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chambleepede 52 points ago +52 / -0

"Sources close to the thinking of the pollsters said..."

Look... Rasmussen has a tracking poll and uses consistend methodology. It is certainly directionally accurate. And it has hovered from 47 to 50+ throughout all of this nonsense.

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theoldgrinch 27 points ago +27 / -0

I'm looking at Rasmussen right now and it says 48% approval 52% disapproval, or -7 approval rating (strongly approve minus strongly disapprove). I'm not sure where this 51.7% comes from.

That said even that rating is impressive for being under such coordinated propaganda attacks.

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chambleepede 23 points ago +23 / -0

Imagine if the news just reported on his actions.

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theoldgrinch 22 points ago +22 / -0

I imagine you'd have most Americans liking what he's doing, because most of the shit he does makes sense and is good politically speaking. Maybe not perfect, but incomparable to earlier modern presidents.

You'd have a tiny minority of pearl clutchers hating him for his attitude (grab them by the... etc.).

You'd have a number of people who still don't like him due to honest policy disagreements.

You'd have tribals who never like him no matter what due to what color his title is in (this goes for presidents of either party).

I imagine his approval rating would be something like 60% at least.

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rockettails 4 points ago +4 / -0

You'd have a tiny minority of pearl clutchers hating him for his attitude (grab them by the... etc.).

This is such a non-issue too. The only issue I have with the situation that led to Bill's impeachment was that Lewinsky was a staffer. If it was just another consenting adult, unrelated to the administration, I wouldn't give a shit. I'd need relief if I was married to a harpy like Hill too. And JFK almost guaranteed bent some chicks over the Resolute desk. In the context of previous Presidents, what Trump said many moons ago was tame. But we live in a world today where words hold more weight than actions.

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fac1 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'd say 75%.

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