtonpost.com/tablet/2024/06/16/april-15-may-30-2024-washington-post-schar-school-poll-key-state-voters/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

So people responding to this poll are stupid, answering untruthfully to aggravate the pollster, or the poll is flawed?

Yes. Saying Trump is good for democracy is like saying Hitler was good to the Jews.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

So people responding to this poll are stupid, answering untruthfully to aggravate the pollster, or the poll is flawed?

Yes. Saying Trump is good for democracy is like saying Hitler was good to the Jews.

That’s interesting; your opinion is that the respondents are stupid and the poll flawed, and you are comparing Trump to Adolph Hitler.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

So people responding to this poll are stupid, answering untruthfully to aggravate the pollster, or the poll is flawed?

Yes. Saying Trump is good for democracy is like saying Hitler was good to the Jews.

That’s interesting; your opinion is that the respondents are stupid and the poll flawed, and you are comparing Trump to Adolph Hitler.

The man has said OUT LOUD, IN FRONT OF CAMERAS that he will be a dictator. He tried to overthrow an election. He has repeatedly said that he wants to fire any federal employee not deemed sufficiently loyal to HIM. He has repeatedly said that he wants to fire military members not deemed sufficiently loyal to HIM. It simply defies logic that anyone with a brain and ears could say that Trump is good for democracy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People in this thread should comment on the poll and the question, not interject opinions about other, off topic topics. This thread has a topic, there are plenty of other threads for other topics. Or, start your own thread with the topic of your choice.

The question is why is Trump polling better than Biden, what are the possible reasons for the poll results?

Three possibilities:

1. People really are that stupid
2. Poor poll methodology
3. People pulling pollster's chain

There really are no other explanations, because objective reality affords no other possibility; there is no way Trump is better for democracy than Biden.

So people responding to this poll are stupid, answering untruthfully to aggravate the pollster, or the poll is flawed?

Yes. Saying Trump is good for democracy is like saying Hitler was good to the Jews.

That’s interesting; your opinion is that the respondents are stupid and the poll flawed, and you are comparing Trump to Adolph Hitler.

Sorry, the historical analogy is there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So how many undercover FBI were in the J6 crowd? Nancy still ain’t telling us. Why?

Anyone?

[Anonymous]

People are being influenced by far right propaganda and misinformation. I live in one of those swing states and see it every day. It’s chilling, actually, what some of my neighbors believe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Too much censorship with Biden’s admin? Doesn’t make me feel like they’re trustworthy.

What does Biden’s admin censor? Not trying to argue, just want your pov. Thanks.

NP. I’m not the PP but I am pretty convinced that the aggressive prosecution of Dr. Haim in Texas is a very serious political misstep by the Biden DOJ.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/doctor-charged-unauthorized-access-personal-information-pediatric-patients-texas

Republicans out here telling us they think HIPAA is a joke. You guys don’t know or understand what “aggressive prosecution” is, it just seems to be “average prosecution [of your sacred cows].”

Look, I’m not taking a position on the substance. But what I am telling you is that it’s a political misstep and feeds into the narrative that the Democrats use censorship, misuse of the judicial system, and threats of prison to quell political dissent. I’m not a Republican, either, but I’m not willfully blind like a lot of Democrats are.

A big percentage of the country thinks that Trump was politically prosecuted. I don’t agree, but a lot of people believe this. Now you have the DOJ going after someone who was apparently earnestly trying to blow the whistle on what a lot of voters consider medicalized child abuse? It feeds into the existing narrative, and builds what OP is talking about.

Hyperventilating about how the prosecution is correct legally is useless and not helpful. Biden has a serious problem in how he is perceived and it’s time for Democrats to be realistic about that.

dp; I understood what you meant. I think that many democrats (like hyperventilating pp) choose to start complaining about republicans reflexively instead of discussing the issues on substance.

There has to be reasons why Trump is more trusted by the people sampled for this poll, and if people don’t want to discuss the possibilities, they should create their own thread to talk about Trump and republicans.

PP here. You get it. This sort of poll — which I suspect would be widely replicated among swing voters and undecideds in particular — should be ringing all sorts of alarm bells for the Democrats. But those alarm bells aren’t ringing. The reflexive response is instead “but the Republicans,” which entirely misses the point. It’s unhelpful and if anything solidifies the very issue that OP is talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too much censorship with Biden’s admin? Doesn’t make me feel like they’re trustworthy.

What does Biden’s admin censor? Not trying to argue, just want your pov. Thanks.

NP. I’m not the PP but I am pretty convinced that the aggressive prosecution of Dr. Haim in Texas is a very serious political misstep by the Biden DOJ.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/doctor-charged-unauthorized-access-personal-information-pediatric-patients-texas

Republicans out here telling us they think HIPAA is a joke. You guys don’t know or understand what “aggressive prosecution” is, it just seems to be “average prosecution [of your sacred cows].”

Look, I’m not taking a position on the substance. But what I am telling you is that it’s a political misstep and feeds into the narrative that the Democrats use censorship, misuse of the judicial system, and threats of prison to quell political dissent. I’m not a Republican, either, but I’m not willfully blind like a lot of Democrats are.

A big percentage of the country thinks that Trump was politically prosecuted. I don’t agree, but a lot of people believe this. Now you have the DOJ going after someone who was apparently earnestly trying to blow the whistle on what a lot of voters consider medicalized child abuse? It feeds into the existing narrative, and builds what OP is talking about.

Hyperventilating about how the prosecution is correct legally is useless and not helpful. Biden has a serious problem in how he is perceived and it’s time for Democrats to be realistic about that.

dp; I understood what you meant. I think that many democrats (like hyperventilating pp) choose to start complaining about republicans reflexively instead of discussing the issues on substance.

There has to be reasons why Trump is more trusted by the people sampled for this poll, and if people don’t want to discuss the possibilities, they should create their own thread to talk about Trump and republicans.

PP here. You get it. This sort of poll — which I suspect would be widely replicated among swing voters and undecideds in particular — should be ringing all sorts of alarm bells for the Democrats. But those alarm bells aren’t ringing. The reflexive response is instead “but the Republicans,” which entirely misses the point. It’s unhelpful and if anything solidifies the very issue that OP is talking about.

How are the Democrats supposed to handle people who clearly have no grip on reality?