09-14-2020, 09:22 AM
(09-14-2020, 06:38 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote:(09-13-2020, 11:59 AM)dabigv13 Wrote: Trump has a 90% approval amongst Republicans per Gallup most recently. Slightly less than W and HW at this point in their terms, but more than Reagan and Nixon. So not sure about your last assertion there.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/20...ore-they-/
The only reason the 90% approval exists is because the denominator has shrink so much. The GOP has lost 8% of its party membership this year. In contrast, Dems have gained 5%.
Something like 94% of Republicans who favored Trump in 2016 still intend to vote for him in 2020.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/...e-election
Quote:This snapshot illustrates how Mr Trump has not so much divided America as cemented its differences. Despite Joe Biden’s polling lead, Republicans are solidly behind the president. He is the most popular president with his own party on record: 94% of the people who voted for him in 2016 intend to do so again. Mr Biden’s lead owes more to his success in mobilising Democrats and former third-party voters against the president than shrinking his vote.
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