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Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency (abcnews.go.com)

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Two-thirds of Americans say that the country is "pretty seriously off on the wrong track," while just under a third say the country is moving in the right direction, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted using Ipsos' KnowledgePanel.

Overall, Americans seem unhappy and anxious, with a slim majority saying the economy has gotten worse since President Donald Trump took office and majorities saying that both major parties and the president are out of touch. A majority of Americans are also growing increasingly concerned over the government shutdown.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

If the last 10 years have proven anything, it's that Americans are REEEEEEAAAAALLY fucking stupid.

Whether the majority of America disapproves of this fascist or not, it's a nation of dimwits and we're going to keep voting against ourselves. It's why we're here to begin with. Trump didn't make any of this happen. He's a fucking idiot. We did it to ourselves, because too many of us are beyond stupid.

Sorry for being a downer, but I expect this ship to keep sinking for the remainder of my life. I've seen too much stupid to believe otherwise.

[–] GreatAspie86@lemy.lol 5 points 6 days ago

70% literacy rate or so. But I also quit giving a shit, America is done.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 6 days ago

I've stopped caring, since the planet is boiling anyway.

America has Dorian Grey'd itself, and now the painting is dumping all the trauma back. The world isn't far behind.

[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It all came as a surprise. Before the elections he seemed to be so sane.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"seemed to be so sane"?

I mean term 1, maybe?

After jan 6, dude seems deranged af

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think it was a joke

[–] derry@midwest.social 4 points 6 days ago

difficult to tell anymore

[–] kungfuratte@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago

I think so too.

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation, disapprove of the president and say he is going too far to expand power of presidency

Democrats: "Oh shit, this is actually working, quick, find 8 fall guys to let the budget pass!"

(yes, that is really happening- 8 democrats have broken with the party and said they would be willing to vote for it.)

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't see any news to corroborate that claim. Link?

[–] ysjet@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sure. First one that came up for me was https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5584077-democrats-snap-funding-shutdown-concerns/ I can't find the original article the person linked when I saw it, the politics channel of that discord is... uh, lets go with 'busy' lol

[–] NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 days ago

Thank you!

Sounds like the centrists are starting to lose their nerve once their constituents start suffering. That is one of my theories of how the shut down ends.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Gotta get past that whole "Two-thirds" because it's that one-third that voted for him and elected him to office.

[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

But will they vote or just shrug it off as politics as usual

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Ah the inevitable Find Out, eh?

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

If only there was another option of someone else to vote for last election. Oh well....

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

At the same time, even more Americans say the Democratic Party is "out of touch with the concerns of most people in the United States today" (68%) than Trump (63%) and the Republican Party (61%).

Hope people are noticing this tidbit. People don't like Trump but they don't like what they perceive to be the Democratic party more. If you dig into that, it's extreme positions on things, not how corporate we are. In fact, one of the takeaways is that we should bash billionaires less in public because the average voter considers them to be successful and good for the economy.

We gotta change gears entirely, what we've been doing the past 10, 20 years has been disconnecting us from voters.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 6 days ago

'Dems are more disconnected than the Nazis'

Jesus fucking christ.

[–] Switorik@lemmy.zip -3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

If democrats weren't so against our right to bear arms, more people would vote for them. I know so many people that won't vote for them for that reason alone.

The down votes only show ignorance to the issue. I'm not affected if we can't buy guns, I'm pointing out hard observations.

[–] odelik@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Democrats are agasint the 2nd Ammendment? That's a new one.

Democrats wanting to work within the 2nd Ammandment to regulate a "well regulated militia" is another story.

The framing of Democrats being against the 2nd Ammendment is right wing (and the now defunct Russian fund pipeline: NRA) fear mongering.

[–] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

Tell that to all the gun nuts. That's the first thing they bring up and there's no reasoning with them.

[–] theolodis@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then those people are maybe part of the problem too.

[–] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I agree, I'm just bringing up my observation.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'd disagree with you arguing it's not that big of an issue but I remember in the 2020 primaries when Beto O'Rourke said "Hell, yes, we’re going to take your AR-15, your AK-47"

-That shit resonates with the opposition and it's not something easily forgotten by people who care about guns' rights.

[–] Switorik@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I had two people mention guns being the reason they won't vote Democrat today since the vote is tomorrow. They all believe if democrats win, they will take away their right to buy semi automatic guns.

[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago

Most Americans won't do shit about it. They'll roll on their back and expose their belly. Nothing will change and America will fall.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 202 points 1 week ago (16 children)

It would have been awesome if my idiot fucking countrymen had done the barest scintilla of research and realized that this was always his fucking game plan

[–] tornavish@lemmy.cafe 66 points 1 week ago (13 children)

I think a good number of your countryman wanted his plan.

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 77 points 1 week ago (9 children)

They voted conservative, what did they expect?

If you want your life to get better, you vote left, if you want it to get worse, you vote right.

We've got the whole 20th century as evidence of this

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