Poll: Huge GOP majority backs Trump's Putin performance

[oberliner]

We told you yesterday why elected Republicans go so silent so quickly when they disagree so strongly with President Trump: They fear it's political suicide to speak up. Now we have an exclusive, new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll that shows why those fears are real:

Be smart: This poll foreshadows the coming national drama. Every piece of data, and virtually every public action of elected Republican officials, shows Trump will have overwhelming and probably unbreakable party support, regardless of what Robert Mueller finds with his Russia probe.

https://www.axios.com/republicans-poll-donald-trump-press-conference-putin-5776322f-a483-4e21-b50c-028799b08367.html

[mikeysnot]

1. The power of propaganda

catapulted by the wrong wing media.

[oberliner]

4. Exactly

It is truly frightening, but, I suppose, not that surprising.

[beachbum bob]

2. Luckily we outnumber them...and the party suppprt ain't 100%

[Drahthaardogs]

3. Assume 30% identify as Republican

So it's 79% of 30% of 2100 people, so roughly 500 people out of 2100 or about 24% of the population.

[oberliner]

6. Also have to throw in 33 percent of Independents

In any case, not all that comforting.

[Garrett78]

14. But that 24% is represented by more than 50% of Congress.

[Drahthaardogs]

27. Gerrymandering...

Sucks

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

5. So a majority of the minority...what? 16-29%?

Who cares gop?. That needs to be pointed out. They can frame it as though the majority of Americans feel this way, but, WE are the college educated ones. (w the attendant student loans til the grave.)

[oberliner]

7. But the question is: What will it take?

Is there anything that will get Republican voters to turn on him? It doesn't seem so.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

9. No. But we are many, they are few..when the votes are counted right.

We have to stick to the plan. We are going to be ok. Just have to clarify.
Getting close to FRIDAY, and we know what happens on FRIDAYS...Mueller time.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

15. We'll have to bring in 30% more voters to barely surpass the Republican machine.

GOTV on steroids is going to be the key.

[oberliner]

16. They also have to live in the right states

[Blue_true]

24. We can't think about them, fuck them.

What we need to avoid doing again is tearing our own side apart. When we look past our small differences to vote and vote United, we are unstoppable.

Once our primaries are over, the winner need to be gracious and the loser(s) need to immediately get behind the winner and not do things like not help or imply that the outcome was rigged against them.

[hlthe2b]

8. Such BS. First, R's are losing numbers making any poll of remaining members more likely

to represent the most ardent supporters. Two, any poll that does not emphasize overall approval, rather than only R approval is inherently biased.

Nate Silver took this point on this morning. I'd ask we edit subject lines to reflect, rather than promote this propaganda.

Link to tweet

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

10. Out of 5 repubs asked...four said they support dt....ahem.

Using the same list of people they know will support the treason from the gop.

[kcr]

12. Plus isn't SurveyMonkey an online poll?

That makes it garbage to begin with. I'm surprised Nate doesn't point that out.

[hlthe2b]

13. yup

[oberliner]

18. The poll does emphasize overall approval

The Vox folks are just expressing some surprise/dismay that the R number is what it is.

It definitely tells you something that the vast majority of R respondents thought Trump did well at the summit.

The headline emphasizes the part of the poll that is disturbing - namely that Republicans are good with Trump no matter what he says or does.

[hlthe2b]

20. Title is Deceptive and Tailored to RW audiences. we should NOT enable further.

[oberliner]

23. Seems the opposite - makes RW people appear insane/deranged

How can anyone in a RW audience not look at that headline and be ashamed?

[hlthe2b]

26. It deceptively suggests widespread support for Trump.. Do you not see that?

[Blue_true]

25. The poll is an online poll, the right pack those polls, we seldom do.

In such a poll, if Trump is getting anything less than Kim or Putin level approval, he is failing.

[manor321]

11. Bullshit

Look at 538's criticism of this piece.

[oberliner]

19. Both points are taken

I think it's noteworthy to see the disapproval numbers among most people and the disturbingly high approval numbers among Rs.

[John Fante]

17. The sampled an equal percentage of Ds and Rs (39%)

That's bullshit for a number of reasons. But your concern is noted, OP.

[oberliner]

21. It's way more than "concern" - it's absolute disgust

The fact that there is literally nothing that Trump can do that would get Republicans to turn on him makes me sick to my stomach.

I am glad that their numbers are small - but how messed up is it that they are still standing with him even after Helsinki in such high percentages?

Doesn't that make you sick also?

[malaise]

22. D didn't Nixon win re- election

And still have to resign.
The rule of law is not a popularity contest

[LBM20]

28. Who gives a flying fuck. If he shit in their mouths they would call it ice cream. Overwhelm them by

winning Indies and get massive numbers of Dems to go vote.

[coti]

29. 68% of one's own party is not a "huge majority" in this polarized environment

That's quite weak, actually.