Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
You assume people will be freely allowed to vote, and that those votes will be tabulated fairly. If the actions in Fulton county and Minneapolis are any indication, that assumption is very fragile.
+1. We will have midterm elections. I think voter intimidation is likely, under the guise of voter fraud. I think red states will be more emboldened to deploy law enforcement or national guard at polling places, and perhaps cooperate or call in Feds.
What happens after the vote is anyone's guess. Trump knows he's dead in the water if he loses. I'm not sure he can pull off nullifying the election, but he might try.
He will 100% try to stay in power or install his successor so that he can keep a hold on power, both in 2026 and 2028.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
You assume people will be freely allowed to vote, and that those votes will be tabulated fairly. If the actions in Fulton county and Minneapolis are any indication, that assumption is very fragile.
You can cower in your basement if you'd like. The rest of us smart and normal people will be exercising our right to vote.
+1. We will have midterm elections. I think voter intimidation is likely, under the guise of voter fraud. I think red states will be more emboldened to deploy law enforcement or national guard at polling places, and perhaps cooperate or call in Feds.
What happens after the vote is anyone's guess. Trump knows he's dead in the water if he loses. I'm not sure he can pull off nullifying the election, but he might try.
He will 100% try to stay in power or install his successor so that he can keep a hold on power, both in 2026 and 2028.
The history of Republican voter intimidation is that it drives even more turnout against them.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
You assume people will be freely allowed to vote, and that those votes will be tabulated fairly. If the actions in Fulton county and Minneapolis are any indication, that assumption is very fragile.
You can cower in your basement if you'd like. The rest of us smart and normal people will be exercising our right to vote.
+1. We will have midterm elections. I think voter intimidation is likely, under the guise of voter fraud. I think red states will be more emboldened to deploy law enforcement or national guard at polling places, and perhaps cooperate or call in Feds.
What happens after the vote is anyone's guess. Trump knows he's dead in the water if he loses. I'm not sure he can pull off nullifying the election, but he might try.
He will 100% try to stay in power or install his successor so that he can keep a hold on power, both in 2026 and 2028.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
You assume people will be freely allowed to vote, and that those votes will be tabulated fairly. If the actions in Fulton county and Minneapolis are any indication, that assumption is very fragile.
You can cower in your basement if you'd like. The rest of us smart and normal people will be exercising our right to vote.
Anonymous wrote:The “Trump won in a crushing landslide, Democrats are finished forever” faction has been awfully quiet lately. Brutal white supremacy and criminals enriching themselves at the expense of the rest of us wasn’t such a sweeping mandate after all.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
If you think this in any reduces support of Trump and republicans you are crazy. These people are true believers. Republicans could arrest and kill their families and their support would not waver.
Classical Republicans have succeeded in one respect. I used to have nothing but sympathy for America’s white working poor. I supported policies designed to lift them up and help their families. The GOP has me thinking that maybe they were right about these poor folk all along. Maybe they do make bad decisions. Maybe it’s true that God only helps those that help themselves. Maybe they should rely on the charity of those that know them. Maybe the government should let them flounder until they are capable of doing better.
Feels gross to say it.
“But what about the children?”
- Ivan Karamazov, and me I guess
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
You assume people will be freely allowed to vote, and that those votes will be tabulated fairly. If the actions in Fulton county and Minneapolis are any indication, that assumption is very fragile.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I mean, as much as I’d like to believe all this, haven’t we who hate this historical moment been burned before? Isn’t part of the problem that the very people most likely to support this information are by nature disinclined to respond to polling?
*this administration, not this information. Time for bed
Uh no. Trump 2018 and 2020 with his sub 40% approval rating led to crushing defeats for the GOP. Biden's sub 40% approval rating in 2024 led to crushing Dem Party defeats. We have been here and done this very recently! It's very predictable.
When polls indicate a consistent 40% or below approval rating for a POTUS over a 6 to 12 month period, polls matter.