Sorry, Trump. Most Americans don't like you.

[riversedge]

Sorry, Trump. Most Americans don’t like you.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/02/americans-dont-believe-or-like-trump/

By Jennifer Rubin Opinion writer
Jan. 2, 2020 at 6:45 a.m. CST

It is easy to overstate the support President Trump has for his policies and conspiracy theories. His approval remains in the low-40s, but the percentage of Americans who buy into his positions and assertions is remarkably small. Trump and Fox News have their true believers, but beyond that minority of the population, the large majority of Americans understand he often spews nonsense or out-and-out lies. And, to boot, they really do not like him.
....................

....................

Why, then, do the election polls, especially state polls, show a hypothetical general election to be rather tight? First, we should all keep in mind that the electoral college and the people in key swing states are generally less antagonistic toward Trump than the country as a whole. Second, Trump has already begun, and will continue, to demonize Democratic politicians as unpatriotic, crazy, socialist and a danger to his base’s way of life. He won in 2016 by making Hillary Clinton even more unlikable than he; he will try to do the same with whomever the Democrats choose to nominate in 2020. Third, unless and until a Democratic presidential nominee convinces voters he or she cares about them and is in sync with their values and basic political predilections, there will be a segment of “soft” independent and Republican voters who shy away from the Democrats.

The bottom line: Trump cannot win a majority of Americans’ respect and affection; he can only try to frighten them about their alternative. That’s why you can expect a vicious, anti-factual campaign that likely will make 2016 look like a picnic.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Moostache]

1. This quote makes my soul hurt already, on 2nd January...

That’s why you can expect a vicious, anti-factual campaign that likely will make 2016 look like a picnic.

I am still not even CLOSE to being recovered or over 2016...and to imagine the depths of depravity that Trump is going to sink to this year is almost too depressing to ponder and remain capable of human interactions...

Goddamn it...this shit has GOT to stop...each election cycle is getting worse than the one before it.

[lagomorph777]

3. It's already begun: Trump just started a war with a major power.

[Scarsdale]

2. This poor excuse for a human being

has caused so much damage, he HAS to go. The gop shamelessly prop him up, in spite of the obvious mental decline. He was never intelligent, but he has sunk even lower in the last 3 years. I personally LOATHE the so-called president. His entire family repulses me, grifting money grubbers the entire crew. The presidency has been brought down so low by this administration, I wonder if we can ever recover? After this last debacle in Iraq, I would not care to be anywhere near a tRump family member. Prime targets for kidnapping, thanks to daddy. It would not concern me in the least. The entire family has used the presidency to enrich themselves, destroy this country and all the laws. Amazingly, there is not a single one of them with an above average I.Q. Seems to me they are below average. God help us all at this most dangerous episode in the history of this country.