I went out to pick up my morning newspaper from the pile of snow where it usually ends up,

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

and through the plastic bag into which the folded paper had been placed, I read "Trump at 52%" and I thought, "Aw, fuck me, how is that possible?" So I took it out of the bag and unfolded it, expecting to read news that would cause me to scream and vomit, and I read: "Trump at 52% disapproval in state." And now I feel a little better.

[democrank]

1. News we can use

Thanks

[Ohiogal]

2. Oh, that's funny.

[GemDigger]

3. I just had that reaction to your post until I got to the end.

And now I feel a little better. Way to scare a person.

[LunaSea]

4. Most everyday...

[2naSalit]

6. That's it!

[rzemanfl]

5. What is this "snow" of which you speak? K&R. n/t

[djacq]

7. Throw out that outlier Rasmussen.

[link:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/|

[Skittles]

8. how is Trump appoval of 48% possilbe?

WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. It was actually 44% in this survey,

with 4% undecided. Even so, WTF is wrong with them?

[PJMcK]

22. 4% undecided

How in the world can anyone be undecided?!

Thanks for the story in your OP. It was almost O. Henry-esque!

[lagomorph777]

12. 43.3% weighted average on Five Thirty Eight

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

[lame54]

9. That's still bewildering...

Why it's not 102

[PatrickforO]

10. LOL, darned right! You'd think 52% is low, but strangely it is not.

In my state, Trump is at 43% approval, which just blows me away that it's that high, and at 53% disapproval. I mean, I just can't figure that out, except perhaps the 43% matches the percent of people who get their news from AM talk radio and Fox. And the 53% matches the people who get their news from a wider variety of sources.

Because if the news were actually reported straight, without a corporate slant, I'm thinking Trump's disapproval would be up in the 60s or even 70s.

[Kaiserguy]

16. My feeling is that

40% of American are just plain stupid and of that 40% a good many are racists

[Wednesdays]

13. That still means tRump has 48%...nearly half

still support him, or are at least okay with him.

[Wounded Bear]

14. It is often useful to get the whole picture before you react...

[catbyte]

15. That's still WAY too low. WTF, people? That thing is a vile dictator wannabe & 48% of people polled

are okay with that? I just don't get it. That's why I have little hope for this country. Either people just don't give a shit or they actually think what that thing is doing is just fine. It literally makes me sick.

[mazzarro]

17. 👍

[democrattotheend]

18. What state?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Minnesota.

[Karadeniz]

19. Lord, Velvet, I'm sorry you had to suffer through that!❤

[Perseus]

21. A short story with a good ending

It must be told...

[LTG]

23. What really amazes me is some of the other data on 538

Compared to some other presidents his numbers are unbelievably high. Not too far from most other fairly recent presidents. Some were lower than I expected and some much higher. Seems Americans have a long history of odd feelings toward their elected officials.

[OfTheBottom99Percent]

24. Not laughing at you but with you-

I did Lol.
So, there's a potential therapy protocol here; all we have to do every day is convince ourselves that he's finally done his worst, I dunno- shot someone on 5th Avenue- and then feel the relief when we realise he hasn't- oh, but wait, then he'll no doubt do it and then the next day we'll have to, I dunno- convince ourselves that he's finally, um nuked Norway? And then- oh, okay...never mind