CNN touting NBC/WSJ poll that shows 47% approval for Trump

[helpisontheway]

What the hell is wrong with these people. That is no longer his shitty 38%...Ughhhhhhh...😡

[SWBTATTReg]

1. And you believe this? I don't. nt

[duforsure]

3. I agree

Its not true, and its how they manipulate the voters by claiming its this high when it clearly isn't. They gin up response , attention, and followers by doing this to the people. Media isn't helping the American people by repeating their propaganda either but keep doing it anyway.

[still_one]

4. The same poll found that 50% of likely voters want Congress to flip to the Democrats while 41%

said they want Republicans to retain majorities.

That seems like a contradiction for a poll that implies approval but trump, but at the same time do not want republican control of congress

[Cosmocat]

7. This country is THAT stupid

nm

[still_one]

2. Whether this is an outlier or not, it should be very clear that the United States of America is a

racist, sexist, bigoted country.

2016 demonstrated that

[Cosmocat]

5. Yep

nm

[elocs]

20. Yes, and even if Democrats retake the House and Senate and White House,

those tens of millions of Trump supporters and worshipers are going nowhere.
Plus, they tend to vote in elections like it was their duty without needing to be excited and motivated like too many on the Left. This is a war and only the side that perseveres and doesn't weary of the battles will prevail and I'm not sure that enough on the Left are up to the kind of dedication it will take not to be brought low by Republicans as has happened since 2016.

[still_one]

35. Exactly right!!!

[PearliePoo2]

34. Donald Trump has told them that it's now OK to be out in the open about who they really are.

I spent my life working with an entirely too large of a group of people that are, as you said, racists, sexists and bigots.

They just kept quiet about it or spoke in whispers. Not any more.

[still_one]

36. No doubt, however, When 40% of your country has no problem voting for a racist, sexist bigot,

something is very wrong

[PearliePoo2]

6. What the fuck is going on? He's at his highest numbers ever.

How can people be so goddamn stupid?

I guess 47% LOVE being lied to by this moron every day.

I feel sick...

[Loki Liesmith]

14. Average your polls please

[PearliePoo2]

15. OK, I will. Here's a fucking average for you from Real Clear Politics

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

Trump Approval- 44.2%

Oh and if you do look at their website, check out the black approval graph line that has him steadily trending upward since last December

Please post another poll average site that you have available.

[dwayneb]

32. Real clear politics average of many polls is the best

I'm always amazed that people trot out one poll and use that to make a point. Any given poll is inaccurate and has bias. RCP average of polls is the best resource - basic statistics. There is little doubt that the core support for Trump remains intact in the 40%-45% range.

[Thekaspervote]

42. Fivethirtyeight averages all the polls. Dotard 41-42 for months

[dwayneb]

31. How people can be that stupid

Reality is that human beings ARE stupid, in many different ways. It's a fantasy that we are evolved logical creatures that are bright enough to govern themselves. All you have to do is pick up any history book to understand exactly how stupid (or savage) we really are. Centuries of wars around the world, a horrific Civil War right here on our soil a mere 160 years ago.

We were lucky to have a short Golden Era in the decades after WWII when the lessons were fresh. Now that they are largely forgotten the neo-fascists and anarchists have emerged again to motivate the low information electorate, as we are seeing with success of the Trump movement.

I'd like to be more optimistic but I think there are going to be some dark days ahead for the USA. We'll see.

[PearliePoo2]

39. Every time I see a politician on TV and they look right into the camera and say...

"The American people AREN'T stupid", I want to spit my coffee out. Ummm...yeah, they are.

[Cicada]

8. Look at poll averages, not one poll

538 dot com, trump rating pretty stable

Why do so many like Trump, whether it is 40 or 47? Strong authoritarians protecting us from surging darkies have always appealed to many. George Wallace lost to John Patterson in the 1958 primary and vowed to never be out niggered again. It worked for Wallace, and it works for Trump. Running against the darkies always gets a lot of votes. Caravans, build a wall. Lotta votes there.

[agincourt]

9. Wall street journal, NBC, CNN

memo from headquarters to promote the repig party just before the midterms, so they can get away with the fix.

[Takket]

10. Gallup has him at 44 app 51 disapp

Either way, it is baffling.

[mnmoderatedem]

26. yes aggregates still have him low to mid 40s

they are cherry picking.

and 47% is not even a good number. It's just good "for trump"

[anarch]

11. in my circle of acquaintances it seems to be primarily "Christians" who evince support

or I might even say an unhealthy, and I would think contrary to their stated religious tenets, idolatry of the orange thing.

This is a small sample, almost entirely consisting of relatives and old acquaintances of my wife's, but it just seems to be all the people who belong to one evangelical church or another...every single one of them talks about fuckface as if he's the Second Coming, rather than the Anti-Christ from their story-book that he so obviously more closely resembles.

So we have an unholy alliance between wealthy corporate interests, white supremacists, and evangelical "Christians," which represents an unfortunately larger-than-I-ever-thought-it-was cross-section of our society. And most if not all of these groups (which are not by any means mutually exclusive; particularly the last two) have been additionally influenced by the Russian government and elements of organized crime.

I am not shocked at this level of support. Saddened with respect to the true nature of American culture in this respect, its ugliness on display for the whole world to be dismayed at, but I'm not surprised...religion and racism are powerful tools of mind control, and it's all too easy to manipulate people's greed and self-interest.

What's wrong with a fair lot of these people in my opinion is that they've been brainwashed.

[TwistOneUp]

12. Remember...

That's *today*. Because he's galavanting around in AF1 doing his No Collusion! USO show. And he's got all these new lies...

When these suckers ... er, I mean, his "base" figure out (if ever) that he's lying, those numbers will drop.

[Vinca]

13. News coverage of the election reminds me of the last election.

They aren't covering important issues, they're following the dog and pony show. The more outrageous the better. The media got Trump elected in 2016 and they seem determined to keep the story going.

[democratisphere]

19. Agreed!

It is all about getting the most viewers! The collective MSM is a propaganda machine. Heil Sh'tler!

[uponit7771]

24. +1, Red Don kidnapps helpless parents children and media wonders why Americans like him

[vi5]

28. The LAST election? More like the last 10-20 elections....

...this has been the case since the advent of cable news. And everyone here feeds into it by watching that dreck.

[NewJeffCT]

40. Trump has trained them to follow his lead

his outrageous statements or tweets are always the big story. The media follows along, being led by the nose

[democratisphere]

16. THIS ain't my country anymore!

ALL redumbliCONS are russian assets!

[jcgoldie]

18. This is pure right wing garbage

Why post it here?

[democratisphere]

21. Trollaganda!

[Joe941]

22. Obama had similar approval for 2010 midterms...

We lost a ton in Congress that year. So this is actually good news. Congress is going to flip!

[Oneironaut]

23. Americans only care about the economy.

Trump could have concentration camps running, and it wouldn’t have an effect on his poll numbers.

[brooklynite]

25. Donald Trump thanks YOU...

...you've bought into his claim that the news is fake. His work here is done.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

30. No. He thanks you for making up shit the OP didn't say. nt

[brooklynite]

33. Take a look at#9...

This theme has been brought up for weeks.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

37. Then reply to number 9. The OP, who you're replying to, said no such thing. nt

[beachbum bob]

27. realisitcally, let the media do their BULLSHIT, trump is no popular now than he has ever been,

expect all media to pile on as much as possible which in fact will motivate even more democrats to vote

[Garrett78]

29. Ignore the little bit of ebb and flow. What stands out is how steady his approval rating has been.

No predecessor has had such a steady approval rating. Because we're dealing with a cult. We can't change that. What we *can* do is vote.

[Yavin4]

38. That poll reflects the Kavanaugh hearings.

Republicans probably feel more emboldened.

[marybourg]

41. How was Hitler doing at this point?

[standingtall]

43. I do not believe this poll nor do I believe most of the polls that have came out after

the Kavanaugh hearings. Either pollsters presumed a bounce so they adjusted their methodology to reflect it or they push polled their way to it. If there was any real bounce at all it was a very small one which is now shrinking.

[dalton99a]

44. Fuck the noise. Fuck the pundits. GOTV!

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