Approval/Disapproval Polls

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BillOfRights said:
Everyone here should take the time to read this and reflect. I disagree with a couple of points, but will continue to consider his well-researched, insightful, and well-written work.

Thanks, @an0maly for sharing.
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It's an interesting read...I like & respect Jonathan Haidt.

It's true that a lot on the left, including most on this board, almost reflexively dismiss conservatives with a range of derogatory epithets. Whenever a conservative tries to make a point or an argument, some will try to engage it, but more will call him or her a "troll" and a litany of other things, just *assuming* that they're ignorant and/or of malicious intent. The worst I've ever been attacked on social media is when I've taken a conservative side on an issue...which doesn't happen that often, granted, but still.

I wonder about the next generation...they don't seem to be that involved in twitter, instagram, or facebook...I wonder if there will be any changes with their aversion to social media, or if they'll just engage with it as they get older, or what.

Having said all that, I don't think much of this will matter once AI really gets its legs under it. That's going to be a genuine revolution of pretty much everything.
 
TarSpiel said:
Having said all that, I don't think much of this will matter once AI really gets its legs under it. That's going to be a genuine revolution of pretty much everything.
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The problem is that I don't think the AI Revolution is going to be very positive for the great majority of people. I think it's going to eliminate vastly more jobs than it creates, and they'll be good-paying jobs too, and it may well end up gutting our middle class like nothing we've ever seen. In fact I seriously wonder how most people may survive the AI Revolution, at least financially. To be honest, I'm just glad that I'm about 6 to 8 years from retirement and won't have to worry about dealing with the fallout from AI and Trump and his GOP's budget-gutting and everything else.
 
I am too dumb to know about AI. I am sad that like 90% of the Really big investment money will go there...And not to other investment in potentially wonderful young ideas that could do cool thinks
 

We Asked Young Men Who Voted for Trump to Grade Him. Here’s What They Said.​

They helped Trump win the White House, and they have a lot of opinions about his performance so far​


🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...c?st=wSw6W5&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

BOTTOM LINE: “… Despite frustration over the president’s handling of many policies, the whole group said they didn’t regret their vote.“
 

Sarah McBride has a blunt diagnosis for her party’s problems​

The Delaware first-term lawmaker says Democrats must work on their image.

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“… “I think voters feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them,” McBride said.

The first-term representative from Delaware told POLITICO’s Dasha Burns in an episode of “The Conversation” that she believes the Democratic Party’s brand problem can be traced to voters feeling as if the party doesn’t respect them.

“I do think that a voter asks two questions when they’re considering who to vote for. The first question is, does this candidate, does this party like me? And by extension, do they respect me?”

“If you can’t answer that first question to a voter’s satisfaction, they won’t even get to the second question, which is, what does this party think? What does this candidate think? And I think we lost that first question,” she said…”
 
nycfan said:

Sarah McBride has a blunt diagnosis for her party’s problems​

The Delaware first-term lawmaker says Democrats must work on their image.

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www.politico.com

“… “I think voters feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them,” McBride said.

The first-term representative from Delaware told POLITICO’s Dasha Burns in an episode of “The Conversation” that she believes the Democratic Party’s brand problem can be traced to voters feeling as if the party doesn’t respect them.

“I do think that a voter asks two questions when they’re considering who to vote for. The first question is, does this candidate, does this party like me? And by extension, do they respect me?”

“If you can’t answer that first question to a voter’s satisfaction, they won’t even get to the second question, which is, what does this party think? What does this candidate think? And I think we lost that first question,” she said…”
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I don't want to tell Sarah McBride her business, and surely she has more experience than I do.

But it's just hard for me to fathom that voters think that the GOP likes them or respects them. Was Trump driving around in a garbage truck dressed like a traffic cone respect? What about the constant outpouring of lies?
 
nycfan said:
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I think most of that 32% are very socially conservative, very religious Latinos who are perhaps even more strongly opposed to the LGBTQ community (and especially transgenders) than whites. I've heard it from some Latino coworkers. I suspect that Trump 2.0 could deport some of those people and they'd still try to vote for him just to stick it to the LGBTQ community.
 
nycfan said:

Sarah McBride has a blunt diagnosis for her party’s problems​

The Delaware first-term lawmaker says Democrats must work on their image.

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www.politico.com

“… “I think voters feel like Democrats have sort of been assholes to them,” McBride said.

The first-term representative from Delaware told POLITICO’s Dasha Burns in an episode of “The Conversation” that she believes the Democratic Party’s brand problem can be traced to voters feeling as if the party doesn’t respect them.

“I do think that a voter asks two questions when they’re considering who to vote for. The first question is, does this candidate, does this party like me? And by extension, do they respect me?”

“If you can’t answer that first question to a voter’s satisfaction, they won’t even get to the second question, which is, what does this party think? What does this candidate think? And I think we lost that first question,” she said…”
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It is a quandary. How do you give respect to someone who absolutely does not deserve it.
 
lawtig02 said:
Good lord.
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People have been predicting since his first term that he would go below 40% at some point, and it appears to finally be happening. The problem is that it doesn't really matter at least through next year's midterm elections, as the GOP has complete control of all three branches of government, and they don't give a damn about polls or approval ratings - the only thing they care about is their fear of Dear Leader and especially his MAGA base. Even if he drops to 35% he'll still be the most popular figure within the GOP, and he's incredibly vindictive, so they'll stay in line no matter what. The only real way to restore sanity to government is vote his minions out of office next year.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
People have been predicting since his first term that he would go below 40% at some point, and it appears to finally be happening. The problem is that it doesn't really matter at least through next year's midterm elections, as the GOP has complete control of all three branches of government, and they don't give a damn about polls or approval ratings - the only thing they care about is their fear of Dear Leader and especially his MAGA base. Even if he drops to 35% he'll still be the most popular figure within the GOP, and he's incredibly vindictive, so they'll stay in line no matter what. The only real way to restore sanity to government is vote his minions out of office next year.
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