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pat_k

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6. The "racist fuck" faction has always been something like 25%
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:32 PM
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That means he is only holding an additional 10% - 15% or so.

And I would bet that a least half of that 10%-15% identify with MAGA in response to the overwhelming/normalizing social pressure of the belief that "everyone" supports trump that they experience living in deep red places.

The numbers of trump voters abandoning him is creeping up. And every percentage point it creeps up changes the dynamics. It exposes what was always the truth. No matter how red the county, the belief that "everyone is MAGA" was always a lie. People who actually believe in fundamental values and believe in shared aspirations of what a "more perfect union" would actually look like, were always there. (Including the belief that passing laws that impose religious beliefs on those who don't share them is immoral, Un-American, and deeply Un-Christian. Attempts to force and control are thee OPPOSITE of faith.)

The number of people who recognize MAGA is going in a seriously WRONG direction is growing. MAGA opposition is going to continue to be more visible across "red" America. And that sort of change in the social dynamics is powerful

The snowball is begining to roll. It will pick up speed as social pressure cracks.

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Trump's Approval Falls to 37% [View all] applegrove Wednesday OP
Sixty one percent of voters think trump administration has not given an honest account of the senseandsensibility Wednesday #1
1,191 self-ID'd registered voters. 1/29-2/2/2026. 3.6% MOE underpants Wednesday #2
The percentage of these "voters"..... SergeStorms Wednesday #13
I really wish you were wrong, but cult members, and MAGA is a cult, act without empathy towards outsiders and artemisia1 Wednesday #20
But 37 out of every 100 Americans? SergeStorms Wednesday #23
With decades of help from Fox and Rush Limbaugh. /nt artemisia1 Wednesday #25
Sadly, that percentage is probably about right. peppertree Wednesday #29
25 To 30 Are Cult ProfessorGAC Wednesday #37
Agree. Each time I see these basically 60-40-percent splits, it makes me allegorical oracle Wednesday #38
When it gets to 35% and under I will start believing it. gab13by13 Wednesday #3
The cult keeps the numbers artificially inflated. The real story is independents abandoning him. nt Blasphemer Wednesday #24
This! FakeNoose Wednesday #27
It will never get to 35%. There are interviews were maga say "nothing trump does will change my support" BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #28
High and low numbers... lame54 Wednesday #4
The "racist fuck" faction has always been something like 25% pat_k Wednesday #6
So 10-15% are just "dumb fucks" that aren't considered "racist fucks" ToxMarz Wednesday #12
Kinda sorta. My 25% estimate are the hardcore racists ... pat_k Wednesday #22
Even Hoover got 40% of the vote ITAL Wednesday #30
I've always wondered how that factored in. Considering that GenZ has highest percentage mixed race of all generational ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #21
GenZ is seriously struggling. Absent transformative reform pat_k Wednesday #33
Falls? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #5
Depends on the poll Johonny Wednesday #7
Not all the polls Wiz Imp Wednesday #31
agree. no change in a decade as pertaining to the lowest of the low. Tetrachloride Wednesday #10
Just keeps falling to 37% mahina Wednesday #18
He's getting closer to Bush levels newdeal2 Wednesday #8
Hope we have an election... Escape Wednesday #9
I don't expect it will ever get that low with this crop of voters. progressoid Wednesday #11
Still around the 30% of the general population psychopath range. littlemissmartypants Wednesday #14
Kick littlemissmartypants Wednesday #15
It should be 3% JT45242 Wednesday #16
My take. 30% will follow him no matter what. The other 7 % is a mixed bag and might twodogsbarking Wednesday #17
How many times can it "fall" to 37 percent? Bluetus Wednesday #19
These presidential approval polls have always been total bullshit Blue Owl Wednesday #26
No this is not true. It was 37 a month ago snd 37 a month before that. oldmanlynn Wednesday #32
So... GiqueCee Wednesday #34
I've seen different polls with the 37% number for many months Wicked Blue Wednesday #35
K&R for, lower LOWER! UTUSN Wednesday #36
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