They don’t like him, they really, really don’t like him
by digby
69% of the 900 registered voters polled in the September NBC News/Wall Street Journal public opinion poll said they do not like Trump personally, regardless of their feelings about his policies.
Why it matters: Despite the conventional wisdom that incumbents have an upper hand in general elections, the poll indicates that Trump is the most disliked president out of his 5 most recent predecessors.
Details: The poll found Trump’s approval rating rests at 45%, which is on par with where Barack Obama and Bill Clinton stood at this point in their presidencies. Both Obama and Clinton won re-election, but neither president faced the high degree of personal animus that Trump faces today.
Previously, the highest share of voters that said they disliked the president personally, regardless of their views on his policies, was 42% for George W. Bush in 2006 — in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Gosh, I’m so old I remember when pundits insisted that elections turned on whether voters thought the president was someone they wanted to have a beer with. I guess now it’s all about whether they want to stand beneath him as he rants from a podium about his political enemies and brags about how wonderful he is.
I guess the truth is that a whole lot of voters really want to vote for a hateful demagogue they can’t stand.
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