86% of Republicans approve of Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

[Kablooie]

Nothing, absolutely nothing he can do will ever make Republicans turn on him.

People predict that once deaths start increasing in red areas Republicans will revolt.
I don't believe that. The Republican party now has a true cult mindset which is blind to reality.
They will praise Trump as they lie on their coronavirus deathbeds.

The Republican party is a Jim Jones style death cult and our only hope is that they
- literally - die off.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/coronavirus-polls/

[samnsara]

1. they will all be gone soon...

[bdamomma]

20. not a bad thing

all cults usually die.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Fortunately Republicans are a dying breed, maybe literally if not ideologically.

Declared GOPers represent less than 30% of all voters, so fuck 'em.

[Polybius]

25. 30% identify as Republicans nationwide, but 29% identify as Democrats

Most still identify as independents or nothing for some reason.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_U.S._states

[bronxiteforever]

32. +1 exactly.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/the-republican-party-has-an-older-voters-problem.html

[Brainfodder]

3. Are they just asking the same 100 Republicans?

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

4. They will praise Trump as they are zippered into their bodybags.

#TrumpDeathCamps

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. not revolt, just die.

[Dream Girl]

6. I don't if self identified republicans have declined leave only the most hard core

Aren’t there there more independents? Wat is theoretical composition? How more of them are former republican?

[greenjar_01]

7. That's dropping

[ResistantAmerican17]

8. These stupid fuckers will be buried in the magat hats.

Problem is they’ll infect sentient humans before they go.

[BootinUp]

9. Their in line for their cup of Kool-aid. Nt

[DBoon]

10. They are like the Heaven's Gate UFO cult

They are so far into their delusional cult they will commit suicide rather than admit they were wrong

[procon]

11. Even with the death count raising every day,

look at the blase attitude of those red states who refused to take any steps to safeguard public health. That unconcerned attitude will prevail because they believe that Trump is working hard to save them. If other people are dying it will be the fault of democrats or some Asians, and they will continue living in la-la-land, taking pride because they:

1) don't care

2) think it can't happen to them

3) believe it's a Democratic hoax

4) don't think it's much worse than a bad cold

[mucifer]

12. Question, How many no longer call themselves republicans?

[DFW]

13. 86% of Republicans would approve if Trump would issue an executive order banning running water

No one has claimed the US educational system has produced a majority of rational thinkers.

[Initech]

16. If Trump told them to go jump off a cliff, they'd camp out overnight to be first in line.

[DFW]

33. That is exactly what we had in mind when we made this:

[usedtobedemgurl]

14. 86% of Republicans Approve Of Trump Letting US Citizens Die

There, fixed it for you!

[Initech]

15. This is why we can't have nice things.

[dalton99a]

17. Never underestimate their depravity.

[Turbineguy]

18. Yes,

the reports of deaths would support that approval.

[sfstaxprep]

19. You Thought He Was Joking About Shooting Someone On 5th Avenue

I'm sure a similar % would support that as well. ESPECIALLY if he shot a Liberal.

[chowder66]

37. Nah. If he shot a republican they would just say the dead person was a fake and deserved it. nt

[Progressive Jones]

21. More stupid out there than previously thought. nt

[rockfordfile]

22. I could careless what some right-wing pos think of the traitor's actions

[William769]

23. I believe by summer that number will change drastically.

[Midnight Writer]

24. In Red rural areas, like mine, this is still considered a "city problem".

There are zero confirmed cases in my county, and only a handful within a hundred miles of here.

Most people are distancing, but there are a lot of people that think this is overblown bullshit.

It will get here, eventually. And we will be hit hard, because medical resources are scant in even normal times.

[underpants]

26. I think that sums it up

City problem

[underpants]

27. For people who love being told what to do, they really suck at it

Pretty clear. Stay home.

[TwilightZone]

28. We tend to forget how ideologically isolated they are.

They get their news from Trump, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, and right-wing social media.

They approve of Trump because they've been told to approve of Trump and given no reasons not to.

[Cosmocat]

35. More foundational - they hate the liberals

DECADES of hate spewed about the evil liberal is what created the environment for them to see a completely immoral, relentlessly corrupt sociopath as their grate savior.

The messaging LONG before the POS took the whip from them was that anything they say or do, no matter how horrible, contradictory, loathsome, is justifiable in the great battle against the liberal.

[onecaliberal]

29. There will surely be fewer of them soon thanks to their own stupidity.

[Bc804]

30. Eventually

As more people are personally affected, they will turn. Not all, but enough.

[NewJeffCT]

31. 86% is low for him

He's usually mid 90s among Republicans overall.

[budkin]

34. That seems low for Republican support

It's usually at 95%

[napi21]

36. The Pubs believe this virus is a BLUE STATE THING. All those people jammed together in the cities

infecting each other. They really don't think it will bother them much in their southern states.

Of course they're ignoring the face that not much testing is happening in their states. I think things will change dramatically when their states hit the surge of cases and many of them DIE!