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struggle4progress

(123,012 posts)
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:01 PM 21 hrs ago

Approval Rating Collapses With Rural Americans

Published May 02, 2025 at 10:58 AM EDT
By Martha McHardy

... a new PBS/NPR/Marist poll, conducted between April 21 and 23 among 1,439 adults, shows that Trump's support among rural voters is declining.

According to the poll, just 46 percent of rural voters now approve of Trump's job performance, while 45 percent disapprove. In February, 59 percent approved and 37 percent disapproved.

Trump's approval rating has also declined slightly among urban, small city, and suburban voters. Among big city voters, his approval has dropped from 42 percent to 40 percent. Among small city voters, his approval has dropped from 42 percent to 36 percent.

Meanwhile, among suburban voters, his approval rating has declined by 1 point to 40 percent. The only group that Trump has seen a rise in support from is small town voters, with 53 percent now approving of his job performance, up from 46 percent in February. The poll had a margin of error of ±3.3 percentage points ...

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls-rural-voters-2067254

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Approval Rating Collapses With Rural Americans (Original Post) struggle4progress 21 hrs ago OP
Time for the Turd to give the Hayseeds another taxpayer funded "bail-out!" Tarzanrock 21 hrs ago #1
and they'll get it, unlike the rest of us. mopinko 21 hrs ago #7
Excuse me...... MuseRider 20 hrs ago #9
He doesn't have to give them one, he only has to louis-t 20 hrs ago #11
Tell that to the lug that I saw at the golf course this morning wearing his God, Guns and Trump t-shirt. dem4decades 21 hrs ago #2
That's weird that small town voters support him more now. yardwork 21 hrs ago #3
Maybe the18 year olds who just registered? Attilatheblond 21 hrs ago #4
lol! yardwork 21 hrs ago #5
you just described my hometown. lol. mopinko 21 hrs ago #8
Where I lived, two bars, no movie theater, and only 2 short stretchs of paved road. You were lucky! Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #13
it was a great place to b a kid. mopinko 15 hrs ago #15
Guess this new PBS/NPR poll is one reason trumpsters want to cut funding. Silent Type 21 hrs ago #6
It's still way too high all things considered Meowmee 20 hrs ago #10
What's up with small town folks? Are they racist or do they just love malignant narcissists? Doodley 20 hrs ago #12
Thinking small towns have a higher % of people who grew up in homes where alcohol & abuse was a serious problem Attilatheblond 16 hrs ago #14
I never thought about that. Thanks for the insight. Doodley 15 hrs ago #16
Time for another of his "in 14 days you won't believe" lies Hassler 15 hrs ago #17
Wait until the price hikes from the import taxes roll in... Wounded Bear 15 hrs ago #18

Tarzanrock

(774 posts)
1. Time for the Turd to give the Hayseeds another taxpayer funded "bail-out!"
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:04 PM
21 hrs ago

Welfare Queen farmers in Red Republican Nazi voting states need another "bail-out."

mopinko

(72,393 posts)
7. and they'll get it, unlike the rest of us.
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:29 PM
21 hrs ago

i dont think many farmers liked watching their crops rot, even if they did get a check. but they voted for him again anyway.
sounds like a classic case of ‘fool me once…’

MuseRider

(34,607 posts)
9. Excuse me......
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:54 PM
20 hrs ago

This is old crap and you are the most unhelpful kind of Democrat. You want it changed don't do this and go DO something that works. If you have not ever looked there is a lot of change to be made if you just put yourself there to help and not present yourself as the savior.

This is just old crap, over used and weak. Think for real solutions and as as I know from experience this is not how you do that.

*written with one eye covered so I hope it is OK

louis-t

(24,289 posts)
11. He doesn't have to give them one, he only has to
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:57 PM
20 hrs ago

promise that he will. They will believe it.

dem4decades

(12,709 posts)
2. Tell that to the lug that I saw at the golf course this morning wearing his God, Guns and Trump t-shirt.
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:05 PM
21 hrs ago

Yeah, it's a muni in a red area, but only a classless moron would show up dressed like that.

yardwork

(66,437 posts)
3. That's weird that small town voters support him more now.
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:07 PM
21 hrs ago

There's a fairly high margin of error, though.

Still, I'd like to know what the small town voters like about Trump that their rural and suburban counterparts don't like.

Attilatheblond

(5,758 posts)
4. Maybe the18 year olds who just registered?
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:12 PM
21 hrs ago

Doubt most new voters in small towns keep up with actual news. The ones I knew in a small town were mostly about getting a car and driving around in circles. Asked a couple of them if they ever considered driving in a line instead, and getting out of the town with nothing for them to do but drive around in circles.

yardwork

(66,437 posts)
5. lol!
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:17 PM
21 hrs ago

I agree. I'm thinking that disinformation is a big cause. Nothing Trump has done until now has affected them directly. Faux News says all is well.

That changes today when the stuff they buy online suddenly gets 145% surcharge added from the tariffs.

mopinko

(72,393 posts)
8. you just described my hometown. lol.
Fri May 2, 2025, 01:31 PM
21 hrs ago

i did get out. there was cruising the strip, going to the movies and hanging in the bars. period.

Attilatheblond

(5,758 posts)
13. Where I lived, two bars, no movie theater, and only 2 short stretchs of paved road. You were lucky!
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:04 PM
16 hrs ago

Doodley

(10,827 posts)
12. What's up with small town folks? Are they racist or do they just love malignant narcissists?
Fri May 2, 2025, 02:33 PM
20 hrs ago

Attilatheblond

(5,758 posts)
14. Thinking small towns have a higher % of people who grew up in homes where alcohol & abuse was a serious problem
Fri May 2, 2025, 06:06 PM
16 hrs ago

Just a good guess based on years of observation. In small populations, one sees more.

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