As to 53% of republicans thinking Trump is better than Lincoln:

[applegrove]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/40733903

"SNIP.....

As of September 2019, Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrat, 29% identified as Republican, and 38% as Independent.[3]Additionally, polling showed that 49% are either "Democrats or Democratic leaners" and 44% are either "Republicans or Republican leaners" when Independents are asked "do you lean more to the Democratic Party or the Republican Party?"[3]

......SNIP"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_U.S._states

What is 53% of 29%? That is much less than the 37% who are hard Trumpers. So the poll is actually good news. Am I right?

[handmade34]

1. and number

over 2 lunatics is insane...

time for us to start insisting that schools actually teach people history, sociology, critical thinking, reading, etc

[Iliyah]

2. 29% identifed as Republicans BUT

of the 29% - 53% said shithole is better than Lincoln - LOL

So what is the actual %?

This is truly nuts.

[applegrove]

4. I'm saying it is only 15 to 20% of the American republic. We know they are

gonners. But it was not 37%.

[empedocles]

9. Agreed. However, 'the Hill' is does claim trump in 2020 election a 'slight underdog',

based on Pa, Mich, Wiscy swing states.

[I suspect one thing we DUer's overlook in referring to trump support, is how much many voters are bothered by various Dem factions, and are slow to vote Dem].

[getagrip_already]

3. Heck, 50% probably think...

Linciln was a "black" loving lefty lib traitor to begin with.

Its probably close to a 100% in the south.

[cannabis_flower]

5. That would be 15% of everyone

[applegrove]

6. And we know they are nuts but i thought was lower than i would expect.

[kurtcagle]

7. Trump's hardcore base is between 15% and 20%

That's been shown repeatedly. It's also roughly the percentage of sociopaths in the country. Some of that overlaps with the evangelicals. Most of the rest, the 20-25% that keep his numbers consistently around 40%, are GOP brand loyalists, and I suspect that support is soft.

[applegrove]

8. I did not know it was known. Only 1-2% of people are sociopaths.

[gulliver]

10. Lincoln defeated the Confederacy. Today he would be a Democrat, not a Republican.

The Confederate/Jim Crow/Klan-supporting Democrats left the Democratic Party, changing it for the better. They joined the Republican Party (due to Nixon's Southern Strategy) changing it for the worse.

Today's Republican Party isn't Lincoln's by any stretch of the imagination. The Republican Party now contains the descendants of the Civil War South Lincoln defeated. It's no wonder there are mixed feelings in the Republican Party about him.

[Timewas]

11. US population

Is about 325 million, 29% of that is 94 million, 53% of that is 49 million. That is a lot of stupid for sure


The 325 million was as of 2017