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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu May 21, 2020, 07:57 PM May 2020

The recent Quinippiac poll told us quite a bit more than that Biden has an 11 point

lead over the fuster cluck. While ONLY 50% of those polled favor Joe, THIRTY NINE PER CENT---39 damn per cent---STILL---after all that he has said and done, after all the ignorance and hate and unjustified arrogance, after all that anyone with the IQ of a philodendron now KNOWS---STILL SUPPORT THE MANIAC!

We should not knowingly do business with anyone who still supports Trump. I don't eat their pizza or burgers or chicken sandwiches. I don't buy their insurance, read their newspapers or watch their cable channels. I will not knowingly use any service provider with a Trump sticker on their vehicle and any one wearing a MAGA cap will see the same expression on my face as I'd show to someone abusing a child or painting a swastika on a synogogue.

39%---that ought to light a fire under us.

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The recent Quinippiac poll told us quite a bit more than that Biden has an 11 point (Original Post) Atticus May 2020 OP
Hopefully it tells us two things, one like you say...39% of this country are Eliot Rosewater May 2020 #1
Right there with you, my dear Atticus. CaliforniaPeggy May 2020 #2
50% zipplewrath May 2020 #3
but there is an electoral college and the supreme court left lots of room mucifer May 2020 #13
Yabut zipplewrath May 2020 #15
It is all about how the Polling is Wellstone ruled May 2020 #4
I don't think modt of the Trumpers psy much leftyladyfrommo May 2020 #5
Same here. onecaliberal May 2020 #6
I have philodendrons... RainCaster May 2020 #7
still time... outasync May 2020 #8
A deadly second wave in September/October will put Trump at G.W. Bush approval numbers sop May 2020 #9
The second part of boycotting is the letter sent to HQ. CaptYossarian May 2020 #10
Racism, Sexism, Abortion Edwcraig May 2020 #11
40% of Americans are beyond help. Herbert Hoover got Hassler May 2020 #12
This! GeoWilliam750 May 2020 #14
Once someone becomes a believer its hard to change them. Scruffy1 May 2020 #16
It actually is even better then it appears. judeling May 2020 #17
It's Stunning colsohlibgal May 2020 #18

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
1. Hopefully it tells us two things, one like you say...39% of this country are
Thu May 21, 2020, 07:59 PM
May 2020

nightmares of human beings who CANT live with decent people.

And, that there is no way putin and moscow mitch and the idiot himself are gonna let us have an election where people get to vote and the votes get counted.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,640 posts)
2. Right there with you, my dear Atticus.
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:03 PM
May 2020

39% support the fuster cluck! What a great name for that thing. I approve.

Consider the fire lit under me.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
3. 50%
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:08 PM
May 2020

the most important part of this poll is that Biden is over 50%. I know it is very early so it only means so much. But as Nate Silver often explains, you can't lose if you actually achieve over 50%. HRC lost because she was under 50% with enough "undecideds" to finally "decide" to vote for the Orange Anus. But when one goes into an election with enough support to achieve over 50%, basically they "can't" lose.

Going into October, I'll wanna see Biden over 50%. Then I'll be able to sleep on election night.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
15. Yabut
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:11 PM
May 2020

In the end game one needs to look at the results, like Nate Silver does, state by state and make sure one is winning in the states one needs to win. In October, I'll be looking at about 4 states. WI, MI, PA, and OH. Of course if FL flips, or better yet TX, all the better. But this far out, it's good to see Biden above 50%. But it's a long way to November.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. It is all about how the Polling is
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:11 PM
May 2020

conducted. Multiple Choice,Yes and No,miss leading Answer Choices. All produce a desired outcome.

Some one pays the Freight and they do not want results different than they believe. Looks like Murdoch is eating this one.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,868 posts)
5. I don't think modt of the Trumpers psy much
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:13 PM
May 2020

attention to the news. They get their info from talking and listening to each other. Or they listen to Rush or those crazy ultra right wing pastors.

So many don't have much education they rely on what they hear friends and family.

 

outasync

(41 posts)
8. still time...
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:34 PM
May 2020

for Captain BoneSpurs to sink further. We need to be relentless as well...even more so...keep on him.
They succeed when we peacefully accept. I practice the economic war as well.

"We should not knowingly do business with anyone who still supports Trump. I don't eat their pizza or burgers or chicken sandwiches. I don't buy their insurance, read their newspapers or watch their cable channels. I will not knowingly use any service provider with a Trump sticker on their vehicle and any one wearing a MAGA cap will see the same expression on my face as I'd show to someone abusing a child or painting a swastika on a synogogue."

wow ..darn good speech IMHO!

sop

(10,197 posts)
9. A deadly second wave in September/October will put Trump at G.W. Bush approval numbers
Thu May 21, 2020, 08:44 PM
May 2020

towards the end of his presidency.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
10. The second part of boycotting is the letter sent to HQ.
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:05 PM
May 2020

They care deeply about the bottom line. That's why the Chick-Fil-A/Salvation Army story earlier this year was so big.

Hassler

(3,379 posts)
12. 40% of Americans are beyond help. Herbert Hoover got
Thu May 21, 2020, 09:48 PM
May 2020

About that percentage of votes FOUR YEARS into the Great Depression.

Scruffy1

(3,256 posts)
16. Once someone becomes a believer its hard to change them.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:19 PM
May 2020

It's a cult, not a political organization. His whole campaign was a fantasy for all the powerless and ignored people who now were told that their ignorance was as good as knowledge and wisdom. If you already believe that the news is all fake then actual events don't matter. This is what they believe, facts don't matter because they don't believe them. Another side of the the coin is that he is really a version of the long con. I have known con men who keep conning the same victim for a long time and getting more money out of them. It's always the same, we just need another x amount of dollars to finish the deal and you'll be rich on Tuesday. Denial plays an important part but more important the con man knows how to create faith in him among the victims. I also question the strength of support. The polls don't show the depth of support by someone saying they approve. I have a feeling the Maga Magic will wear off. He's not a new shiny object and I think a lot of his "supporters" will forget to vote. He got close to winning with a complicit media giving him endless coverage and demonizing his opponent. Misogyny was a big part of his campaign and this time the women voters will be out in droves. Lastly he has really pissed off a lot of business people he bought with his tax cut with some of his idiotic policies.

judeling

(1,086 posts)
17. It actually is even better then it appears.
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:39 PM
May 2020

There are big cracks developing in the Trump base. We have seen that with the 65+ numbers but the Q poll is the only one really tracking the Urban / Suburban / Rural break outs.

While they are only doing that with the Virus questions and they are revealing. Rural America is coming in line with the rest of America. That means Trump is rapidly losing the strength of his support in the bastion of the cultural center of it. I am not saying that people are leaving the SS Trump just yet, but they are definitely looking at where the lifeboats are.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
18. It's Stunning
Thu May 21, 2020, 11:49 PM
May 2020

Even seeing the sanitized as much as possible on Faux News how on earth could almost 40% still favor that?

He is dumb, he is mean, he has not one bit of empathy, he is a cheat in so many ways. There’s a reason he’s fighting hard to keep his tax returns and his bank dealings from any investigation.

Word is his wife despises him but hides it in public. I mean, as a woman, I can’t fathom having sex with that tub of lard.

If he should loses what happens with his hard core Neo Nazi base?

If somehow he and his minions cheat enough to win....it could be game, set, match for our democracy and way of life.

So again, vote! No excuses! Let’s crush this monster.

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