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gulliver

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8. We should focus on our own approval polls.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Sun Nov 30, 2025, 02:16 PM

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We're at 34%. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/favorability/democratic-party

Some of the disapproval will be people who want the Dems to be more "left" (with 98 definitions of what that means) and some will be people who don't believe in our positions.

I just don't like the temptation to focus on "Trump is unpopular." The message from it is that we, as Dems, might not have to work hard to get the country the kind of policies and leadership it needs. The demos where we lost ground in 2024 will just come running back to us.

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We should focus on our own approval polls. gulliver Sunday #8