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LudwigPastorius

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9. It is so fucking depressing.

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Sun Apr 28, 2024, 12:50 PM

Apr 28

If people are so ignorant and oblivious, maybe this country doesn't deserve to continue as a democracy.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/28/politics/cnn-poll-trump-biden-matchup/index.html

Looking back, 55% of all Americans now say they see Trump’s presidency as a success, while 44% see it as a failure. In a January 2021 poll taken just before Trump left office and days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 55% considered his time as president a failure.

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The Situation Stinks [View all] ._. Apr 28 OP

The media and both-siderism is to blame for this. Meadowoak Apr 28 #1

That and the likelyhood that polls are all but useless Attilatheblond Apr 28 #2

Yes. Mr. Evil Apr 28 #3

And it's a lie to protect their precious, deficit raising tax cuts Attilatheblond Apr 28 #5

The media cherry picks polls to make it look close. You'd think Meadowoak Apr 28 #10

Especially the CNN one today (Sunday, 4/28) that shows trump 6 points ahead of President Biden. calimary Apr 28 #15

That particular anomaly is a more serious indictment of Biden Bucky Apr 28 #4

Indictment of Biden or feckless American voters? hay rick Apr 28 #6

How about an indictment of the pollsters and the media? Seems like they are in cahoots. erronis Apr 28 #7

Agree. hay rick Apr 28 #8

The whole point of democracy is to appeal to voters Bucky Apr 28 #14

Does it though? Or is that just the media Meadowoak Apr 28 #11

I think that's a great thing. Bucky Apr 28 #13

It is so fucking depressing. LudwigPastorius Apr 28 #9

CNN lies more than FOX. I ain't believing it. Sorry. Meadowoak Apr 28 #12