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Dulcinea

(9,739 posts)
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 08:26 AM 22 hrs ago

It's been 1 year of Trump's second term. More Americans than ever think he's 'changing America for the worse.'

(Yahoo News) It has been exactly one year since Donald Trump was re-inaugurated as president, becoming just the second U.S. commander in chief to return to the White House after losing reelection four years earlier.

Now, at the end of Trump’s first year back in office, a new Yahoo/YouGov poll finds that more Americans than ever think he’s been a “worse president than they expected” — and that he’s “changing America for the worse” as well.
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“One year ago, everything changed,” the official White House account wrote on X. “The return of strength. The return of America First. The era of winning is here — and it’s just getting started.”

But a growing number of Americans seem to disagree. For instance, 49% now say Trump is changing America for the worse — compared to just 34% who say he is changing America for the better. (Only 7% say he’s “not really changing anything.”)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/article/its-been-1-year-of-trumps-second-term-more-americans-than-ever-think-hes-changing-america-for-the-worse-195730496.html

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It's been 1 year of Trump's second term. More Americans than ever think he's 'changing America for the worse.' (Original Post) Dulcinea 22 hrs ago OP
Think? we can do it 22 hrs ago #1
Yeah, still crazy low. GPV 21 hrs ago #2
According to Trump, 49% is a landslide. TheRickles 14 hrs ago #7
Poll questions ensure that 'policies' and outcomes are the basis for responses....when perhaps more wiggs 20 hrs ago #3
Instead of asking 'Is TSF doing a good job'...a good poll question is 'Is TSF CAPABLE of doing a good job.' nt wiggs 20 hrs ago #4
If only someone had warned Americans about Trump? Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #5
But still 90% of Republicans strongly support him. Kablooie 18 hrs ago #6
Ya think America?? Wake the fuck up. And if you're all good, you have nazi tendancies. n/t Evolve Dammit 14 hrs ago #8
**Grump is a rambling wreck Gum Logger 12 hrs ago #9

wiggs

(8,710 posts)
3. Poll questions ensure that 'policies' and outcomes are the basis for responses....when perhaps more
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:36 AM
20 hrs ago

importantly more and more people are seeing that this guy is broken and damaged goods with a host of disorders. Let's see some polls asking about his limitations, character (or lack of), rate of decline, bizarre statements, neediness, lack of empathy, etc.

Reading between the lines, perhaps low approvals reflect some of that...but none of it is being discussed out in the open. More often than not, even on centrist MSM, the outrage of the day is analyzed in terms of policies, political impacts, 'mistakes,' consequences, etc.. Time to discuss the ovious and dangerous disorders that cause all this.

wiggs

(8,710 posts)
4. Instead of asking 'Is TSF doing a good job'...a good poll question is 'Is TSF CAPABLE of doing a good job.' nt
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 10:37 AM
20 hrs ago

Kablooie

(19,066 posts)
6. But still 90% of Republicans strongly support him.
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 12:20 PM
18 hrs ago

That’s what I keep checking.
As long as Republicans support him, politicians will continue to stay in Trumps kennel.
Only if his R numbers decline can there be any change.

Evolve Dammit

(21,549 posts)
8. Ya think America?? Wake the fuck up. And if you're all good, you have nazi tendancies. n/t
Wed Jan 21, 2026, 04:53 PM
14 hrs ago
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