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In reply to the discussion: Majority of Americans now say they approve of Trump's handling of coronavirus: poll [View all]Cetacea
(7,367 posts)40. Yes and yes
He smartly used the pressers and crises to appear quasi-presidential. And many voters simply don't follow politics in general. Rick Scott probably advised him. Scott was also a terrible governor who used hurricanes to great optics effects.
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Majority of Americans now say they approve of Trump's handling of coronavirus: poll [View all]
yaesu
Mar 2020
OP
ABC pandering for Trump approval? I'd like to see how the questions were worded.
hlthe2b
Mar 2020
#2
The bodies haven't started piling up yet, and people think they'll get checks.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#3
Most Republicans still think Covid-19 is being overblown. Wait till they start getting sick.
SunSeeker
Mar 2020
#31
When it hits areas where rural hospitals have closed, then they will know what loss is.
Efilroft Sul
Mar 2020
#46
55% of Americans believe Trump is solving a problem that he helped to exacerbate.
Efilroft Sul
Mar 2020
#5
Because of all the lies tRump has been telling lately about how great his response is. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Mar 2020
#9
It didn't include yesterday's disaster of a press conference, and it compared two weeks ago, where
still_one
Mar 2020
#28
Trump bought himself a poll. Try it again after those checks get spent and granma is in ...
marble falls
Mar 2020
#26
Thx for the graph!! The Hill very gop leaning. Of course they're going to say plp approve
Thekaspervote
Mar 2020
#45
Not a surprise-- he's been taking active steps to help with the crisis for about a week
andym
Mar 2020
#51
If this is true, 55% of Americans are too gullible & ignorant for representative government.
CrispyQ
Mar 2020
#52
The pollster's car must have broken down in West Virginny so he asked folks to pass the time
BamaRefugee
Mar 2020
#65
Yes, America is this dumb. A fact we won't be able to deny in November, I'm afraid.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2020
#69
We need to do a better job of owning the narrative. But we've been too busy actually working.
JudyM
Mar 2020
#73
They have convinced themselves the Coronavirus is coming over our southern border.
raging moderate
Mar 2020
#83