12-28-2018, 10:35 PM
(12-28-2018, 01:44 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: Workin' the Polls
President Trump pays a whole lot of attention to polls (and ratings). He would be wise, in my opinion, to ponder the results of this poll before the new Congress is sworn-in on January 3rd.
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More Americans blame President than Democrats for the six-day partial government shutdown, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released today.
The new poll found that 33 percent of American blamed congressional Democrats for the shutdown, while 47 percent blamed Trump. Seven percent blamed Republicans in Congress. A little more than 12 percent said "other" in response to the options of who to blame.
Only 35 percent of those polled said they support including money for a wall on the Mexican border in a bill to open the government. Just 25 percent of those polled said they backed Trump for shutting down parts of the federal government over the issue.
Both sides are now in a public blame game over who is responsible for the shutdown. Democrats are confident they will win that public relations fight because of Trump's past statements at a meeting with congressional Democratic leaders that he would own/embrace a shutdown over the wall. The poll is likely to bolster their confidence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...-democrats
The polls are magical things made by otherworldly wizards. Like the polls that said Brexit would lose and Donald Trump had 98.4% chance to lose.
But imagine this simple poll.
Poll Trump's popularity vs ANY of the current frontrunners for Democratic Presidential candidate?
Polls.