So scary. Don’t make trouble.
by digby
I just thought I’d put this up as a reminder of what a terrifying opponent Trump is:
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| Trump approval rating January 2017 to present |
I guess there’s a possibility that as more people tune in to his crimes and corruption the more they will like him. But it seems … counterintuitive. The man has never cracked 45% approval since the first month of his presidency. It’s true that he’s hovered right around 40% for his entire term but it’s hard to see why Democrats find him so intimidating.
I guess those insulting tweets really hit home.
By the way, the mid-term exit polls featured this finding last November:
Democrats’ current leader, Nancy Pelosi, has said she is not interested in moving to impeach Trump, but that won’t stop a lot of them from agitating for it; 77% of self-identified Democrats supported impeachment in the exit polls, compared with just 5% of Republicans and 33% of independents.
Support in the exit polls for impeaching Trump is nowhere near a majority, but as CNN has pointed out, 40% is much higher support for impeachment than most presidents face, including President Bill Clinton, who was actually impeached.
Support for impeachment is the highest in California, where 54% of 2018 voters back it, followed by New York with 52% support. The lowest is in North Dakota, Tennessee and West Virginia, where around a quarter of voters said they would support impeachment.
Well, if only 25% of West Virginia voters want Trump impeached you can see why Democrats would be reluctant to do it …
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