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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by arp242 on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:15AM (#43227612)
"Only" 58% oppose the pardons according to [1]. I mean, it's a majority, but it's not what I'd call "wildly unpopular". It was always going to be opposed by a vast majority of Democrat voters, so relatively few Republican voters oppose it. I find it rather concerning.

Back in the day much was said about Bush's "historically low" approval ratings too. It was somewhat satisfying to see, but in the end it didn't really seem to matter much. He still got re-elected.

[1]: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-starts-new-term-with-...

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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by dragonwriter on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:47AM (#43227789)
> Back in the day much was said about Bush's "historically low" approval ratings too.

George W. Bush's initial approval ratings were technically historically low, but were 57% gross approval, and +32% net; the lowest (from Eisenhower forward) prior was his immediate predecessor at 58% gross and +38% net.

But that's nothing like Trump's "historically low" initial ratings this term, at 48% gross, -1% net, which also dropped by mid-February to 45% gross, -6% net (with a majority -- 51% -- registering disapproval.)

https://news.gallup.com/poll/655955/trump-inaugural-approval...

https://news.gallup.com/poll/656891/trump-job-approval-ratin...

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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by psyklic on Sunday March 02, 2025 @01:09AM (#43227872)
As of Feb 18, WaPo says merely 14% of US adults overall support pardoning people convicted of violent crimes (and only 32% of Republicans).

For nonviolent pardons, 42% overall support it (and 76% of Republicans).

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/20/trump-pol...

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Re:The NIH is being slashed and burned, not "reformed" by JeremyNT on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:22PM (#43232679)
There's the abstract, and the concrete.

If you ask those same Republicans if they would pardon a violent offender who committed crimes in an attempt to defend Trump's claims of victory on January 6, you would get a very different answer.

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