...that's an easy excuse for people who don't like to read news they disagree with; POLITICO, as the name suggests, writes about politics from an "inside the beltway" perspective, but both Parties come in for coverage and criticism.

is emboldened by the cheers of those who haven't a CLUE as to what they're cultivating.

if these polls are legitimate? Something about these numbers seems off.

of people to their congress reps and senators and the massive protests would have one think otherwise.

...This is how Trump became the Republican nominee in the first place.

We are not going to win Congress or even get to the issues unless we address how Republicans are using hate to not only oppress minorities, but white working class voters.

Put another way, the most popular misconception is that it is the Democrats that are playing identity politics. To the contrary, by catering and promoting prejudice and hate, Republicans are able to get white working class voters to support programs that economically hurt them for the benefit of the very rich.

"He did everything he said he was going to do. Best president evah."

I've offered my sister asylum but so far she's not taken me up on it.

or fails to create a coal renaissance. But then the Republicans will blame Democrats and the rubes will buy the lie hook, line and sinker.

wishful thinking lead us to wrong expectations very recently.

In order to keep resisting, we have to accept the fact that this is not going to suddenly magically change.

But NEVER let our guard down and NEVER quit resisting.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125123884
note the information in the link isnt mine .

However, Morning Consult/Politico did point out that Trump’s overall job approval rating continues to trend downward. Gallup’s most recent results – taken between Jan. 30 and Feb. 5 - show only 43 percent of Americans approve of the work Trump’s done and his highest mark has only been 46 percent, three days after his inauguration last month.

So?

Sorry, dunno how to shrink this.

Dang, I can't find anything more about this poll ... as of 758 pm CT 2/8/17, these don't mention it:

https://morningconsult.com/polling/

http://www.politico.com/tag/politico-morning-consult-poll

Later: apparently the results in the above graphic are from several different polls taken at different times ... so one has to look up each poll individually... sigh

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/55-voters-approve-trump-travel-ban-poll-shows-article-1.2967046

Some interesting excerpts from nydailynews.com link just above

the hell is going on....

...a lot of Americans share his prejudices and his ignorance, but they never give public voice to such opinions. Trump wears his hate for everyone to see, and Americans do not like the look. Put another way, a lot of Americans will insist that they are not racist or prejudiced, but will agree with racial profiling and adopt a lot of stereotyped views.

I take it as a good point that folks do not approve of Trump. Eventually, if you see how ignorant he is being proven to be, then perhaps folks will re-examine their own views and whether or not they are as unbiased as they would like to think they actually are. It is not "common sense." It is racism, sexism and xenophobia.

Republicans are nice. I am not racist. I don't support Putin. Well, if you voted for trump, and other repugs, you might be nice, but so what? If you voted for trump, you have a long way to go on the racism. If you still support trump, you are a Russian sympathizer.

in the same sense that many angry people, at one time, embraced anarchist principles, or any variety of revolutionary ideology. Anger or hatred is the common thread, along with a complete lack of planning or concern for "what happens after".

Most every real journalist has more liberal beliefs. Most large cities, especially on the coasts are more liberal. And the coasts get way more attention than the middle of America because New York and Los Angeles are media/entertainment centers. So it seemed before the election that all signs were pointing to a Hillary win. It is like a blackout in middle America. Their only political talk radio is extremist right wing pro-Trump and demonizing the Democrats 24/7. They don't even know what's going on. Or at least no one who sees things as we do with communications skills have had access to explain things to them. So all they know is what Rush and Hannity say. And even more importantly, they hear nothing in context such as Elizabeth Warrens expulsion today. They don't even hear of some stories, or else all they hear or read is fake news with alternate facts on the stories.

And DU is of course in a much more protected smaller bubble.

There has to be a greater effort to reach these people. They simply cannot all be such deplorably racist, sexist, bigots.

The GOP and their Branch Trumpvidian supporters like to make a lot of hay about how large swaths of the country are red but I say news flash to these fornicating idiots. These areas are largely empty. They don't have anywhere near the population density that blue states often have.

Here's a map that showed the population density back in 2010...



Of course because of our fucked up electoral college and gerrymandering we have an orange shit in office now, and a bunch of groupies in Congress. Ugh.

swathes of the country. Just country music, religious, and RW hate talk shows.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160721005603/en/iHeartMedia-Cumulus-Entercom-Cox-Sun-Broadcast-Group

"With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S. and over 85 million social followers, iHeartMedia has the largest reach of any radio or television outlet in America. It serves over 150 markets through 858 owned radio stations, and the company’s radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company’s radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets and smartphones, and on gaming consoles. iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia’s digital radio platform, is the No. 1 all-in-one digital audio service with over a billion downloads; it reached its first 20 million registered users faster than any digital service in Internet history and reached 85 million registered users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook. The company’s operations include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. iHeartMedia is a division of iHeartMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: IHRT)."

ABC, NBC or CBS affiliates for news headlines type reports

NPR, plus these...

Top new stations:

WINS-AM – 1010 WINS – New York, NY
WCBS-AM – Newsradio 880 – New York, NY
WBBM-AM – Newsradio 780 – Chicago, IL
KFI-AM – KFI AM 640 – Los Angeles, CA
KNX-AM – KNX1070News Radio – Los Angeles, CA
WTOP-FM – WTOP 103.5 FM – Washington, D.C.
WABC-AM – 77 WABC Radio – New York, NY
KCBS-AM – All News 740 – San Francisco, CA
WSB-AM – AM 750 – Atlanta, GA
KYW-AM – KYW Newsradio 1060 – Philadelphia, PA

as a primary or even significant source though? I'm not sure how that's relevant.

blasting all day long at the job site. (My neighbor has Rush and company on ALL day and night.)

I kinda doubt they plunk down in front of Judy Woodruff and PBS Newshour when they get home.

Anyway, that's my impression on the dumb ing down of America. Yours may be different.

Of blue states. Let the idiots live without our money. And let red staters move to blue states for a period of time, then close those damn gates!
And now he is fear-mongering. Dont forget how well that worked after 9/11. It got us the Iraq War.

In the months before the election I was in Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky. I saw numerous Trump signs and bumper stickers. I saw 1 Clinton one here in WV and I saw one Clinton bumper sticker on the outskirts of DC.

Even a friend with a degree in suburban DC was voting for Trump because he has a landscaping business and was losing money because immigrants were undercutting him on price. This is a guy who used to be liberal.

The enthusiasm was with the Trump people. A lot of the union guys around here always voted democratic because of the GOP's hatred of unions. Trump took the working class vote away from the dems with his so far faux pro worker talk and also was pro gun. That's a winning strategy in the rust belt.

According to CNN's "Reliable Sources" newsletter...

Morning Consult poll is "conducted online and doesn't meet our standards because respondents are selected from an opt-in panel, meaning only those who've signed up to take surveys can participate," CNN polling director Jennifer Agiesta says

with alternative results for the psychopath in chief to twitter about.

population and are subject to unknown, non-measurable biases. Even if opt-in surveys are based on probability samples drawn from very large pools of volunteers, their results still suffer from unknown biases stemming from the fact that the pool has no knowable relationships with the full target population.

skip

For opt-in surveys and polls, therefore, responsible researchers and authors of research reports are obligated to disclose that respondents were not randomly selected from among the total population, but rather from among those who took the initiative or agreed to volunteer to be a respondent.

http://www.aapor.org/Education-Resources/For-Researchers/Poll-Survey-FAQ/Opt-In-Surveys-and-Margin-of-Error.aspx

If you asked them if they approved of Trump's habit of picking his nose they would all say "yes!"

a buncha trump supporters? I refuse to believe this is a credible poll.

From me. But they didn't ask me...strange, eh?

Trump understands this.

yup