This is why Trump may win.

[Cattledog]

70 percent of voters say that the country’s political and economic systems need major changes — or even to be torn down entirely.

A lot of voters apparently want to tear the whole thing down.

Latest New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena College poll May 13

[LonePirate]

1. These same voters are completely unaware that how he wants to rebuild them is pretty much the opposite of what they want

It is frightening how many people are super angry about prices, ignorant of current economic conditions and oblivious to the destruction that awaits them by voting for Republicans in November.

We all need to be very scared as to what has at least a 50/50 chance of occurring this November.

[FalloutShelter]

2. "Tear it all down " will invite nothing

But suffering and anarchy.

“Tear it all down”, is the impulse of a selfish child having a tantrum.

I despair for this country.

[Joinfortmill]

3. My take is Trump is going to lose, Bigly. Vote.

[NoRethugFriends]

5. I'd have felt better about your opinion if I hadn't see that you are a fiction writer. 🙄

[GreenWave]

16. Sometimes science is stranger than fiction. Take heart!

[LakeArenal]

4. Bull shyte.

That bs 70% is half for one reason and the other half for the opposite reasons.
My half ain’t burning down nothin’.
Must be your half you speak of.
Major change isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Trump will lose by way more votes. So many more that the electoral college will go his way, too.

See you in November.

[lees1975]

6. Yet another New York Times Siena College poll.

Getting tired of reading this crap.

[brooklynite]

8. So, is the Philadelphia Inquirer now part of the right-wing conspiracy?

Or is it just that you don't like reading something you disagree with?

[LiberalFighter]

18. Asking someone a question(s) out of the blue won't provide good answers.

There are over 330 million people in this country. Over 160 million registered voters.

They are not going to agree on what to support. There may be 160 million different feelings about what should be done.

To suggest 70% have the same view on a broad poll question is not rational.

The poll question would have a better chance with those actively involved in politics in their party. But we all know that even members of the Democratic or Republican members in Congress are not always in agreement with fellow party members.

The general public would not even have enough to provide a good answer.

[NanaCat]

30. Except people aren't as diverse as you wish they were

Statisticians and demographers long ago figured that out. That's why they so often break society down to within +/-3%, with a 95% confidence interval.

Because people aren't all that different, in reality.

Even a basic stats class would have told you that.

[LiberalFighter]

31. If that were true labor union contracts would be easier to ratify.

If that were true why are there so many differences in protestant religions?

Why don't people all drive the same car or truck?

[Traildogbob]

7. Right

And they will all be totally unscathed for the decades its smolders after the blaze. If it ever returns from a Putinesk,BiBi takeover. Fucking idiots. We deserve it.
Apes are burning science books, debunking evolution, screaming “this shit ain’t own us, Those clowns have no evolution, they are devolving into blubbery Amoeb’s, phagocytosising everything they touch.”
Strictly consume and destroy. And stupid.

[shrike3]

20. My BIL is a "watch the world burn" person.

He says, "I'll go fishing and watch the world burn." I told him, "If the world burns, your house will burn. And the person who owns your fishing hole may be standing in front of it with a loaded gun."

[Happy Hoosier]

9. That's a very broad answer.

I'd answer "yes" to that.

We need to eliminate the Electoral College and life tenure on the Supreme Court.

Major changes.

[Fiendish Thingy]

10. The NYT/Siena poll has been shown to have deeply flawed methodology

Starting with routinely Oversampling republicans.

[LiberalFighter]

21. Because Covid killed more of them than Democrats.

And IMO that age brackets get more liberal.

[Mz Pip]

11. Be careful what you wish for.

Might end up with something worse.

Robespierre was no better than Louis.

[CousinIT]

12. They are ignorant. And the NYTimes is partly to blame for that.

There was no context, no reason given for those voters' thoughts, no presentation of facts, no mention of what Trump would do, no mention of Democracy, and no mention of history.

It is just right-wing propaganda about ignorant voters that the NYTimes helped create and how proud they are of that.

[PSPS]

13. Don't be silly. That "choice" is so broad that even everyone on DU would agree with it. Means trump may win? Not hardly.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. That doesn't mean those voters will vote for Trump

I want to see major changes to our economic and political systems, and I vote Democratic because that way I hope to see a bit of the change I want.

[LiberalFighter]

22. In reality, so called Republicans don't want change

[GenThePerservering]

15. Gosh...yet another poll. NT

[LiberalFighter]

17. Seventy percent of who?

[kairos12]

19. As someone once said,

any idiot can tear up train tracks, it takes a community to build a railroad.

[Initech]

23. Totally fucking insane.

Democracy isn't "dying in darkness" - it's being murdered in broad daylight.

[themaguffin]

24. I mean, that was part of his appeal in 2016, but he's not an outsider anymore.

[ilovegamers43]

25. I am voting for joe Biden

Even if I disagree with a few things joe Biden is still 100% better then trump as president.

[duckworth969]

26. Knock it off, polls are garbage

Vote Blue!

[keithbvadu2]

27. Jobs chart (not recent), shows Trump negative job growth.

Jobs chart (not recent), shows Trump negative job growth.

[EarthAbides]

28. Trump will lose in a landslide, BUT....

His militant buddies will cause mayhem at the polls and make it impossible for scores of citizens to vote, still, Biden will win in a landslide. BUT, a constitutional crisis will be caused by citizens not being able to vote and then it will be up to his cronies in Congress, his allies in swing states and the Supreme Court to make sure Trump is the winner. Let the oligarchy begin....

[Dulcinea]

29. He could win.

It's up to us to make sure he doesn't. Vote blue, & encourage others to do the same. The numbers are on our side.

[Lemon Lyman]

32. Ugh

The morons are already bored after 4 years of stability. It's the HRC stuff all over again. The Sarandon voters are restless. I guess losing Roe V Wade wasn't enough for them.

[AllaN01Bear]

33. late mom said " let it all go down, let it all go down. then they will realise how good they had it."

[betsuni]

34. Americans used to love self-help books, self-improvement, spirituality, therapy, diet, exercise to improve their lives.

Used to blame things on their emotionally distant parents, dysfunctional families.

Republicans blamed everything on the government (Democrats) and gradually over the decades more people believed it and now here we are, everybody's angry and hateful and blaming government. That "Thanks, Obama" meme was perfect.