Summary
Donald Trump has the lowest approval rating of any newly elected U.S. president since World War II, except for himself in 2017.
While his immigration policies and government downsizing have support, controversial moves—like ending birthright citizenship and renaming the Gulf of Mexico—face strong opposition.
Economic concerns, particularly rising prices, remain a major issue for voters.
Analysts say Trump’s popularity will likely hinge on broader economic and immigration policies, with potential political consequences for Republicans in the 2026 elections.
because the dems put out candidates somehow even less popular.
Republicans do evil things? Democrats are to blame for not having stopped them.
Democrats do evil things? Well, you can hardly blame people for electing Republicans, then.
sorry if i seem one-sided its because of the genocide and the shitshow defacto appointment strategy from the dnc et al… there is a reason the left infights more than the right- there’s a logic to attempting to speak to the side that is ostensibly closer to your ideals. what has yelling at or about trump accomplished, btw?
The fact that you’re getting downvotes for this gives me little hope for the future of our country.
Balkanization is too good for the US.
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of course its the people who are the problem… democrats blaming voters is pretty standard procedure.
If you couldn’t see all this coming from a mile away and with the experience of living through his previous term, yeah, it’s your own gd fault.
I’m not even a Democrat it’s just how the world views Americans 🤷🏽♂️
and its a great tragedy because i prefer to believe there’s a good will that powerful interests undermine in very sophisticated and underhanded ways. it is the game of a duopoly to split the electorate and set citizen against citizen- we see how identity politics has been revealed in so many ways as either vulnerabilities to be usurped or left as poisoned pills for folks to take up and be delegitimized by. attack dogs aren’t born that way, they’re created… and fwiw, there are a lot of people who just want to have a chance to experience this “land of the free” and all the freedoms and experiences they’re so increasingly priced out of.
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no of course not… i am not a republican or a democrat.
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keep playing hot potato with decline, your leaders don’t represent your interests.
I literally have no idea what you’re talking about.
well you’d have to read it first.
The root of the problem is that too many people view the job as a popularity contest. The most effective person for the job may not have the best personality, or be the one you would like to have a beer with.
Elections are and have always been popularity contests.
Democracy isn’t for picking leaders, it’s the process by which leaders absolve themselves of responsibility for their actions.
“Don’t blame me, the voters put me here.”
Voter suppression should be somewhere in this conversation eventually too, but, yeah, until the Democratic party sees some huge reforms and dumps a bunch of the electeds and campaign consultants and party staffers that led us to this point they’re going to keep getting wiped out every couple of election cycles
The really unfortunate part is that losing to Donald Trump makes a lot of the most vocal Democratic party supporters completely lose their minds and start attacking anyone who tries to have a conversation about why Democratic candidates lose, so, yeah, expect to get a lot of personal attacks and trolling for saying this