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Self Esteem

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16. Most Americans do not watch cable news - or any news.
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 07:05 PM
Jun 2025

Just look at FOX News. They average around 1.9 million total viewers.

Most Americans aren't even plugged into the news. And that should concern Democrats because they actually won those voters who are highly engaged and got beat by those who don't follow politics.

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The problem is this, gab13by13 Jun 2025 #1
Dems need to label republicans as the party of BAD change and CORRUPT, INCOMPETENT leaders Fiendish Thingy Jun 2025 #2
Democrats need to become debt hawks, use insurance companies as a foil to beat, and call out corruption OrlandoDem2 Jun 2025 #3
Our party needs, IMO to state it's goals clearly and succinctly and have it repeated Prairie_Seagull Jun 2025 #4
Just shows Americans have adopted the new definition of 'strong leaders'. It used to sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #5
I smell Rump's diaper tavernier Jun 2025 #6
lol you'd think after all the poll denialism last year proved utterly wrong, people would retreat in it... Self Esteem Jun 2025 #11
IMO it has nothing to do with democrats making bad choices tavernier Jun 2025 #14
Most Americans do not watch cable news - or any news. Self Esteem Jun 2025 #16
Shows what happens when Rupert Murdoch sets the agenda. Kid Berwyn Jun 2025 #7
Dems play nice Johnny2X2X Jun 2025 #8
Town Halls, like the one MSNBC did gab13by13 Jun 2025 #9
This is a troubling poll, but I think the context of what the last 4 months have been is important karynnj Jun 2025 #10
Yes, we should be taking advice from MAGA bootlicking CNN. Basso8vb Jun 2025 #12
Hmm, put a couple of things together, like "strong leaders" and "the party of change" and what do you get? lees1975 Jun 2025 #13
Trump will score points for looking like he's doing something. Self Esteem Jun 2025 #17
It's funny that you see Sanders's """movement""" as the one with the potential of shifting votes to Democrats... W_HAMILTON Jun 2025 #18
Zero leadership D_Master81 Jun 2025 #15
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