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In reply to the discussion: Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows [View all]AZLD4Candidate
(5,688 posts)34. I wish I was as optimistic about that as you
But red state and most American voters tend to let me down at the ballot box.
As HL Mencken said: "No one in this world, so far as I knowand I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help mehas ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. The mistake that is made always runs the other way. Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases, to read and write, it is assumed that they have ideas in their heads, and an appetite for more. This assumption is a folly."
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Public view on Biden's handling of Covid and the economy takes another hit, CNBC survey shows [View all]
Polybius
Dec 2021
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Approval ratings this far out from an election are pretty much meaningless.
totodeinhere
Dec 2021
#1
According to that CNBC poll Republicans are +10 on the generic Congressional ballot
madville
Dec 2021
#8
Media always wants 50-50 maximum polarization for maximum profit. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Dec 2021
#6
I call BULLSHIT. What's next, my dog crapped in the house and it's Biden's fault??
NoMoreRepugs
Dec 2021
#13
A lot of DUers called bullshit on Virginia polls, and thought NJ would be a blowout
Polybius
Dec 2021
#17
It would have been until Mcauliffe said something to the effect that parents should not over-rule
JohnSJ
Dec 2021
#24
Polls are now meaningless in Repuke states passing anti-voter legislation
SouthernDem4ever
Dec 2021
#37
The economic recovery though great for wall street and the well off it is leaving a large sector
yaesu
Dec 2021
#25
If we lose both Houses in the midterms, and the WH in 2024, the first thing I will do is
JohnSJ
Dec 2021
#26