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He managed to thread the needle, that's all. He was elected by a MINORITY vote. He managed to get three states by 70,000 votes combined while losing the popular vote by millions. If Obama had done that, Trump would be tweeting it 24/7 for the next decade.
People now know that Trump's schtick is simply saying outrageous things. It's all he's got. And the more outrageous, the more likely he's saying it to draw attention from negative Trump news. Every single thing he railed against he has done by magnitudes after the election, whether it was hiring the biggest swamp in history to golf, security expenses, campaigning on taxpayer money, profiting while in office and more. He has turned what has historically been a prestigious office, into a painful to watch circus. The country will grow increasingly isolationist over the next three years and the world may never see the U.S. the same way again.
But he was also elected because the MAJORITY of the people in the MAJORITY of states wanted him elected. We are the United States of AMERICA not the United States of New York and California. So why should the brain dead morons in New York City and Los Angeles decide who our leader is every time? Everyone who voted knew that when they voted that we use The Electoral College. Besides, Hillary won the popular vote in 2008 against Obama, and not a peep out of you Liberals was heard, just like if Trump won the popular vote but Hillary won the Electoral College. Just own up to the fact that people did not want someone who deleted 30,000 emails on a private server, who is responsible for the deaths of 4 Americans in Benghazi, I could go on and on and on, but if the left keeps this **** up Trump will win again. I voted for him and will again in 2020. It's a lesser of the two evils concept, and people saw Trump as the lesser of two evils. Good day.
Ugh, can't we just merge all of these posts into one YUGE "Trump is God" thread?
Or maybe "Trump is Hitler".
Nobody knows what will happen over the next few years but right after the left stopped crying they all jumped off a cliff together. Half the country descended into bitter, insane fury.
Right now the Democrat Party has nothing and nobody going for it. That may change, and I'm watching for any signs of real introspection, galvanization, willingness to honestly address how and where they went wrong, course correction, anything that can move the D party in a positive direction. Right now? Nothing.
Still, the former reality TV star is the most unpopular president in recent history. In the history of modern polling, no other president had as low an approval rating on day 274 of his presidency, according to FiveThirtyEight. The closest was former President Gerald Ford, who stood at 38.4 percent at the same point in his first term. It's worth noting that Ford's popularity plummeted after he pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon, who resigned in disgrace amid the Watergate scandal. Ford's decision was unpopular at the time but has largely been accepted as a correct and courageous decision years later. And at day 274, Trump's predecessor, former President Barack Obama, had an average approval rating of 53 percent.
Trump has never really come close to even hitting 50 percent in the FiveThirtyEight tracker. (He got as high as 47.8 percent shortly after inauguration but quickly fell a few percentage points.
The only President at this stage of his Presidency with a worse polling average than Trump currently has, is Trump himself, and it was only one point worse. He’s surpassed Gerald Ford, who was never elected. Winning!
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Right now the Democrat Party has nothing and nobody going for it. That may change, and I'm watching for any signs of real introspection, galvanization, willingness to honestly address how and where they went wrong, course correction, anything that can move the D party in a positive direction. Right now? Nothing.
Correct. Dems actions since November has solidified GOP wwc vote, which led way in Rust Belt. Conceding a voting block that remains the nation's largest is not a wise strategy, as it dictates the Dems need near record turnout and margins amongst all other voting blocks.
Dems stupidity is they speak to their coastal "echo chambers", instead of Middle America which decides elections, more often than not. Outside of Fl, there are no coastal swing states.
The primary blocs of voters that elected Trump were White Evangelicals and non-college whites and they have been losing percentage of registered voters for the past 30 years. That will continue simply due to aging. Can Trump win in 2020? Yes, but unless he broadens his coalition to include groups that are growing, the probability of winning with that coalition grows fainter with each 4 year election cycle due to demographic displacement.
Bi-Partisan help from me: This will let you rebuild your fabled "Blue Wall". It crumbled beautifully in 2016.
Correct. Dems actions since November has solidified GOP wwc vote, which led way in Rust Belt. Conceding a voting block that remains the nation's largest is not a wise strategy, as it dictates the Dems need near record turnout and margins amongst all other voting blocks.
Dems stupidity is they speak to their coastal "echo chambers", instead of Middle America which decides elections, more often than not. Outside of Fl, there are no coastal swing states.
Claims to hate identity politics, proceeds to encourage Dems to use identity politics to win. Lol!!
The primary blocs of voters that elected Trump were White Evangelicals and non-college whites and they have been losing percentage of registered voters for the past 30 years. That will continue simply due to aging. Can Trump win in 2020? Yes, but unless he broadens his coalition to include groups that are growing, the probability of winning with that coalition grows fainter with each 4 year election cycle due to demographic displacement.
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Claims to hate identity politics, proceeds to encourage Dems to use identity politics to win. Lol!!
The argument is that identity politics is only bad when you are trying to help minorities.
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