Trump Remains Unpopular; Voters Prefer Obama on SCOTUS Pick

[SummerMadness]

Trump Remains Unpopular; Voters Prefer Obama on SCOTUS Pick

PPP's newest national poll find that although Donald Trump is a little bit more popular than he was during the campaign, a majority of Americans still have a negative opinion of him. 43% of voters view Trump favorably to 51% who have an unfavorable view of him. On PPP's last national poll, in late September, Trump's favorability rating stood at 39/55. Trump's popularity continues to pale in comparison to Barack Obama's. Obama ends his final year in office with a 50/45 approval spread. When it comes to the question of who voters trust more to pick the new Supreme Court justice, Obama beats out Trump 52-45.

Voters don't think that Trump's Electoral College victory while losing the popular vote is really fair- 50% think the candidate who receives the most votes nationally in the election should become President, to only 37% who disagree with that concept. Over the course of the campaign we found there was a cult like aspect to Trump's support, where any idea he put forth a substantial share of his supporters would go along with. We see that trend continuing post election. 60% of Trump voters think that Hillary Clinton received millions of illegal votes to only 18% who disagree with that concept and 22% who aren't sure either way.

What do you do when people don't believe in reality?

 

[EmmaCat]

Keep calm and keep praying, I guess.

 

[SummerMadness]

Keep calm and keep praying, I guess.

I'll pray for education. It's one thing to believe in someone's policies, it's another to support someone because you believe something that is demonstrably false. Although can you be surprised when these are the same people that consider Obama to be a foreign-born Muslim?

 

[brinny]

Keep calm and keep praying, I guess.

Amen, sister!!

 

[EmmaCat]

Well, you can see we are probably very different, but I still can't believe some people don't think Obama was born in Hawaii and think he is a Muslim. He and his family are Christians. He can't be President unless he's a natural-born US citizen.

Praying for education is also a good idea!

 

[brinny]

Well, you can see we are probably very different, but I still can't believe some people don't think Obama was born in Hawaii and think he is a Muslim. He and his family are Christians. He can't be President unless he's a natural-born US citizen.

Praying for education is also a good idea!

I agree about the praying about education.

Amen.

 

[Haramis]

The thing that made the Birther conspiracy even stupider, was the fact that it wouldn't have made him ineligible even if true. His mother was a citizen. It did not matter what piece of land he was born on. Now if both of his parents had been from Kenya, yes. He would have needed to be born on US soil. But with an American mother, it never even mattered.

As for him being a Muslim. Look at his wife. Does Michelle Obama strike you as a submissive Islamic wife? Obama is clearly not a secret Muslim.

 

[aachen_hexagon]

Maybe if we, as a country, did less praying and more thinking and voting we wouldn't have to pray for God to fix the problems we brought on ourselves. Just sayin'.

 

[dzheremi]

Maybe we should get rid of this antiquated, 18th century model of how to run a country and actually make sure that whoever gets the most votes from people who do decide to vote gets to be president of the country. Just sayin'.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Trump Remains Unpopular; Voters Prefer Obama on SCOTUS Pick
What do you do when people don't believe in reality?

All you can do is tell them the election is over and they really did lose.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Maybe we should get rid of this antiquated, 18th century model of how to run a country and actually make sure that whoever gets the most votes from people who do decide to vote gets to be president of the country. Just sayin'.

As long as we get rid of the Laissez Faire voting system at the same time I would be all for it. Let's ammend the Constitution so there is verified identification of voters electing a President by popular vote.

 

[Aldebaran]

Trump Remains Unpopular; Voters Prefer Obama on SCOTUS Pick
What do you do when people don't believe in reality?

Reality? Reality has it that Trump will be our next president and will be picking our next SCOTUS justice. Care to accept reality?

 

[brinny]

Maybe if we, as a country, did less praying and more thinking and voting we wouldn't have to pray for God to fix the problems we brought on ourselves. Just sayin'.

i believe in doing both.

 

[LoAmmi]

Reality? Reality has it that Trump will be our next president and will be picking our next SCOTUS justice. Care to accept reality?

I accept it. I also think that the Republicans have set a dangerous, perhaps even stupid standard by waiting a year to fill a SCOTUS vacancy. I imagine if the Democrats take the Senate while a Republican is President, the SCOTUS could get down to zero justices and they won't confirm anybody.

 

[SummerMadness]

As long as we get rid of the Laissez Faire voting system at the same time I would be all for it. Let's ammend the Constitution so there is verified identification of voters electing a President by popular vote.

Voter identification in and of itself is not a problem, but when you propose such laws while limiting the types of identification accepted, close polling locations including limit hours to vote, close locations and limit the hours where people can obtain identification, and don't provide a system and service to get identification to people, talk of verified voter identification seems more about voter suppression than "rocking the vote." I would love to see mobile ID centers that travel around cities and rural areas.

 

[hislegacy]

I didn't know everything should be a popularity contest.

 

[KCfromNC]

All you can do is tell them the election is over and they really did lose.

Are we talking about Clinton voters or the American Public in general?

 

[iluvatar5150]

The thing that made the Birther conspiracy even stupider, was the fact that it wouldn't have made him ineligible even if true. His mother was a citizen. It did not matter what piece of land he was born on. Now if both of his parents had been from Kenya, yes. He would have needed to be born on US soil. But with an American mother, it never even mattered.

There's also the wrinkle that Ted Cruz is in the exact immigration situation in which the birthers claimed Obama was. Ted was:
Born in another country (Canada),
To an American mother, and
A non-American (Cuban) father.

And yet, barely a peep out of the conservatives... Where was Sheriff Joe to protest this?

 

[blackribbon]

Most of the nation voted for Trump (or possibly against Clinton). California just has enough people to skew the popularity vote numbers. Our system works. No one state can hold the rest of the nation hostage.

 

[aachen_hexagon]

i believe in doing both.

It's certainly too late for one of those choices now. But from what I understood Trump did very well with Evangelicals with less education, so I fear that those who prefer one over the other are actually responsible (in part) for Trump.