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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
No, Trump was elected in part on the fact he hated and belittled his fellow Republicans.
Which is true.
His support of the GOP agenda is...fickle at best when it's not his idea. We also know it's returned as they ignore his orders and agenda at will.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 22nd 2018 at 6:39:13 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.![]()
The thing is, he can't just ignore them. Not completely. Rare as it's been, there have been times that the GOP has blocked or opposed Trump's actions, and Trump has had no choice but to abide by them. Even if he tries, Congress (or even just the House) is a hell of a drug.
Edited by kkhohoho on Oct 22nd 2018 at 8:40:28 AM
Trump is the reason that the Healthcare repeal failed.
Albeit barely.
He and the Republicans couldn't agree on what would replace it (the GOP wanting nothing to) and Trump wanting a big gaudy monument to his ego.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.And if the Democratic Party takes control then he won't be able to ignore them at all, because his domestic agenda will be dead and his foreign agenda will be limited by whatever means that Congress can draw up.
The only reason Trump thinks that he can just ignore Congress is because he's a moron who has been treated with kids gloves by the Republicans, that will stop the moment that Democrats take control (if they do).
(I know this doesn't contradict your point, I'm adding to it)
The smarter ones probably do but the average are just moronic authoritarians and thus probably don't know.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Oct 22nd 2018 at 9:47:26 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangRemember that his approval rating is determined by polling his base of supporters. They don't even bother to poll his opponents, because the results would automatically be negative.
So, if less than half of his own base approve of him, what does that tell you?
Edited by pwiegle on Oct 23rd 2018 at 5:09:05 AM
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Yep, and you have to consider that each time a bunch of republicans decide that they have enough and denounce the party, they no longer turn up in the baseline. So when they say "after x event the approval rating has risen again" it can mean that the base thought that those actions were great, but it can ALSO mean that in reaction to the event, more people who were previously in the disapproval crowd have stopped to consider themselves as republicans, hence the percentage of the Republicans who approve as risen.
That's statistics for you.
I can’t comment on that specific poll but I know that Trump’s 538 aproval numbers aren’t just tracking his aproval amongst Republicans, they’re his numbers amongst everyone, they have him at 43% aproved and 52% disapprove right now, which is relatively high aproval for him.
In aproval he’s between where Bill Clinton and Reagan were at the same time in their first terms, however in net aproval he’s doing worse than Regan was.
Trump’s aproval does seem to have a solid floor, but so does his disapproval, while Trump is able to bring Republicans back when they get upset with him he’s incapable of avoiding pissing off Democrats.
Low aproval at this point isn’t the weird thing about Trump’s popularity, it’s the high level of disapproval that stands out.
But yes, if one is just looking at Trump’s aproval amongst Republicans it’s onyl as high as it is because people who disapprove of him tend to quit the party.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 23rd 2018 at 11:07:33 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranWell, Democrats do want to raise taxes. On the wealthy, who can afford it and are not paying their share.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Honestly, it's difficult to, because to do anything remotely useful, the Democrats would have to raise taxes somewhere.
I'd say just go the class warfare route and portray the rich as having untapped reserves of wealth that they're hoarding from the common man and could be converted into tax dollars, because it's the only narrative that's wholly true.
My preferable strategy is indirect — a full propaganda push showing what taxes do — so that the people start clamoring for a tax hike.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."You decouple taxes from government, people tend to see taxes as just going into some black hole.
So for a sound bite you want something like “making the richest pay middle America what middle America deserves”.
If you want to get technical and use specifics you can go with stuff like, “Amazon’s trucks use America’s roads every day to make money, it’s time they paid for the upkeep of the roads they profit from”.
You frame it not as the government taking money for itself, but middle America getting paid for the work it does for the richest.
Thing is nobody on the Democrat side wants to raise taxes on the poor.
Edited by Silasw on Oct 23rd 2018 at 1:40:11 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

Trump's approval rating at 47% doesn't sound right. As others have said, its from a less than reliable firm. Plus, Trump has actually had a pretty decent October; no major (domestic) new scandals, and Mueller has been quiet.
And its interesting to note that any modest gains in Trump's approval do not appear to be helping his party in the Congressional race.
Edited by Rationalinsanity on Oct 22nd 2018 at 10:12:35 AM
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