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About 4-in-10 Americans say Trump is a ‘terrible’ president amid sinking approval: Survey (thehill.com)

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A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he’s been a great or good president.

44% say Trump’s focused on the wrong priorities in the AP-NORC poll, 21% said an even mix and 10% don’t know

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[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 7 points 6 hours ago

Calling hIm "terrible," undersells it. He is, by all objective measure, the most prolific traitor in American history, literally worse than all other American traitors COMBINED.

He was already firmly established by historians as the worst president in American history following his first term, despite historians usually wishing to wait a decade before making their assessment. He was such a terrible president in his first term, that they didnt have to wait for his legacy to settle. Now he is only digging the hole of his legacy even deeper.

[–] Civil_Liberty@lemm.ee 7 points 6 hours ago

So 6 in 10 Americans are morons? That tracks.

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

6 in 10 Americans are terrible.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 6 points 7 hours ago

So what I'm hearing is democrats think he's trash, MAGAts still love his soggy ass, and the twats who didn't bother to vote are not bothering with this poll

(Also fuck those guys the most. This is as much your fault as the MAGAts)

[–] collapse_already@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago

Terrible is inadequate. Death penalty warranted traitor is closer to accurate.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Skeletor is an inconsiderate and mean employer.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah.... That's why he is president?

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Electoral collage. It masks unpopularity.

[–] StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

As much as i hate it trump not onky won the electoral college but the popular vote this go around.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That is true, but its important to remember that didn't vote is just as large (and often wins every election when factored in)

[–] Brandonazz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Biden is the only president in the last 50 years or something to win the election if "didn't vote" was a person.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 22 points 15 hours ago

So 60% of Americans are pieces of shit. That tracks.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 31 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

4 in 10? Are these polls conducted in Mobile, Alabama?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They're conducted by calling people who answer the phone when an unknown number calls. So boomers.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Actually, people who answer the phone, hear a machine say it wants you to take a survey, and bother answering it..... Dems some ooooooold people

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 7 points 16 hours ago

Hold on, they're still asking the other 6. The last one is a dentist.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

So looking over these numbers I have many questions, and I wish they had a breakdown of what people sell reported as instead of just the overall number of people surveyed, because I think was a good number of people trying to skew things (I hope at least - or else I really don't understand).

Like comparing the 2 charts below for example:

11% of Dems found Trump favorable
9% of Dems found JD favorable (ouch for JD "couch fucker" Vance being 2 points behind a guy that is a convicted rapist and felon, and currently running the country into the ground)
17% of Dems found RFK Jr. favorable (the guy pushing for sick kids and hurting anyone requiring anything in the proximity of mental health)

So overall in the 1st chart 18% think Trump is doing great, but then somehow 39% have a favorable opinion of him?
And overall in the 1st chart 39% think Trump is doing a horrible job, but 57% have an unfavorable opinion of him overall.

So despite 39% of those surveyed thinking Trump is great, only 18% of them think he is doing great. While 57% of people surveyed think unfavorable of Trump, while only 39% think he is doing a horrible job.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Yeah it's The Hill. They launder conservative talking points to neoliberals and centrists in order to obfuscate real information. Nothing they report is trustworthy.

[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (5 children)

How THE FUCK is it only 4 in 10?! Have they been bound, gagged, and held away from any goddamn newssource? This incontinent incompetent asshole is qualified to sit in a fucking jail cell, that's it. God this country is stupid...

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How THE FUCK is it only 4 in 10?! Have they been bound, gagged, and held away from any goddamn newssource?

No, but there are millions who basically do not consume news outside of social media. And as you see on social media, people constantly complain about having to see "politics" and many try to block anything regarding that.

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[–] Rainbowblite@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Alternate title - 6 in 10 Americans don't think Trump is a terrible president.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

Is this supposed to be better?

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[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 19 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Better article

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Political tribalism is so crazy in this country. It's like Republicans and Democrats live in two different countries. I suppose in some ways they do.

[–] danarchyintheATL@lemmy.world 18 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

The divide is actually between "people who got an education that included critical thinking skills" and people who didn't.

Ideologically speaking, dozens of studies and surveys have shown that Americans are actually not very ideologically separate - it's just that the group that can't critically think is routinely and easily manipulated into voting AGAINST their own ideology through fear.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

You forgot to add that the people who are steering that narrative are literally billionaires and millionaires who are actively publishing propaganda to brainwash the masses.

And it isn't just undereducated people who fall for it. This is an effort that has been going on for 50 years. The conservative ideological points have been worked into ads, schools, and main stream television. Touting American exceptionalism while downplaying the socialist programs that have ushered in the golden era of America's general populace prosperity. Medicare, Medicaid, social security, welfare, and even agricultural subsidies are all social programs enacted with the intent to bolster a strong populace. These downplaying and demonizing efforts are being paid for in full by multimillion dollar corporate conglomerates run by millionaires and billionaires. Conservative voters in both well educated places and undereducated places have been thoroughly convinced that these programs are horrible and are "stealing money from their pockets to give to dirty immigrants and poor people who don't want to work." Reagan, over 40 years ago, coined the term "welfare queen" which is the single dumbest term in the history of the world. No one living on welfare is living "like a queen". And yet the term still gets airtime and ink in not only conservative rags but moderately liberal spaces as well.

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[–] fishy@lemmy.today 4 points 18 hours ago

We do, one side believes in freedom, equality, empathy and truth. The other side are shit flinging monkeys at this point.

What's sad is like half of the country is basically still asleep at the wheel and just voting for whatever party they've been voting for and are more informed about celebrities than the constitutional crisis occurring.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 75 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Only 4-in-10? That's disappointing

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago

It's why the US will fail, quickly.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

44% is not sinking. What has that number moved, 1.3%?

[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 167 points 1 day ago (19 children)

6 out of ten said what? This is fine..?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 55 points 1 day ago (16 children)

2 in 10: Average 3 in 10: Great

If you all could just try to not take the rest of the planet with you, that'll be great.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

4 in 10 Americans have an IQ above 12.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 17 hours ago

Oh no! A new poll! Polls are very truthy. /s

[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 37 points 1 day ago (10 children)

“He’s really doing the stuff that he said he was going to do,” Tanner Bergstrom, a 29 year old Republican from Minnesota, told the Associated Press. He added that Trump is “not making a bunch of promises and getting into office and nothing happens. … I really like that. Even if it’s some stuff I don’t agree with, it’s still doing what he said he was going to do.”

He’s a Nazi, but at least he’s an honest Nazi.

[–] JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago

He's only doing the actions he promised, but not achieving the outcomes he promised; actions are easy, outcomes are hard. He said he'd tariff everyone and he did, but he also said the cost of living would go down and it actually went up. He said he'd mass deport immigrants and he did, but he also said dependence on social programs would decrease and it actually increased.

Trump/Republicans deliver on actions, Democrats deliver on outcomes. Because the outcomes depend on reality, the actions promised by Democrats are a lot less sexy and exciting.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (8 children)

30% of the population thinks tanking the economy, shredding the constitution, and deporting people to what is essentially a death camp without due process, all totally legal and very cool.

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