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donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 03:07 PM Aug 2018

McCarthy & Spanky - approval numbers tell us something important

McCarthy had an approval rating of 34% three months after he was censured.

Spanky Let-me-drop-my-drawers' numbers are generally around 38% most of the time.

This just goes to show that anybody, and I mean anybody, can get 34% (1/3) of the population to follow them.

This just makes me feel a bit better; I don't know why.

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McCarthy & Spanky - approval numbers tell us something important (Original Post) donkeypoofed Aug 2018 OP
Hoover got almost 40% of the vote in 1932. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2018 #1
Nixon still had 24% approval DeminPennswoods Aug 2018 #2
And Trump has such a cultish following that I don't expect his approval rating to get that low. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #3
Next time you're in public ... GeorgeGist Aug 2018 #4

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
1. Hoover got almost 40% of the vote in 1932.
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 03:12 PM
Aug 2018

That was after the policies of repuke presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover (along with a repuke congress) had literally destroyed the country the previous 11 years.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
3. And Trump has such a cultish following that I don't expect his approval rating to get that low.
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 03:49 PM
Aug 2018

Trump's approval rating has been far steadier than any of his predecessors. I attribute that to the Republican base being cult-like. Trump truly could shoot someone on 5th Avenue in broad daylight.

GeorgeGist

(25,294 posts)
4. Next time you're in public ...
Wed Aug 22, 2018, 04:41 PM
Aug 2018

look to the person on your right.
Then look to the one on your left.
One of you is a Deplorable.

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