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https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-concerned-are-americans-about-coronavirus-so-far/
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Republicans are different from you and me. (Original Post)
denem
Mar 2020
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samnsara
(18,740 posts)1. the difference is we dont fear trump* and they do...
John Fante
(3,479 posts)2. These polls predate Gump's disastrous address to the nation
and the nuclear meltdown that resulted from it.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Be 'interesting' to see how the polls would change day by day this week.
Claustrum
(5,056 posts)5. I doubt it would move them
My parents (Trumpers) basically tuned out of the whole virus thing. They even tuned out of the stock market as they've been telling me how great he is for the economy for a long time. It's just that for a lot of them, they truly believe any republican is better than a democrat no matter what reality is.
MFM008
(20,042 posts)4. So are monkeys
And horses... both smarter than Republicans.
JenniferJuniper
(4,568 posts)6. Once people they know start
getting sick, and possibly dying, they will change their sorry arse opinions...