Donald Trump

[Stephenj]

Or perhaps they don't see solutions, or even the problems for that matter. If only there was evidence in society such as mass levels of homelessness, food banks, disproportionate levels of wages compared to inflation, oh and laws which enable the continued abuse of systems to ensure those who are supposed to be finding solutions to those problems in society get richer.

 

[marshbrewer]

Mmm, as an optimistic person, I'm struggling to believe that 13,000,000 plus people are that horrid.

 

[MrRook]

And yet. on 02 April, a Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll showed that 50 percent of likely U.S. voters approved of President Trump’s job performance. Forty-nine percent disapproved.

Polls show the results desired by the people paying for them.
You can word a poll question to get any result you want.

 

[Ken L]

Polls show the results desired by the people paying for them.
You can word a poll question to get any result you want.

But you don't run a company for 15 years through both Republican and Democrat administrations and become one of the main indicators of the popularity of American politics by constantly changing your polling questions in order to meet the political agenda du-jour.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

voting conservative doesn't make you a tory

being a tory doesn't make you a twot

 

[MrRook]

But you don't run a company for 15 years through both Republican and Democrat administrations and become one of the main indicators of the popularity of American politics by constantly changing your polling questions in order to meet the political agenda du-jour.

I wonder how many of the donald's six bankruptcies happened during those 15 years.
He's willing to say whatever pops into his head and then change it or deny it soon thereafter, so changing his polling questions on a regular basis is SOP for him.

 

[Stephenj]

voting conservative doesn't make you a tory

being a tory doesn't make you a twot

It's a lifestyle choice.

 

[Ken L]

I wonder how many of the donald's six bankruptcies happened during those 15 years.
He's willing to say whatever pops into his head and then change it or deny it soon thereafter, so changing his polling questions on a regular basis is SOP for him.

The polls are conducted by Rasmussen. Trump doesn't get to set the questions.

 

[Ajhutch]

If the Rasmussen poll is to be believed, Trump is actually doing better now than his share of the popular vote in the election, which historically is quite an achievement.

Big ‘if’ though; Rasmussen are a not particularly accurate pollster with a tendency to overstate Republican support.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

 

[Ken L]

If the Rasmussen poll is to be believed, Trump is actually doing better now than his share of the popular vote in the election, which historically is quite an achievement.

Big ‘if’ though; Rasmussen are a not particularly accurate pollster with a tendency to overstate Republican support.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

So, are Gallup even Stevens or massively pro-republican?

 

[Ajhutch]

So, are Gallup even Stevens or massively pro-republican?

Dunno, but there’s obviously a difference between 2012 and 2017. Maybe they’ve changed their methodology and Ras haven’t.

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

If the Rasmussen poll is to be believed, Trump is actually doing better now than his share of the popular vote in the election, which historically is quite an achievement.

Big ‘if’ though; Rasmussen are a not particularly accurate pollster with a tendency to overstate Republican support.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/

Thank you for qualifying that...

 

[MrRook]

The polls are conducted by Rasmussen. Trump doesn't get to set the questions.

Which still leaves the question of who's paying for it.

 

[Oneiroi]

I find it pretty hard to believe tariffs are going to bring back any jobs to the US. Might boost the Mexican steel industry though

I’ll hold judgement on whether NK talks can be called ‘productive’. Just saying yes to an invite that every recent president has got (and has turned down with good reason) isn’t particularly impressive.

He’s shaking things up though, if he turns it into an agreement on disbanding their nuclear and icbm programmes I’ll be the first to applaud!

Edit: on mobile, didn’t see the whole new page of posts or how much the conversation had moved on

 

[ElvisIsBeer]

I find it pretty hard to believe tariffs are going to bring back any jobs to the US. Might boost the Mexican steel industry though

I’ll hold judgement on whether NK talks can be called ‘productive’. Just saying yes to an invite that every recent president has got (and has turned down with good reason) isn’t particularly impressive.

He’s shaking things up though, if he turns it into an agreement on disbanding their nuclear and icbm programmes I’ll be the first to applaud!

Edit: on mobile, didn’t see the whole new page of posts or how much the conversation had moved on

Pretty much on the money. The one potential positive is that his wildcard aspect introduces a variable that shakes the status quo, but only if the negotiated outcomes are considered and well-judged. If the bluster leads to negotiated settlements with NK I'll be surprised, but pleased.

Trying that game in the middle east is another thing altogether.