President Trump's approval rating has fallen precipitously since he took office due largely to growing economic concerns.
  • Trump’s approval has taken a substantial swing of 9.6 points, from a net positive of 6.2 points in late January to a net negative of 3.4 points in mid-April.
  • Trump’s loss in support among Hispanic and young adults has been especially steep.
  • The president has not persuaded Americans that foreign countries and producers will bear the burden of higher tariffs, or that the gain will be worth the pain.
    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      People can’t control the party

      Then it’s not a party.

      but they could impact the outcome and choose not to.

      If they are significant enough to blame, they were significant enough to listen to.

      • Lightor@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 days ago

        Yes they were significant enough to listen to, but at some point people need to take accountability. You can only control what you do, not others.

        If the party was unwilling to change, they still had a choice to make. They made that choice. They had the ability to impact the outcome and they didn’t.

        There is more than one issue to care about in the world. Not voting for one side because of a single issue, when the other side has dozens of issues, is accepting that you are ok with either outcome. So those who choose not to vote told the world that they didn’t care either way, because they had a chance to impact the outcome and didn’t.

        You said “The party would rather have trump than abandon their only issue.” The reality is, people would rather have Trump than vote against a single issue, and that’s what happened. And that single issue is still an issue! It did nothing.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          12·
          2 days ago

          Yes they were significant enough to listen to, but at some point people need to take accountability.

          How many more fucking decades before they’re listened to, then? Because it’s starting to look like “fucking never and we hate you lol.”

          • Lightor@lemmy.world
            11·
            19 hours ago

            Yes, they should listen, but it’s two separate things. Regardless what the DNC does, each person has a choice, a chance cast a choice.

            People had a choice, they could have impacted the outcome and choose not to. Those people, by not doing anything, were accepting that the worser outcome could happen, and they were ok with that. If they weren’t, they would have taken action, within their power, to prevent it.

              • Lightor@lemmy.world
                1·
                17 hours ago

                They probably won’t. But that isn’t even the point, it’s the deflection. People had an option to vote. They didn’t. They are complicit.

                  • Lightor@lemmy.world
                    11·
                    14 hours ago

                    So just discredit my point of view by labeling me as the enemy. Sounds like you’re in a cult sir.