• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Holy shit, people keep lecturing about how we shouldn’t blame voters, but an awful lot of them still support him on various issues, FFS.

    I mean…34% approve of his tariffs? What in the actual fuck.

    And he still polls higher than Biden on mental ability? Jesus, I would have taken Biden in a coma over this shit.

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      19 hours ago

      I have a bet going with my father in law over the US midterms. He believes that the American midterms will swing things towards the Democrats and their country will get back on track. I took the cynical bet and said there was no way midterms would swing government control, because a) a large portion of the population is not inspired to go out and support the Democrats even if they don’t love the current administration and b) I fully expect whatever amount of fraud is necessary to ensure a Republican win despite poor polling.

      I always hope I’m wrong and just taking being a pessimist, but articles like this make me realize that I might well be drowning my sorrows in a very nice bottle of wine in November.

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      2 days ago

      34% of the voter base are his voters. If he starts polling in the 20% range he’s losing supporters. Until then these are the centrists being fickle. 34% of the voter base doesn’t see any problem with him raping children.