Everybody wants to be edgy but predicting an Nword Trump tape would make him more popular is silly

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Last edited Wed Aug 15, 2018, 09:20 AM - Edit history (1)

Here are results from the daily Gallup poll:


https://news.gallup.com/poll/201617/gallup-daily-trump-job-approval.aspx


In the immediate aftermath of Charlottesville Trump's approval rating had sunk to 34% and his disapproval ratings rose to 60%. He would add no new voters to his base. Yeah, some of his existing support would harden but a lot of his soft supporters would peel off.


It puzzles me that the same people who believe a Blue Wave will sweep out the Republicans in November believe Trump's approval will go up if he was captured using the N word on tape. The two propositions are mutually exclusive. If you accept the latter proposition you must of necessity believe he should incorporate the N-word into his daily vocabulary.

[Squinch]

1. I don't think his numbers will go up, but I DO think the esteem his base holds for him will increase

It's who they are.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. He's sitting at 42.2 approval at 538

A not insignificant portion of that 42.2% is soft support. I would gladly see his hard support grow harder in exchange for his soft support peeling away.

[Squinch]

5. And there are some recent polls that put him into the thirties, so that number may inch down soon.

I know that because my friend DemocratSinceBirth keeps me up on the latest polls.

[gratuitous]

2. This time for sure!

Yeah, it seems silly, but I've read about 60 things from bright people who've said that Trump's latest career-killing move would end his candidacy or his presidency, and yet he continues, cockroach-like, to skitter about the White House. I don't know all the reasons for it, but one major contributing factor is the popular media's devotion to airing every bogus excuse, lie, and cover-up blarped out by the administration to gaslight the public.

The media have shown signs, at long last, that they're not going to just follow along with the self-serving lies of people whose paychecks depend on defending Trump. But far too much damage has been done.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. I for one doubt there is a tape

I think if there was it would have came out long ago and omorsa surely does not have it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Trump thinks there is.

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8. The White House noise strongly suggests Burnett has such tapes but has been paid off.

[emulatorloo]

14. Omarosa didn't say she had it. It is an Apprentice out take. Apprentice owned by Mark Burnett

She says she has heard it.

I am writing just to clarify that Omarosa doesn’t claim she has it.

[samnsara]

7. because his followers arent Americans and will do anything to prop him up...

...somehow they will.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I am not referring to his brain addled followers.

His addled brain followers already show up in his approval ratings. For his approval ratings go up he needs to add more addled brain followers.

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10. My concern is that the failure to produce such a tape will help him

[LonePirate]

11. It will have a dual effect: strengthen his support among the right; weaken it further among the left

As of now, his source of power - the loyalty of his base and the cowardice of the Republican Congress - will grow if such a tape is released. On the flip side, Democratic intensity for November will increase as well. The only question is if that intensity will make the cowardice of the Republicans in Congress irrelevant.

[beachbum bob]

12. trumps approval numbers will not go up based on his own racism, thats just silly talk

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. There's lot of it though.