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Easier is just to point out that polls show that all of this DOGE stuff is deeply unpopular [1] (as is Elon himself, incidentally). We don't have to speculate a
by pcwalton 2y ago
Easier is just to point out that polls show that all of this DOGE stuff is deeply unpopular [1] (as is Elon himself, incidentally). We don't have to speculate as to which of the president's agenda items have a popular mandate; we can just ask the electorate.
[1]: https://today.yougov.com/topics/economy/survey-results/daily/2025/02/03/1210d/3 https://today.yougov.com/topics/economy/survey-results/daily...
- rayiner 2y agoRacially discriminatory SBA loans and affirmative action in colleges also are deeply unpopular, but Democrats keep pursing those policies because they’re important to a portion of their coalition. Trump is the first Republican in memory that understands coalition politics (because he was a Democrat). Most republicans don’t like Gabbard and/or RFK Jr. But, like Musk, they were advertised as part of the package deal and Trump voters satisfied themselves they could live with it.
- pcwalton 2y agoGabbard's favorables are +43 among Republicans and RFK Jr.'s favorables are +71 among Republicans [1]. [1]: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_eAYQKbY.pdf https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabRepor...