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Re:Public Opinion in Authoritarian States by roenxi on Thursday September 26, 2019 @10:50AM (#21081398)
I keep a keen eye on 538's polling data [0]. They suggest that there is only the slimmest of wafer thin margins between Trump and Obama approval ratings at this point in the presidency.

I'm sure it would be lovely if Trump spoke in complete sentences and behaviour is important; but decisions, tribe and policy are ultimately more important.

[0] https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/...

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Re:Public Opinion in Authoritarian States by heavyset_go on Thursday September 26, 2019 @11:20AM (#21081700)
It's interesting because Trump has had to play a 24/7 PR and election campaign game to maintain his approval rating. He still holds the same rallies while in office that he did while campaigning.

While Obama was in office, he just didn't have to create a controversy despite the media attacking him on everything from his choice of mustard to the color of his suit.

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Re:Public Opinion in Authoritarian States by ru999gol on Thursday September 26, 2019 @05:28PM (#21085735)
I love when HN is talking about politics, they are so completely, thoroughly, wrong about every single aspect of it, at all times, its mind bending.
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