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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA note about trump's 40% approval rating.
Leaving aside the Republican split in 1912, no candidate representing the major parties has garnered less than 36.5% in a presidential election since the civil war. That distinction belongs to the long forgotten Alf Landon in 1936. Hoover himself won 39.7% in 1932.
Trump's approval rating is little more than a cipher an intention to vote GOP. Historically, record lows for presidential approval come in the second term when disapproval is not synonymous with crossing the partisan divide.
John Fante
(3,479 posts)is said and done. Biden will get somewhere in the neighborhood of 52-53% of the vote and give Trump, far and away the worst president in history, a one way ticket to Mar-A-Largo.
denem
(11,045 posts)John Fante
(3,479 posts)in comparison. But there are simply too many MAGAmorons in this country for that to happen. I have to be realistic.
denem
(11,045 posts)is, if they turn on him, he will turn on them, urging his magas not to vote for traitors.
erronis
(14,941 posts)Are they based on land-lines? (Old people)
Most people I know only use cell phones and won't answer a call from an unknown number.
Young people are less likely to click on links that are harvesting information.
If these percentages come from the percentage of media coverage of flaming ass-holes, then I guess I understand.