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DemocratSinceBirth

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Reply to Kilgore (Reply #19)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 11:07 AM

Aug 2018

Probably are not tracking the job creation record of the past 94 months, but rather their immediate circumstances.

If folks can't see past their "immediate circumstances " and are prisoners of the moment why is Trump enjoying an approval rating of forty one percent:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/

and why are the Democrats enjoying an eight point lead in the generic ballot:

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-generic-ballot-polls/

It begs the questions that if times are so great why aren't voters rewarding Trump and his party for them ?

Anecdotes are not data.

P.S. My cousin is IBEW. He hates Trump with heat of a thousand suns.

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U.S. Workers Report Highest Job Satisfaction Since 2005 [View all] Kilgore Aug 2018 OP

Sounds like Rupert Murdoch propaganda. Elwood P Dowd Aug 2018 #1

I see the same. Comatose Sphagetti Aug 2018 #2

For most people it's all about the economy. Most people don't pay much attention to politics. AJT Aug 2018 #3

You nailed it Kilgore Aug 2018 #15

Gump's adjusted net approval is at a whopping -12 right now. John Fante Aug 2018 #4

With all the great news he's at 41% approval DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #5

It's bullshit. If the economy mattered that much and they credited it to Trump, octoberlib Aug 2018 #9

"Many folks who worked for Clinton and Obama GOTV then octoberlib Aug 2018 #6

What does that sentence even mean ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #7

I don't even know but I'm pretty sure they were working for Hillary. octoberlib Aug 2018 #11

See below Kilgore Aug 2018 #14

Source is my own two eyes Kilgore Aug 2018 #13

really? AT&T just laid off thousands of people and outsourced a bunch of jobs. octoberlib Aug 2018 #16

Hey, I'm not defending him, but I'm not ignoring facts either Kilgore Aug 2018 #17

The economy has added jobs for ... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #18

People who vote with their wallets Kilgore Aug 2018 #19

If DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #20

I hope you are right Kilgore Aug 2018 #22

Your points are excellent Awsi Dooger Aug 2018 #24

Trump's approval rating has been stuck at 40-41% for the John Fante Aug 2018 #27

Trump is a divider, not a uniter. No sentient person would dispute that. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #29

There are no parallels for his ascent and there will be no parallels for his descent. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #28

It looks that way at Local Union 3 IBEW DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #25

Because anecdotal evidence is only useful when if bolsters John Fante Aug 2018 #26

Verbatim from Ad on radio selling franchise: GusBob Aug 2018 #8

During Obama's presidency, the media (both right and left) REFUSED ecstatic Aug 2018 #10

Really samplegirl Aug 2018 #12

Phitttt, it's The Wall Street Jounal...... a kennedy Aug 2018 #21

2005? So in two years we'll be in economic collapse loosing 1M jobs a month? ffr Aug 2018 #23

"Workers on the higher end of the income scale are happier than their less-affluent counterparts." JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #30