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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumswhat the hell is Trump referring to with this morning's tweet?
Link to tweet
https://nypost.com/2018/07/29/trump-says-his-poll-numbers-are-higher-than-lincolns-even-though-polling-didnt-exist-then/
media is baffled about what poll he is referring to. no polls during Lincolns time. Trump is hallucinating
(on edit, he's talking about approval among republicans.. but even that's a lie. GW had higher approval among GOP after 9/11)
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)so nothing you read is happening, remember, which indicates you know what.
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)"don't believe everything you read on the internet"?
appalachiablue
(41,146 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)Ohiogal
(32,006 posts)and yank this tap-dancing imbecile off the stage NOW!!!
mucifer
(23,553 posts)Different Drummer
(7,621 posts)Don't Leave Blank
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@WTFisGoingOnDon
2h2 hours ago
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Replying to @realDonaldTrump
Well, to be fair, you also have way more Twitter followers than Lincoln and way more hotels
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)And when Republicans were polled about Reagan there were a lot more Republicans - during the '80s about 36% of voters identified as GOP; now it's only about 25%, so the approval of a majority of GOPers doesn't mean the same actual number of people. In fact, Reagan's overall approval rating never went below about 44%, where Trump's is now. Reagan's numbers improved after that. Trump's won't.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,519 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)That is what he is referring too. Trump still has his "basket of Deplorables".
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,735 posts)Even 80% of 35% is a lot more than 88% of 23%. But I don't think Spanky does math.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)-8 is a great round of 18 holes.
malaise
(269,057 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)Not by modern polling but there are other ways it was measured. He only won the election with 39.8% of the vote -- the lowest of any presidential winner in our history.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/evidence-unpopular-mr-lincoln
So it is a pretty low bar to get over.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Were beyond lies. Its all pure fabrication. Take s look at the tweet about the meeting with the NYT. It didnt simply misrepresent what was discussed. It was made up. And he went public with an off the record meeting. And, yet, the good little fascists eat this shit up and ask for more.
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)to pacify the tantrums