Trump scores poorly on economy and immigration as some fear he is ‘exceeding powers’ and focussed on wrong issues

a New York Times/Siena College poll of registered voters on Friday found that Trump’s approval rating is 42%, and just 29% among independent voters. More than half of voters said Trump is “exceeding the powers available to him”, and 59% of respondents said the president’s second term has been “scary”

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
    6·
    14 hours ago

    And none of this matters because of by some miracle this fascist doesn’t fascist this country, the next, more competent fascist from the fascist party will take to where Trump left off because they’ll always vote the hard R.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      2·
      14 hours ago

      It’s all about emotions and in-group belonging. All of us are subject to that, to some extent. But for some people it’s the dominant force in their lives. I don’t know how to fix that, because it seems kind of deeply baked in.

      • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social
        2·
        10 hours ago

        Maybe the left needs more flag waving and American exceptionalism. While dumb, it tickles the in-group need; if pageantry is enough to sway some large portion of the population towards a better future then maybe it’s worthwhile.