Disapproval rose to 62%, the worst of his two terms in office, amid economic issues since launching his war against Iran
Six months out from November’s midterm US elections, Donald Trump’s disapproval rating has reached 62% – the worst of his two terms in office – according to a new Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
The US president received his worst ratings on the cost of living and other economic issues since launching his deeply unpopular war against Iran in February, which has plunged the global economy into an oil crisis and sent gas prices rocketing to a four-year high.
Trump achieved majority disapproval on his management of every issue measured, including Americans disapproved of his handling of that war by 66% to 32%, while a staggering 76% disapproved and only 23% approved of his handling of the cost of living. Two-thirds of Americans now feel the country is headed in the wrong direction.
It’s good to take a step back every once and a while, and remember that at one time we reported approval ratings…
There’s a psychological effect coming into play here.
We need to go back to:
38% approve of trump
It hits 100% different
AKA 38% total idiots.
And if those idiots realized they were in the minority, they might feel shame…
They’re dumb enough to see 62%, “trump” and that the number is higher and everything seems great.
They see a shrinking number that’s how many agree with them…
Even they start to rethink their position, if nothing else out of cowardice.
We need to play to the audience, and in this context theyre all fucking idiots.
As in: if those people could read, they would be very upset?
Partisan diehards simply know where their bread is buttered
Is it as simple as 38% approve and 62% disapprove? Many polls have something in the middle for “neither approve nor disapprove.”
In those polls, the disapproval rate can move without anything changing in the approval rating, and that’s worth reporting.
Just saying It isn’t entirely either/or.
Probably not.
But when dealing with stats is best to err on the side of caution.
At most 38% approve, if the real number is lower and some maga tries to argue, it just turns out that it’s even worse than I said.
If it was really 39% then that becomes the focus and there’s no convincing.
So when in doubt, give the extra to the side you’re trying to convince especially when the split is big enough a few points either way don’t even matter.
It stops them from arguing over minute details and forces the larger discussion.
Wasn’t doing it intentionally, it’s out of habit
I do something similar. I’ll often misstate numbers in the same way hoping that they will look it up to try and prove me wrong and succeed. They get a little dopamine rush when they see I’m wrong and that makes it easier for them to understand that if I had been accurate, it would paint an even grimmer picture.
It’s not really that.
What I was talking about is I’ve amassed a huge amount of random knowledge. If I said:
With 15 minutes of training a human can identify party affiliation with 70% accuracy which lines up with 30% non-voters to a 100% success rate
Someone is gonna chirp up that in election year ____ there was only 28% non-voters so all that literal scientific research that happened is a moot point.
Shit like that gets tiresome. Especially when everyone assumes the only way someone would know stuff like that, is if they looked it up 2 seconds ago and have a handy source.
As much as I like seeing the high disapproval numbers, I find it a bit disappointing how many people will turn on their president over gas prices. I mean, after all the insane shit this guy has pulled, all it takes is a buck or two more per gallon to turn them. We aren’t even in a shortage situation. No lines. Nothing.
I think it’s more a case that the people for whom gas prices are A Thing have now joined all the people who already disapproved of him… so another 5% of the population, who believed his lies right up until there was no denying that his actions were hitting their pocketbooks.
But that’s the point: the suffering of others, which they could prevent simply by voting, wasn’t enough for them. It wasn’t until it hit them in the pocketbook this way (after reduced healthcare and still-unmaintained infrastructure and tariff tax and, and, and) in addition to all this other ways it preventably hit them in the pocketbook already, that now they jump on board the harm-reduction bandwagon.
There are simply no more arguments for supporting this man that make sense logically; and there haven’t been for 10 years (before his first narcissist orade if fools), of course, but the apology now needs to be a little more sincere.
It has immediate impact and they cannot lie about the giant numbers in their face while they pump. Even the dumbest of people can grasp this.
As someone else put it: “I’m fine with rapes and pedophilia, but I draw the line at higher gas prices!”
What does that say about America? I think it’s past saving to be honest.
What does that say about America?
Nothing the rest of the world didn’t already know.
Honestly it’s the same here in France, and I suspect everywhere… Most people only give a shit about criminal/immoral behavior from the elite if it confirms their political bias. If it’s their guy they’ll wring their hands for a couple of seconds and go “oh well, what can you do? They’re all the same anyways”, or even outright defend them.
saving to be honest.
You’re saving to be honest, but I’m saving for the invasion. We are not the same.
Word salad headline. Lol. Can’t just call it straight.
Still way too high
I am here to promise you that conservatives will vote for the next one to come along.
And it’s not like conservative candidates are going to get any better from here on out.
I’m not convinced Americans will get to vote for president again
None of this matters because at the end of the day the American electorate is just too stupid for any of this to count for anything.
They’re always going to vote for the next hard R that will promise them that they’ll make it all White and now you’ll probably won’t have a choice but to vote for the hard R in many states going forward.
hard r?
No one has ever seen (disapproval) ratings this high!
It’s obvious that disapproval ratings mean nothing yet the media machine constantly spits that up. I guess it makes all of us anti-trump folk feel a bit better while the brazen pedophile stumbles ever upward.
Been hearing weekly this for 10 years. Shut the fuck up
Until he is dragged out of office, doesn’t matter
Kicking and screaming, on television
It doesn’t matter. If he stays in power past Jan 2029, he won’t need an election (or any popularity polls) to do it.
There’s no way he’s getting reelected at this rate
He’s dying. I’ll be surprised if he makes it another 12 months.
I disapprove so much it should count multiple times.
What do you think the bunker is for. Dude is not leaving alive. Let’s hope he follows Hitlers lead and eats a bullet soon.
Palantir data center, like the $350 M one they sold Israel
Incredibly low, what an achievement.
