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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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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 1 day 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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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

So looking over these numbers I have many questions, and I wish they had a breakdown of what people sell reported as instead of just the overall number of people surveyed, because I think was a good number of people trying to skew things (I hope at least - or else I really don't understand).

Like comparing the 2 charts below for example:

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  • 11% of Dems found Trump favorable
  • 9% of Dems found JD favorable (ouch for JD "couch fucker" Vance being 2 points behind a guy that is a convicted rapist and felon, and currently running the country into the ground)
  • 17% of Dems found RFK Jr. favorable (the guy pushing for sick kids and hurting anyone requiring anything in the proximity of mental health)

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  • So overall in the 1st chart 18% think Trump is doing great, but then somehow 39% have a favorable opinion of him?
  • And overall in the 1st chart 39% think Trump is doing a horrible job, but 57% have an unfavorable opinion of him overall.

So despite 39% of those surveyed thinking Trump is great, only 18% of them think he is doing great. While 57% of people surveyed think unfavorable of Trump, while only 39% think he is doing a horrible job.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

Yeah it's The Hill. They launder conservative talking points to neoliberals and centrists in order to obfuscate real information. Nothing they report is trustworthy.

[–] BoringHusband@lemmy.world 5 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 hour ago

Calling hIm "terrible," undersells it. He is, by all objective measure, the most prolific traitor in American history, literally worse than all other American traitors COMBINED.

He was already firmly established by historians as the worst president in American history following his first term, despite historians usually wishing to wait a decade before making their assessment. He was such a terrible president in his first term, that they didnt have to wait for his legacy to settle. Now he is only digging the hole of his legacy even deeper.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Sooo... Wait...

"4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a 'terrible' leader in his second term.
2 in 10 think he has done an average job
3 in 10 says he’s been a great or good president."

4+2+3 = 9...

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] joosteto@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Presumably rounding, or 1 in 10 thinks he's just done a bad job.

"There are 3 types of people: those who can count, and those who cannot".

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[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

6 in 10 Americans are terrible.

[–] Civil_Liberty@lemm.ee 3 points 1 hour ago

So 6 in 10 Americans are morons? That tracks.

[–] peteyestee@feddit.org 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah.... That's why he is president?

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Electoral collage. It masks unpopularity.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

At least 4 are nazis

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

Oh no! A new poll! Polls are very truthy. /s

[–] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Amazing that so many don’t think that. The media must be working overtime to hide such a mess from so many.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Not really. This work has been done over decades. Most Americans get their news from Fox or Facebook, both of which are intentionally misinforming people on a daily basis.

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