Rasmussen has about a five point Republican lean but the trend is interesting.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/trump_approval_index_history



If we can keep Trump at 40% or below approval in aggregate polling until the mid terms we should take back the House and have at least a 50/50 chance of taking back the Senate. If we take back both houses we can pass a lot of popular legislation and make Comrade Trump veto it. We can also investigate his crimes and those of his criminal associates.

[exboyfil]

1. And stop any Supreme Court nominees

if you can win the PR war.

[Mystery sage]

5. Yes

That may help some for few left on the court who can fight back but are very old to leave and hand it off to someone younger but....

I what to make sure is gone first.

[Ponietz]

6. We can stop ALL nominees!

[empedocles]

2. 'bit o' light'

thanks

[Hortensis]

3. I remember a political scientist back in 2012 saying

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that if only 5% more young citizens would vote it'd dramatically change the political landscape. And he meant shifting it more liberal nationally.

We know those who do vote these days are pretty much concreted into their ideological "side" from a young age and don't change. (I remember occasionally crossing the ballot back in the 1970s for honorable, competent public servants but feel there are no choices there now.) At most a few Republicans may not vote on November 6 out of unhappiness, but most will, for Republicans.

So, winning's not really about issues of the moment but about sufficient belief in the importance of voting to pull into a polling place on the way home from work. THAT's why the right has been winning.

Bizarrely, young voters watched a depraved orange clown hint at treason, boast of cheating people and sexual predation, and display obviously grave emotional, moral and intellectual deficiencies and didn't really turn out in the high numbers they are in 2016. The rest of the nearly 40% wasn't motivated enough either. On the left affordable college and healthcare, lowering our national emissions, rights and labor protections, $15 minimum wage were all a big shrug? Did they just assume the rest of us had it?

So the big question is how many of those will, what? be scared into voting now? Take this living history lesson and realize not voting is dangerous?

[NCTraveler]

4. "We can also investigate his crimes and those of his criminal associates. "

[lagomorph777]

7. Excellent news; this means we're ahead by 10 points!

Because Rasmussen leans Russiapublican by 15 points.

[LAS14]

8. Can someone tell me how to interpret the "approval index" column? nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It's going in the wrong direction for Comrade Trump.

I just noticed strongly disapprove is at its highest since December. These are the people who will walk through glass to vote.

[LAS14]

10. Yeah, but what is it? What are the numbers based on? nt