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meadowlander

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8. It's a coalition of:

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2018, 03:06 PM

Aug 2018

Rich sociopaths - 1%
White supremacists - 10%
People who are "certain" the Rapture will happen during our lifetimes - 27%
Doomsday preppers - 25%
Illiterate people with an IQ under 80 - 7%
Semi-literate people with an IQ under 90 - another 9%
Americans who get their news primarily from friends and family - 60%

Obviously there is some overlap between these groups and not everyone in all of the groups will approve of Trump but I think it gives some indication of who that 36% are.

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If Trump's approval rating is at 36%, who are these people? [View all] guillaumeb Aug 2018 OP

Who knows, what I can say is that they are 100% too damn stupid for reality anymore. Afromania Aug 2018 #1

Uninformed is not right... lame54 Aug 2018 #2

I would venture a guess billh58 Aug 2018 #3

Irredeemable. dalton99a Aug 2018 #4

I am thinking that perhaps the 36% is far more at risk than people assume w/ this number... SWBTATTReg Aug 2018 #5

Sociopathic cultists and fools. nt OhZone Aug 2018 #6

I think they were all in Indiana yesterday miss-nasty Aug 2018 #7

It's a coalition of: meadowlander Aug 2018 #8

Don't forget gun nuts Amishman Aug 2018 #10

An interesting breakdown. guillaumeb Aug 2018 #17

Who are they? Christians, mostly. Mariana Aug 2018 #9

Here you go,when it comes to Polling Wellstone ruled Aug 2018 #11

Well, a good chunk of them live here in rural Indiana Adrahil Aug 2018 #12

The 30% hate the liberals way of life.. Maxheader Aug 2018 #13

Best analysis on this thread Jimbo S Aug 2018 #14

Morons liberaltrucker Aug 2018 #15

You need to understand that a lot of it is due to tribalism Calculating Aug 2018 #16

I'm not frustrated lol. Volaris Aug 2018 #19

Haven't you heard, they're the economically anxious. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #18