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US President Donald Trump has second highest “own party” approval rating of any president at the 500 day mark

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    1. [3]
      Neverland
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      Fox News in the house!

      Fox News in the house!

      3 votes
      1. [2]
        Chill
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        If there ever could be an American propaganda network, its them.

        If there ever could be an American propaganda network, its them.

        3 votes
        1. mistouflon
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          Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.

          Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine.

          2 votes
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    Rabdomante
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    The article links to this very nice Gallup datalet, which lets you visualize their presidential job approval via various demographic and political filters:...

    The article links to this very nice Gallup datalet, which lets you visualize their presidential job approval via various demographic and political filters:

    http://news.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx

    It's a pity you can only pick one designator at a time. You can see, for example, that Trump's overall approval rate is 52% among whites, whereas it is 40% overall; and that there's just as wide a gender gap, with approval among men being 13 points higher than among women. Only the 50-64 years old cohort approves of him at a greater than 50% rate. It would be interesting to see the data for intersections of those demographics, ie his approval among, say, 50 to 64 years old white men. I don't think the results are likely to shock anyone, but I'd rather see the stats than trust my prejudices.

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    1. nic
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      Very nice. Trump is holding up surprisingly well among the independents.

      Very nice.

      Trump is holding up surprisingly well among the independents.

  3. rib
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    I guess that's what happens when you surround yourself with sycophants.

    I guess that's what happens when you surround yourself with sycophants.

    2 votes
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    asdf
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    I know a bunch of people that are worried that he might get re-elected, based on his current approval ratings. But I believe that when voters have more competent candidates to compare him with...

    I know a bunch of people that are worried that he might get re-elected, based on his current approval ratings. But I believe that when voters have more competent candidates to compare him with during the next election trumps popularity will fall.

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    1. bigby
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      I don't know about that. Say what you want about him, but he has proven to be exceptional at mudslinging and drowning out the general narrative with what he wants out there.

      I don't know about that. Say what you want about him, but he has proven to be exceptional at mudslinging and drowning out the general narrative with what he wants out there.

      1 vote
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      1. BuckeyeSundae
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        Just to cut into the hyperbole a little bit, but I was hella excited about both Hillary as a candidate and the incredibly, breathtakingly wonky policy proposals she had amassed and published on...

        What we're going to get is the same half-ass bullshit that nobody is actually excited about, like Hillary Clinton. People like to act like it was just Republican hate, but she literally offered no solutions that excited anybody.

        Just to cut into the hyperbole a little bit, but I was hella excited about both Hillary as a candidate and the incredibly, breathtakingly wonky policy proposals she had amassed and published on her site. There were some things there that any democrat should keep in mind moving forward as things to highlight for real policy solutions to people's pain. Investment programs in coal country to help build the infrastructure to support a new industry of programmers to replace the jobs being lost in coal. Engagement programs to tackle the opioid epidemic at every meaningful point in the highly complex problem, from prescriptive over-treatment to community support to safe houses for overdoses.

        I don't want to harp on the point too much, because it would be exhausting for everyone involved (not the least myself), but to suggest that nobody was excited about that woman is flatly, wrong. Maybe nobody you knew. But not nobody.

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    3. DonQuixote
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      Well, that the real trick, isn't it?

      Well, that the real trick, isn't it?

    4. Neverland
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      I am a bit more pessimistic for two main reasons. Fox News and the relegation of all other media sources to "liberal" and biased is extremely effective in keeping Trump voters in his camp. Until...

      I am a bit more pessimistic for two main reasons.

      1. Fox News and the relegation of all other media sources to "liberal" and biased is extremely effective in keeping Trump voters in his camp. Until that problem is solved, I have very little faith in any Republican ever seeing any consequences for their actions.

      2. The next October Surprise.

      Edit: wrong word

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      Triseult
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      Oh, right. The same way he got crushed by the most competent candidate in history.

      Oh, right. The same way he got crushed by the most competent candidate in history.

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        asdf
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        He was campaigning for her, of course he was going to say she was the most qualified in history. But even then, qualified and competent are two very different things.

        He was campaigning for her, of course he was going to say she was the most qualified in history. But even then, qualified and competent are two very different things.

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        1. Triseult
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          It was not just Obama. Editorial after editorial called Clinton the most qualified candidate in history. Not sure how that doesn't make her competent by your definition. Anyway, my point is: i you...

          It was not just Obama. Editorial after editorial called Clinton the most qualified candidate in history.

          Not sure how that doesn't make her competent by your definition. Anyway, my point is: i you think mere competence is gonna beat Trump, that's very much the mistake the Democrats made last election.