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What's up with this group of people? Were they expecting something different?
A large bloc didn’t vote. Donald Trump never went past 49% in approval rating.
But isn't the poll specifically of voters?
Maybe they mean eligible voters
The article states that there were 1171 respondents who consisted of "likely voters across the ideological spectrum."
Majority of america voters are below measurable iq cause they voted for a baby rapist felon who tried to do a coup. A large portion are insanely stupid since they didn't vote or voted for some third option in a 2 party system.
There is a very large amount of people who straight up don't pay attention to the news and believed trumps lies.
I think a lot of it is cultural a bit? I've seen interviews and these are Republican voters for like years and years and would never consider voting otherwise.
culture does effect this not all trump voters are the same some absolutely do know exactly what they are voting for others don't this even includes some lifelong republican voters. a lot of Americans treat politics as a team sport and don't even know a lot of the policies they are actually supporting when they vote republican and when asked about specific issues they may have a more progressive stance than the republican party does.
a lot of people don't really think about politics or actively read the news I think ignorance is a large part of what got trump into power (and how republicans stay in power). trump says he is going to fix everything and the democrats are telling them that the economy is doing great actually but they are still negatively impacted by things like inflation to someone who isn't paying attention trump might seem better because at least he acknowledging their economic struggle and is saying they will do something to fix it.
there are also a lot of people who just didn't like either candidate and thought trump would be slightly better and voted for him these are probably the trump voters who want him impeached right now.
I felt this was a bit of failed messaging on the Democrats. I think they did point out some of the struggles but when talking about the economy and immediately pointing to stock market highs when the cost of living has sharply risen very recently doesn't connect.
Trump's magic is that he has verbal diarrhea and it's kinda like an empty slate where you take whatever you want from his speeches.