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A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he’s been a great or good president.

44% say Trump’s focused on the wrong priorities in the AP-NORC poll, 21% said an even mix and 10% don’t know

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[–] middlemanSI@lemmy.world 152 points 23 hours ago (9 children)

6 out of ten said what? This is fine..?

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 51 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

2 in 10: Average 3 in 10: Great

If you all could just try to not take the rest of the planet with you, that'll be great.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 16 points 22 hours ago (9 children)

You really got to wonder what that 2 in 10 thinks about the history of presidents of this country. I mean there's been some stinkers but Jesus.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Fucking politicians. All the same ain't they.

Edit: ...is what they are thinking.

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (4 children)

It’s a bullshit poll. 10% selected “I don’t know.”

The AP-NORC poll surveyed 1,260 adults from April 17- April 21, using a probability-based method from AmeriSpeak. The margin of sampling error for the poll is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

He’s underwater at 54.6% unfavorable on YouGov as of five days ago.

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/trackers/donald-trump-favorability

He’s 59% unfavorable on Pew Research Center as of three days ago.

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/04/23/evaluations-of-trump-job-approval-and-confidence-on-issues/

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago (4 children)

I mean, these numbers are still crazy low relatively speaking.

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 10 points 20 hours ago

They were probably afraid to speak for fear or being deported

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

I misread it as 4/10 say he's good, and still thought WTF?!

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 19 hours ago

It’s because we’re literally surrounded by nazis

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Could be 6 out of 10 said he should be put into the ground, it could also be 6 or if 10 said he should be the next pope.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 72 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Only 4-in-10? That's disappointing

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 16 points 15 hours ago

It's why the US will fail, quickly.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

It’s more than the people who voted for him…

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 48 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

30% of the population thinks tanking the economy, shredding the constitution, and deporting people to what is essentially a death camp without due process, all totally legal and very cool.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

~~Deporting.~~ Disappearing.

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[–] PenguinMage@lemmy.world 47 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

How THE FUCK is it only 4 in 10?! Have they been bound, gagged, and held away from any goddamn newssource? This incontinent incompetent asshole is qualified to sit in a fucking jail cell, that's it. God this country is stupid...

[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

How THE FUCK is it only 4 in 10?! Have they been bound, gagged, and held away from any goddamn newssource?

No, but there are millions who basically do not consume news outside of social media. And as you see on social media, people constantly complain about having to see "politics" and many try to block anything regarding that.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

Hell it happens here on Lemmy. And tbh I've thought about doing it too, shit's way too depressing right now.

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[–] boughtmysoul@lemmy.world 38 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

“He’s really doing the stuff that he said he was going to do,” Tanner Bergstrom, a 29 year old Republican from Minnesota, told the Associated Press. He added that Trump is “not making a bunch of promises and getting into office and nothing happens. … I really like that. Even if it’s some stuff I don’t agree with, it’s still doing what he said he was going to do.”

He’s a Nazi, but at least he’s an honest Nazi.

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, as a sane person yes I do like honest Nazis more than lying Nazis. But do you know what I like more than honest Nazis? People who aren't a Nazi, I like those way the fuck more than honest Nazis which apparently puts us in the minority in this shit hole of a county

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 19 points 15 hours ago

4 in 10 Americans have an IQ above 12.

[–] friendlymessage@feddit.org 17 points 11 hours ago (4 children)
[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Political tribalism is so crazy in this country. It's like Republicans and Democrats live in two different countries. I suppose in some ways they do.

[–] danarchyintheATL@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

The divide is actually between "people who got an education that included critical thinking skills" and people who didn't.

Ideologically speaking, dozens of studies and surveys have shown that Americans are actually not very ideologically separate - it's just that the group that can't critically think is routinely and easily manipulated into voting AGAINST their own ideology through fear.

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[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

4 in 10? Are these polls conducted in Mobile, Alabama?

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Shows that Trump is not the problem. He is the symptom.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 12 points 23 hours ago

How is it only 4 in 10?
Oh wait, maybe the other options were Horrible and stinking, which both received 3 votes.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck is wrong with the other six?

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 11 points 11 hours ago

44% is not sinking. What has that number moved, 1.3%?

[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 11 points 17 hours ago

The world is full of dumb people shocker

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

So 60% of Americans are pieces of shit. That tracks.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

6 in ten Americans are complete imbeciles I guess

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Hands down, the worst president, twice.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 22 hours ago

He's getting a masterclass in negotiation from Xi and I'm here for it.

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (4 children)

And the other six? racist illiterate scumbags.

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[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So 44% think he's doing terribly, 21% are an even mix, 10% don't know. That's 75%. One can only assume that the remaining 25% think he's doing a great job. I also imagine that there is an element of the shy conservative in these responses so the actual figure is probably like 30-40% think he's doing pretty good.

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[–] BoringHusband@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

These are the 4 in 10 who didn't vote then.

[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Was this written by AI?

Forty-two percent of Independents say Trump has the wrong priorities, 30 percent say an even mix, 9 percent believe he has the wrong priorities and 19 percent don’t know.

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