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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNate Silver hits Axios for headlining Trump GOP approval w/out mentioning independent, overall #s
The same poll Axios is headlining for Trump having 79% approval among Republicans for his press conference with Putin
Link to tweet
https://www.axios.com/republicans-poll-donald-trump-press-conference-putin-5776322f-a483-4e21-b50c-028799b08367.html
shows that only 33% of Independents approved of the press conference, and 62% disapproved (on top of 91% of Dems disapproving and only 7% approving).
And the overall numbers show 58% disapproval with only 40% approval.
As obvious as those numbers are from the graph, there isn't a single word about the high disapproval numbers in the story itself, or the tweet Axios posted.
Silver's tweet:
Link to tweet
Both are important, but the overall number is more important.
His approval among independents is also important, and rarely gets mentioned.
Of course, if the Axios story on the poll gave more attention to the overall numbers, let alone the low approval among Independents, there'd be less support for their breathless summation:
Squinch
(50,949 posts)still_one
(92,177 posts)with a racist, sexist, bigoted President willing to compromise the nations security to a foreign power
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)It shows that right wingers approve 79% - 18% with Don the Cons performance at Helsinki. Had a democratic president displayed that level of weakness and appeasement before Putin, he or she would have been lucky to receive the opposite: 18% approve - 79% disapprove from the same Republicans. Anyone still wish to suggest that understanding Republican concerns is a legitimate thought at all ?
LonePirate
(13,417 posts)As long as Republican voters overwhelmingly approve of the traitors actions, nothing will happen, even if Democrats and Independents both disapprove of him at 100% levels.
Ninga
(8,275 posts)lark
(23,097 posts)Didn't like their rw spin on this.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Just like they did in 2016.
The manner in which they are often polled and promoted makes me think we should simply start viewing them as a party. A right wing Trump humping political party.
OnDoutside
(19,956 posts)ads ? With that factor no longer there, and (hopefully) a fresh Democratic candidate, that surely would be worth a few percent swing ?
We should also remember that there is NO focal point Dem candidate yet, so his numbers should go down. I don't know if it was by design, but not having a Democratic frontrunner before the Midterms, may be inspired, as Trump/GOP has no obvious target.
Azathoth
(4,607 posts)The point here is not to predict the outcome of future elections. The point is that support for Trump from within his cult is at Jim Jones levels. As the vast majority of America becomes more and more horrified by him, the cult digs in and moves further and further from reality, which means his party -- one half of our entire political leadership -- will continue to move in lockstep with him until they are finally broken at the polls.