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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:19 AM Mar 2019

Most Americans 'Uncomfortable' with Trump Re-Election


March 31, 2019 at 9:11 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds half of registered voters say they are “very uncomfortable” with President Trump’s candidacy for re-election while an additional 9% say they have “some reservations.”

Among those saying they’re “very uncomfortable” are at least half of several traditional swing voter groups, such as independents (50% saying they are “very uncomfortable”), suburban women (56%) and moderates (57%).

In contrast, just 26% of voters overall say they’re “enthusiastic” about Trump’s 2020 bid, with another 14% saying they are “comfortable.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/31/most-americans-uncomfortable-with-trump-re-election/
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kentuck

(111,110 posts)
1. Perhaps we should encourage them to vote for the corrupt and immoral criminal?
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:21 AM
Mar 2019

So we can tear everything down and start all over. Anarchy, anyone?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. That's pretty much where I'm at.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:55 AM
Mar 2019

This country won't survive another four years of Trump. Look at how much damage he has done in only two years. And I don't think we will even be aware of the full impact of the past two years until another two years from now.

FakeNoose

(32,791 posts)
3. We need to give them a candidate that they will feel comfortable with
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:40 AM
Mar 2019

... and that was a problem in 2016. Don't get me wrong I love Hillary Clinton and I thought she would have made an outstanding president. But the independents and the right-wingers did not, and the GOP used misogyny and racism to get their totally unacceptable candidate into the White House. It's something we can't overlook, and we cannot allow it to happen again. If the swing voters are more comfortable with Joe Biden than with, say, Kamala Harris, then it's a big thing and we need to work with it. Let's remember that voting for Obama was "comfortable" for a majority of Americans regardless of individual voter demographics.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
5. I cannot tell you how many of my liberal female friends hated her.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 09:59 AM
Mar 2019

I don't mean dislike, I mean hated. This group of friends consists of professional women all 65+ to late 70s. Most of them passed their POTUS votes and would not vote for her -- or for that orange asshole.

I was never a fan of Hillary, but I never hated her and she was by far, by really, really far, a better choice than the POS in the WH now. But, hell yes, voted for her. However, living in CA, it did not make on bit of difference in where the state's electoral votes went. But not vote a straight Dem ticket? That thought never crossed my mind.

I think you did hit on a good word: "Uncomfortable." My male then-roommate was truly uncomfortable with her. He was in his 80s at the time of the 2016 election (passed away in Dec 2018), and he was at one time a conservative Repub. Got more and more liberal as he aged. Supported Bernie like crazy, but not hot on Hillary at all.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. Why did they hate her?
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 11:57 AM
Mar 2019

It's interesting, because they were all pretty much in the same demographic as Hillary. Just curious as to why they disliked her so strongly.

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)
10. Centered around the Monica Lewinski affair by Bill
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 01:14 PM
Mar 2019

It was not the affair, but most felt that staying with Bill was unacceptable and not because he had cheated. The affair itself -- many would forgive a spouse of straying -- but that she stay because with Bill because it was advantageous to her political goals -- that was offensive. It was not what they thought an independent woman should do and a bad role model for young women. That's the best I could understand why they disliked her so much. Add that many found her untrustworthy as well.

dragonlady

(3,577 posts)
11. It's interesting
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 01:49 PM
Mar 2019

that this survey found almost none who were undecided. Everybody has an opinion about Trump.

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