The 36% Approval Rate ?

[kentuck]

How can 36% of people still approve of the job that Donald Trump is doing? Have they not seen the reports on their TV sets, in which Americans are murdered by masked agents of Donald Trump? Have they not seen the abuse by ICE agents on average Americans?

Have they not heard the threats and the lies of the man in the high castle? Why would they not know these facts about Donald Trump? Do they only watch FOX News and NewsMax? Surely they are curious about what is happening to their country?

Or do they see it and hear it but they don't believe it? What else do they need to see?

To me, it is unbelievable that 36% of Americans still agree with this president?

If his thugs come to their houses and take away their families, will they still approve of his job?

[Buzz cook]

1. Their news is self curated.

They watch news that reinforces what they already believe.
A maga relative told me about a news feed that thought was unbiased. It was of course heavily slanted.

[Wuddles440]

11. Confirmation Bias.

[Emile]

2. The Magic R

[underpants]

3. You realize that Fox viewers (the ratings giant) are not seeing anything near the actual world

The switched away from Pamela Jo’s testimony after 5 minutes.

They don’t see the abusive behavior BY ICE, they see “attacks” ON ICE. ICE is under siege you see.

It’s constant repeated catch phrases as always. Framing video or just having talk talk talk.

[2naSalit]

4. I have noticed that...

Every time there's a lot of hoopla about his low ratings, they're always at 36%. At this point, I'd guess the real number is more like 12%.

How can they have changed for the worse every week for the past year and still be at 36%?

That is why I think the polls are bullshit.

[lame54]

5. "I voted for Trump 3 times and now...

he's the worst president this country has ever had."
"Would you vote for him again?"
"Yeah, I'd vote for him again."

[moonscape]

6. Some 40 years ago I worked

for a consumer electronics company, and one of our merchandisers was a beloved, charming, supposedly smart young man. I thought about him and decided to Google his unique name, curious what had happened to him.

Well … unfortunately I found him. His Linkedin showed his successful corporate history, his FB showed a zillion friends and that he was full-blown MAGA. He had arguments, saying he didn’t know how anyone could support the left with all our violence. Our violence.

Made me so sad how a seemingly normal person arrived at that place. I live in a very liberal area, in a bubble, so don’t interact with MAGA knowingly.

I know the facts, but.shielded from the daily reality and huge numbers of them!

[Blue Owl]

7. He's taken a sledgehammer to the economy

He’s funneled billions of dollars into his own family’s pocket.

He’s decimated the job market to the point that barely any family hasn’t experienced a relative who’s been laid off or fired.

He’s created a private police force that routinely brutalizing US citizens, ruining families, and wasting billions of dollars on unnecessary detention facilities and luxury accommodations for the hired goons.

He’s made us the laughing stock of the world.

The state of the union is bleaker than it’s ever been by tenfold.

WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA.

[Irish_Dem]

8. The moral collapse of the American people.

They adore a depraved rapist, traitor ,psychopath who is destroying our country.

[Prairie Gates]

9. 36% isn't high

I don't know why we keep being treated to these "It's still too high" posts. I mean, sure, yeah, OK. It should be low teens to zero.

This guy won 78 million votes 16 months ago. To have a 36% approval rating is an absolute collapse. It's quite low, basically, you ask three people and two say "Fuck that guy."

We need to stop turning wins into losses.

[cynical_idealist]

10. reality hackers brainwashing large portion of the populace with lies

malign influences from many directions including the rich mofos and other countries...