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DemocratSinceBirth

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28. There are no parallels for his ascent and there will be no parallels for his descent.

Reply to Awsi Dooger (Reply #24)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 06:07 PM

Aug 2018

He was at 44% approval on the day he was inaugurated and he is at 41.5% approval today, all the good economic news notwithstanding.

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

The data indicates that voters are more concerned with their own economic situation than the national economic situation. Net wage growth is down, a random poster's personal experience notwithstanding.

A slowing rate of job growth in July nonetheless managed to pull some workers off the sidelines, but wage growth mired at 2.7 percent began to elicit concerns that wages will fail to keep up with inflation as the economy picks up steam.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/price-rising-employment-slow-wage-growth-trade-risks-n897461

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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