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elleng

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34. Ignore or take polls with a ton of salt.

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Sat Jan 12, 2019, 12:47 PM

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Why I believe the 38% Trumper number is a hoax. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 OP

He's shooting federal employees on 5th Avenue and MaryMagdaline Jan 2019 #1

38% of people are stupid... Shell_Seas Jan 2019 #2

Racism must be stronger than rational thinking about economic self interests. nt NCjack Jan 2019 #6

Yep The Genealogist Jan 2019 #12

+1 treestar Jan 2019 #31

100% lunasun Jan 2019 #40

Indeed......... MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #45

+1 Kurt V. Jan 2019 #32

Russian propaganda is very effective. I hope this number goes down, but Putin knows what he's doing. Squinch Jan 2019 #3

Trump is like religion for Trump supporters. They believe in him lilactime Jan 2019 #4

not just "like" - Trumpism actually is a religion anarch Jan 2019 #36

There are some people who will not or cannot admit to having made a mistake. Arkansas Granny Jan 2019 #5

People can't admit they're wrong TheFarseer Jan 2019 #7

Sadly... NCDem47 Jan 2019 #8

I think many of them will realize they've been lied to. ginnyinWI Jan 2019 #9

The mid terms showed Chump's approval among voters at 45%* DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2019 #10

Hypnotized by fact-free right wing media C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #11

I thought this article was fascinating. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #53

After 30 years of toxic dribble C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #54

"You can fool some of the people all of the time..." yardwork Jan 2019 #13

I would think that Polly Hennessey Jan 2019 #14

That's my point exactly. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #20

Nixon managed to keep a 24% approval n/t Yonnie3 Jan 2019 #56

He's protecting White people from Mexicans Yavin4 Jan 2019 #15

Probably 25% rock solid edhopper Jan 2019 #16

Polls are beginning to show erosion of his base.... Sancho Jan 2019 #17

I pray you're right. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #21

Think of how when a "prophet" predicts the end of the world and his followers dispose of all tblue37 Jan 2019 #18

Yep. It's Jim Jones all over again treestar Jan 2019 #33

I have NO problem MyOwnPeace Jan 2019 #46

And as the saying goes, they drink the kool-aid! treestar Jan 2019 #47

38% of people who vote marlakay Jan 2019 #19

+1. We're being held hostage by the Trump cult dalton99a Jan 2019 #22

The Crazification Factor wellst0nev0ter Jan 2019 #23

The number of furloughed government employees is statistically insignificant onenote Jan 2019 #24

As one of the employees so aptly put it: Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #25

And the number of those that previously supported trump onenote Jan 2019 #27

Yes, but how many of that 45% were zombie brainwashed into believing that Trump must be tolerated Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #30

Two months later? Probably not a lot different onenote Jan 2019 #35

Do you agree with everyone in your extended family? jberryhill Jan 2019 #37

800,000 may seem like a lot of people but it is very small compared to the rest of the population standingtall Jan 2019 #26

See my comment 25. Baitball Blogger Jan 2019 #29

By the way onenote Jan 2019 #39

Federal employees aren't even 1% of voters jberryhill Jan 2019 #28

Ignore or take polls with a ton of salt. elleng Jan 2019 #34

it is a full-on cult anarch Jan 2019 #38

Totall agree with cult like. healthnut7 Jan 2019 #41

I think they would do a lot worse than that; this is Jonestown x a million n/t anarch Jan 2019 #42

Here's an idea Brawndo Jan 2019 #57

Yeah, since it never seems to change. 2naSalit Jan 2019 #43

38% is a true number for trump base suppprt, if we see substantial beachbum bob Jan 2019 #44

Yes but their black coworkers are hurting more so it is all good and the wall is an emergency lunasun Jan 2019 #48

They blame the dems for the shutdown. CrispyQ Jan 2019 #49

It's at least that much, sad to say, even of you toss out Rasmussen: LongtimeAZDem Jan 2019 #50

what if we correlate that number to the number of FOX watchers? Grasswire2 Jan 2019 #51

You can fool some of the people all of the time. NNadir Jan 2019 #52

Almost like somebody is spoofing US phone numbers NotASurfer Jan 2019 #55

Which poll? Are you comparing with the same poll before the shutdown? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 #58