Maybe Russia is corrupting the polls to show Trump remaining popular

[captain queeg]

I find it hard to believe given the ongoing news that Trump maintains a certain level of popularity or even more ludicrous the recent poll slowing him winning in a landslide in 2020. He lost the popular vote in 2016 and he has most assuredly lost ground since then.

[mopinko]

1. that wasnt polling. that was a strictly economic prediction. only wrong once- 2016.

in sane times, it's the economy, stupid.
this is a black swan event. past performance is useless.

and the one trumpkin i know is more enthralled than ever. and on fire about the "cia coup".

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, Trumps 10% float comes from democrats according to a lot of polls. Some dems have a 15% ...

... approval rating in one poll I saw.

My jaw dropped, I was like there's no freakin way Red Don is up 15% ... that would make sense on how hes 45%

[RockRaven]

3. A lot of people who watch FOXNews and listen to Rush et al simply live in a parallel universe.

I think those polls could be real. It's just a reflection of the fact that 1/3 of the country are irredeemably misinformed precisely because they wish to be so.

A portion of my extended family is like that. They just won't accept facts staring them in the face when those facts make them sad. They do the see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, but speak-*much*-evil act.

[Garrett78]

7. I've posted before this depressing article about "how facts backfire":

http://archive.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/07/11/how_facts_backfire/

That article has stuck with me ever since I first read it nearly 10 years ago.

[Celerity]

11. +10000

great article

[Downtown Hound]

4. There has been no poll that shows Trump winning in a landslide in 2020

That was just a ridiculous projection by some economists using a model that only relied on economic indicators. It did not factor in approval ratings and only assumed a modest Democratic turnout.

In other words, it's total bullshit.

[SunSeeker]

5. Thank you. nt

[beachbumbob]

12. I hope they continue to mis-understimate the anger building each day in democrats and independents

with NO 3rd party candidate to siphon off votes, trump will lose bigley...

[world wide wally]

6. I think part of Trump's melting down is because he is running out of time.

He was counting on 8 years and now he realizes he will have a maximum of 4 to deliver for Pootie

[Hortensis]

8. Maddow noted that a lot's happening at once and suggested it

may be because Trump could be running out of time to produce for whomever he's serving. There's of course been speculation here about that.

[stopdiggin]

9. not unless you think Sinclair, Murdoch, Hannity and Limbaugh are Russian (nt)

[Voltaire2]

10. Maybe Super Putin isn't responsible for

everything that happens.