80 percent of Republicans approve of the job Trump is doing

[oberliner]

Let that sink in.

Despite his low overall approval ratings (42 percent in the most recent poll) - his approval rating is still sky high among Republicans.

That's why I think he will survive this and any other scandal.

[bresue]

1. GIVE IT ANOTHER 30 DAYS....ECONOMY ALREADY SHOWING EARLY SIGNS OF UNREST.

Maybe when Rublicans see that Dump can do damage they will turn on him. (Of course if that happens Dump will spin it that the Democrats caused it)

[oberliner]

2. I don't see that number moving very much

He could shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue.

[itcfish]

22. I agree

He is a white male billionaire. He can do anything he wants and he will be supported by republicans. It boils down to racism, misogyny, and classism. IMO All I can think of is Pres. Obama or SOS Clinton had done 1/10 of what Trump has done in his first 100 days in office, they would have been lynched.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

23. I remember feeling the same with Bush 2.0

He survived and won (re-)election despite 9/11 and his bungled handling of terrorism prior to it, invading Iraq only to find no WMD, Gitmo, and, of course, sanctioning torture. I have no idea what Trump will need to do to get Republicans to massively turn on him. Since that seems to be the case, we need to combat Republican obstructionism by removing the obstruction, which is to say that we need to remove as many Republican enablers from office as soon as we can.

[Cha]

3. Then the 36% comes from the whole country.

[yardwork]

4. They desperately want the country to undo every good and decent policy.

The average Republican right now, in my experience, is appallingly ignorant. They literally know almost nothing about the world. And I'm not talking about low-income people. The Republicans I know have college degrees or more and relatively high incomes. They are incredibly self-centered, filled with resentments and biases. Their life experience is stunted.

They want tax breaks. They want "illegals" deported (even though their businesses depend on immigrant labor - they never think anything applies to them.) They assume their Medicare and SS are safe, but they "don't want to pay" for anybody else's coverage.

They're the people who call town hall five times to report a pot hole but they don't want to pay a dime toward the public good.

[oberliner]

6. Agreed

On all points.

[DefenseLawyer]

11. There are sociopaths all around us, in all walks of life. n/t.

[susanna]

54. Message deleted by DU the Administrators

[InformedElitist]

66. I'm surrounded by exactly this (Monmouth Cty., NJ) n/t

[beachbum bob]

5. 2018 will be a democratic landslide, we have to wait until then

really doesn't matter what "republicans" think as they are the minority and only win when democrats don't vote

[oberliner]

7. I don't know about that

I certainly hope you are right, but I doubt it.

Democrats have a lot more Senate seats to defend than Republicans.

And the gerrymandering makes things tough in the House.

[Motownman78]

13. The house was gerrymandered in 2006 n/t

[oberliner]

14. I feel better about the House than the Senate

Do you see us getting 51 in the Senate?

[Orrex]

17. And by 2018 they'll have had 12 years to tighten their stranglehold

Comparing 2018 to 2006 is about as helpful as comparing 2006 to 1840, and this time Putin's got the GOP's back.

The only reasonable course is to assume that Repubs will still every vote they can through whatever means they can arrange, and we must act accordingly.

[LeftInTX]

19. Not as bad as now

Rust belt states were primarily Democratic in 2001.
Then we lost the VRA in 2013.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. You mean 2010?

[BannonsLiver]

43. +1

Glad to hear someone else take a non-defeatist approach to 2018. People forget history. In this case, relatively recent history. Amazed to see so many playing the give up card on 2018 already. Pitiful.

[winetourdriver01]

28. 2018

They steal elections, in fact they believe they will be able to steal all future elections.. Not very realistic I know, but when you let people get away with bad behavior, they begin to think they are entitled.

[beachbum bob]

48. Every house district that a conservative won't by 8 pts ir less

Is in play....and others will come into play....beyond that margin.

[oberliner]

49. What makes you think that?

Republicans are still very popular among Republicans (including Trump).

[beachbum bob]

50. Way more Democratic voters if they get off their asses and

Vote

[oberliner]

57. But Democratic voters tend to be concentrated in urban areas

The map does not favor our side.

[spanone]

8. 80% of republicans are out of their fucking minds.

[oberliner]

10. That isn't actually true

They are either ignorant or manipulated or simply prioritize their objectives above everything else.

[underpants]

30. Yes their media either isn't talking about it or just offering excuses

They are literally in the dark.

[Mr. Ected]

9. I'd be interested in hearing what percentage of those Republicans

Get their news on a daily basis from FOX, or Rush, or any other right wing only media outlet.

These people have effectively been brainwashed for many, many years.

[marlakay]

65. They have done a fantastic job making them not believe

The news. What i hear republicans saying is its not as bad as they say, the news is just trying to get ratings and making stuff up.

I don't know how to get people to believe real facts anymore.

[geek tragedy]

12. they don't need to turn against him, just get demoralized AF nt

[bdamomma]

15. they certainly live in

an alternative universe. God, what the hell is wrong with these people.

[workinclasszero]

16. Wait till Trumpcare comes out

24 million people or more, many of whom foolishly voted for Trump will find themselves and their kids kicked off of any and all health insurance.

Wait till all those millions of older idiot republican voters see that Dump and his party have destroyed Medicaid.

[vi5]

59. It will be Democrats fault...

It's always Democrats fault.

Conservative Republicanism can never fail, it can only be failed by Democrats trying to destroy all that is good and just.

[workinclasszero]

64. Nope

Not this time. The republicans control Congress and the withe house.

Every democratic pol needs to be on record against the coming shitstorm aka Trumpcare.

Everyone of them needs to vote against it.

[vi5]

67. I don't think you understand...

....it doesn't matter what facts are. It doesn't matter who actually controls congress. None of it matters. The only thing matters is what these fools "believe" and "feel". And in their eyes and in their warped minds no matter what bad happens to them or to the country it is always the fault of someone else. And the catch all for that is Democrats.

I agree every single Dem needs to be on record against all of this stuff. But that won't matter in the minds and hearts of the people that this will hurt the most.

[NewRedDawn]

18. So it has eroded somewhat.

It was as I recall a couple weeks ago in the 90s?

[Johnny2X2X]

20. 80% is down

And you have to realize that people who identify as Republicans is not that large. Trump won by getting Independents to vote for him.

He committed a felony, the Republicans in Congress will be sure of that soon and will have no choice but to impeach him. FOX News will have no choice but to start partially covering reality soon, that's when his support will plunge even among the zombies.

And it's going to be an violent fall from grace for him. He'll be a pariah even to Republicans by mid Summer. Maybe Trump can bring the country together against him, at least that would be good.

[rock]

21. Which says a lot more about republicans

Than it does about Trump.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

24. Those people are messed up in the head. n/t

[SHRED]

26. They are anarchists

They want to see chaos and destruction.

[oberliner]

27. Not sure I would agree with that

I think they believe everything about Trump is "fake news" and lies meant to smear him.

[SHRED]

32. They hate our government

They want it cut.

They advocate for less rule of law.

[Bradical79]

29. So, it's dropping? -nt

[Justice]

31. Isn't that down from 90+ just a few weeks ago?

That seems significant. Also let's check in two weeks from now.

[oberliner]

33. It's wavered between 80 and 90

This is from Gallup
2017 May 8-14 84
2017 May 1-7 84
2017 Apr 24-30 87
2017 Apr 17-23 86
2017 Apr 10-16 87
2017 Apr 3-9 87
2017 Mar 27-Apr 2 81
2017 Mar 20-26 84
2017 Mar 13-19 86
2017 Mar 6-12 88
2017 Feb 27-Mar 5 88
2017 Feb 20-26 88
2017 Feb 13-19 86
2017 Feb 6-12 87
2017 Jan 30-Feb 5 86
2017 Jan 20-29 89

[Deb]

34. Bigly reliable but then it's not like he actually has to leave to go to work

They have lowered expectations all around.

[heaven05]

35. 80% of republikkkans

are idiots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???? Wow, that did sink in ...had already sunk in

[oberliner]

36. That's 50 million people

That you are saying are all idiots?

[Wounded Bear]

38. Studies have proven that 1 out of 4 Repubs...

are just as stupid as the other 3.

[heaven05]

46. IF they voted for the potus we have now

yep......and won't EVER change that yep....

on edit: and I would say a huge proportion of that number you used are racist, sexist, bigoted individuals who are proud they are that way and are representative of a huge american population that has continually harassed and contributed to the racial division and tensions for THE LAST 300 YEARS. yep!!!!

[Wounded Bear]

37. What do we expect?

Fox Noise and Limbaugh et al. have been preaching the evils of government for 40 years. Hell, Reagan ran on "The 10 most terrifying works in the English language: I'm from the gov't and I'm here to help."

They approve of Trump because he is destroying our government. It's what they have been conditioned to think.

[kacekwl]

39. They will never admit the

black guy or the women would have been the better choice.

[Doreen]

40. Wasn't it 90% last week?

[oberliner]

41. It's been fluctuating between 80 and 90

Over the past few months.

[Doreen]

42. I must admit I like 80% better.

[imanamerican63]

44. The more scandles, the more they they can hide!

[ladjf]

45. That is an amazing and discouraging stat. nt

[workinclasszero]

47. It is only because Trump and Ryan haven't laid the wood to the deplorables yet

When they kill healthcare and destroy Medicaid, meals on wheels, food stamps, unemployment, on and on and on...

The non rich idiots that voted republican will get a clue about the snowflake-in-chief.

[beachbum bob]

51. Denial is a great thing to take advantage of no

[MFM008]

52. That's down 10 points

From the last big poll.
It will sink more as he is seen as a loser.

[muntrv]

53. Of course they do. They love themselves a dictatorship as long as they are the dictators.

[Kaleva]

55. This is a new low for him.

[Egnever]

56. It would be interesting to see how many of those people get their news from fox

[LOL Lib]

58. Proof they are mentally defective.

My parents raised a sweet and compassionate child. Mental retardation is not a laugh matter and I'm not comparing GOPers to disabled people. Instead, the repugs are just stupid, gullible, evil, and/or brain washed. They are irredeemable.

[Thomas Hurt]

60. which is kind of amusing, cuz if you set aside all the scandals and idiocy...

AFAIK he isn't doing anything any different than Obama and has accomplished nothing more than setting up tasks forces and empty edicts. No new foreign policy, he doesn't even understand healthcare much less have a new policy for that, the Congress is doing the heavy lifting there, though he has hung Trumpcare around the GoP's neck, and even his lauded Gorsuch appointment is the work of McConnell's thievery not anything Trump has done.

Riding on O's coat tails.

[oberliner]

61. He put a right winger on the Supreme Court

That was priority one for a lot of those folks.

[Thomas Hurt]

62. McConnell put the right winger on the Court.

[oberliner]

63. If HRC was POTUS, we would not have this right winger on the court

Regardless of McConnell.

[Delphinus]

68. Did those

in the government of Nazi Germany also follow their leader lock, stock, and barrel?