• skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    I have no idea why people are just taking those numbers at face value.

    Any Americans in this thread, have any of you ever been polled about anything regarding any of this? I know I sure haven’t. I wish they would poll me, I got an awful lot of opinions for these mfers.

    Trump and his associated hangers-on have a long and storied history of pulling numbers directly out of their asses. It perplexes me that anyone takes anything the government says right now at face value.

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      2 days ago

      Deep south checking in. His approval rating locally is probably above 90%, because the vast majority of people here are hateful, spiteful, self-defeating morons.

      When you see national averages, remember things like Alabama’s healthcare, or Oklahoma’s education system, etc are there dragging everyone else down.

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      3 days ago

      No, it’s third party, independent polling firms that do it. Of course I wouldn’t trust anything this regime says directly.

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        2 days ago

        Don’t ask who signs their paychecks, what other media outlets they own and what PACs they contribute to

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          2 days ago

          OH MY GOD you’re right, Gallup Polling is funded and owned by Trump himself!!!

          …no, it’s not, go look it up for yourself

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            2 days ago

            Sure, let me just take a look at the board of directors… Gonna take a look at Reggie Van Lee, right at the top… Check open secrets on his consulting firm aaaand:

            National Republican Congressional Cmte $71k, 2024

            Hmmmmm… Well at least theres also thousands of dollars going to establishment Dems earlier on.

            But that’s just a board member. They’ll be absolved by the clients listed in their testimonials. Surely it’s the good guys filling their bank accounts?


            Southwest Airlines: Top contributions go to Trump (by a mile), Susan Collins, Ted Cruz, the RNC etc…

            Estée Lauder: Wow! I’m seeing top contributions totaling $3 million+ to the RNC, Keystone Renewal PAC, Senate leadership fund, and 3-4 other sketchy conservative funds.

            NFU Mutual: One of the top 5% groups for spend. $1 mil in contribution and even more in lobbying in 2024, a sea of red support…

            Mercedes Benz: The same one slobbering over Trump’s tariffs? 😂

            Enterprise Mobility: 2/3 of their PAC donations end up in Republican coffers…


            I’ll give them credit, they show a lot of non-profits and schools-for-poor-orphans to signal how woke they are, but those clients aren’t the whales that keep the lights on. You think they’re tearing up those big checks when push comes to shove?

            As Carlin once said, it’s a big club and we ain’t in it.

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              23 hours ago

              Assuming all of that is actually true, yeah that’s not good. So you’re saying they’re fudging the numbers then? Even when that ~40% figure was attained by multiple independent polls from all over the spectrum?

              (Also protip: it’s easy to provoke someone into doing better research for you)