trump's approval rating among republicans....90%

[spanone]

just reported by m$nbc.....

[unblock]

1. as noted elsewhere, it's self-fulfilling -- republicans who don't approve of him leave the party

that's what happens when you make party identification all about loyalty.

[Garrett78]

17. Then why has his overall approval rating gone up?

[C_U_L8R]

2. The Republican Party is a melting ice cube

And 90% of nothing leaves nothing

[lagomorph777]

5. Melting snowflakes: only the dirt remains

[workinclasszero]

13. Exactly

[bluestarone]

7. So true!!

[lagomorph777]

3. That's because all the sane Republicans have become ex-Republicans.

All that remain are the most mentally deficient monsters.

Trump has whittled his party down to its festering core.

[Garrett78]

18. Then why has his overall approval rating gone up?

[lagomorph777]

19. The pollsters are adjusting their algorithms to match election outcomes.

Instead of investigating why the elections were so wrong in the first place.

[Garrett78]

21. Regarding Republican affiliation, do you have a link?

What I'm finding is pretty dated. Has there been a substantial decline in, say, the last few months? And has there been an increase in Democratic affiliation?

Most independents are very partisan, so an increase in independents isn't real comforting. Most simply like calling themselves independent when they aren't.

Edit: I found this: https://news.gallup.com/poll/15370/party-affiliation.aspx

That doesn't reflect a recent decline, yet Trump's overall rating has gone up.

[titaniumsalute]

27. No they are not

Large third party pollsters don't change their survey methodology (not algorithms) based on trying to match an election outcome. That, in itself, is a tin foil hattery. I've worked with many survey and polling companies.

[Garrett78]

39. And political affiliation is holding steady.

I've seen no evidence for this claim that people are leaving the Republican Party in droves.

[bearsfootball516]

4. Part of that is because Republican party identification is shrinking.

So the only people who are left are the diehard Trump supporters, so of course his approval rating among them is going to be high.

His approval ratings among independents would be more telling.

[Trek4Truth]

10. This BETTER be it. nt

[Iliyah]

6. What is that ummmmmmmmmm

about 20-25%

[ProfessorGAC]

16. 27% Tops

90% of 30%. Now add 30% of 40% independents and PINO gets to 39 or 40%m which has been the hover point for 18 months.

[beachbum bob]

8. Luckily trumps approval with those who's vote matter is in the toilet

[Trek4Truth]

9. They rather defend him than have morals and ethics. I've seen this defensive bullshit for awhile.

My sister didn't particularly like him. She has spoken badly about him. She did vote for him. Yet when I speak badly she gets defensive. IT IS FUCKING IRRATIONAL.

[underpants]

11. Fox News and the radio told them

They do what they are told.

If Trump does something good (to them) it's VICTORY! but still they are victims. If he fails miserably... it's the same.

[Freethinker65]

12. It should be 100%. Any sane Republican should have left the party long ago.

Only those pledging loyalty to Trump should remain.

[redstateblues]

15. The most misleading stat in politics

The Republican base is shrinking every day

[Garrett78]

20. And yet his overall approval rating has risen.

I can't seem to find info about Republican affiliation now vs. 6 months or a year ago. Do you have a link?

[cwydro]

28. Frightening.

We did not believe he could win the first time. We should not make that mistake again.

[titaniumsalute]

30. Approval ratings are running high due to the economy

The jobless rate is low, wages are stable (not going up), the stock market is ok, price of gas is remaining overall low.

You start seeing some ticking up in the unemployment rate, a couple thousand point stock market decline, prices of gas going up over a dollar or so, etc. You will start to see some more people pealing off.

[MrScorpio]

22. Well, one out of every three Trump fans are just as stupid as the other two

[liberalmuse]

23. I'd like to see the numbers for Independents.

Not many people will own up to being Republicans. They usually say they’re Independents, even though they vote for the Republican every time. Off to check on that.

[Garrett78]

26. Exactly. Most independents just like calling themselves independent.

They tend to be very partisan.

[liberalmuse]

35. I saw 42% approval.

Up from 35% according to Gallup. I guess some “Independents” approve of kiddie internment camps. Not surprised.

[stopbush]

24. But Rs are only 25% of the population. Do the math.

[NewJeffCT]

25. it's actually gone up over the past year or so

In the early months of his presidency, it was hovering around 80%.

However, since Trump is great at self-promotion and Republicans get their news from Fox and Rush, it's been going up over that time. Also, because of things like repealing & replacing Obama executive orders with Trumpian ones and the unprecedented pace of federal judges being appointed it's going up as well.

[Awsi Dooger]

37. Exactly...ignore the Happy Adjusters

There is nothing more pathetic than a Happy Adjuster, the people who make anything whatever they want it to be.

Lately the hysterical desperation is to pretend that the Republican base is free falling all the time. Some of the posts want to pretend it is down to next to nothing. I'm sure we'll see more of that theme next week and subsequent weeks because there is more this week than last week.

Meanwhile, if you get out of the cocoon and actually sample sites where conservatives and independents post, or if you actually know and converse with Republicans, it could not be more obvious on a daily basis that Donald Trump is indeed more popular with Republicans than he was at this time last year.

As always, the easiest way to define the ignorant Happy Adjusters is to look at the equation in reverse. Let's say Trump's approval rating among Republicans had done exactly the opposite, moving from 80% to 70% instead of 80% to 90%. Do you think there would be one peep regarding a lower number of Republicans within the sample? Ha. Not a chance. Instead there would be Happy Adjuster threads asserting that even Republicans have finally wised up, and fairly soon that 70% will be down to 60%. And so forth.

The Happy Adjusters were convinced Trump would already be out of office by now.

[NewJeffCT]

38. People need to remember

that Trump is great at self-promotion and controlling the media narrative. In 2016, Hillary had one great opening speech after she had essentially wrapped up the nomination that nailed Trump and got good coverage, and then hardly got any media coverage at all until the DNC - it was all Trump (positive & negative) for the next 3 months or Hillary/DNC emails (which was entirely negative)

Then, we had the DNC and RNC and the debates. Clinton got good coverage from the debates, but all the other news was Clinton/DNC emails again - Trump was controlling the news cycle even with his "grab em by the pussy" tape.

he's going to control the narrative again this summer and fall leading up to the elections. Democrats need to GOTV and stay united in the face of Trump and more Russian interference

[lpbk2713]

29. They are circling the wagons.

The future of the GOP is at stake. They have no choice but to support that loser.

[Skidmore]

31. Vandehei and Peters are spreading the propaganda this morning

that Trump's train is a juggernaut and you should lay down and allow yourself to be run over. The message has been that people should shut up and not criticize them. I don't think so.

[shraby]

33. Must be about 20 of them left.

[spanone]

34. I think the last count was 12

😎

[shraby]

36. Yup. You have the latest one.