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In June, he was at 58%.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 44 points 23 hours ago (15 children)

How do you disapprove of a guy trying to improve your life? I'm guessing the other 30% are a combination of rich assholes and dumb rednecks who know literally nothing about him?

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 9 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

As an intelligent Redneck I appreciate the modifier of stupid for my dumbfuck kin. Some of us stick to the old ways and wish to watch the corpos burn, but well we are fleeting nowadays. Though funny enough a lot of people outside the Redneck culture don't recognize me as Redneck and peg me for the alternative title of American-Scot due to the fact I don't fit most stereotypes, other Rednecks will look at me for five fucking seconds and proclaim kinship.

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 23 hours ago

They know he's a Muslim, sadly enough that's enough for many

[–] Mister_Hangman@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So just the other day I learned where the term redneck came from and I think you may want to go read about it because we are all misappropriating a term originally meant for class/labor solidarity with that of white trash that fuck their siblings and have a combined IQ that if it were an age not high enough to vote.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

I grew up with white trash rednecks. Lived with them too. I don't care what the original definition is. Language changes, and it isn't being used that way anymore.

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[–] mcv@lemmy.zip 23 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If he hits 100%, does he automatically become president? I think that would be a cool rule.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

That wouldn't be a cool rule. To start, polls are subjective, typically trash, and we (society as a whole) generally lack the depth to understand methodologies enough to gauge validity.

And if they were somehow an objective measure, billionaires would then buy every polling agency and just announce that trump is perpetually polling at 125% with vote farms and bot. And the establishment dems would say , "Well, we don't like it, but that is what the poll says, so... But we're really going to watch him close though"

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Almost 32 percent of New Yorkers don't support Mandami.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

About a month ago, a poll showed that about 40% of Dems were aligning with the DemSocs. A couple of weeks ago, a new poll showed it was up to about 60%.

The louder the Corpo-Establishment Dems scream about the DemSocs, the stronger they get.

[–] tquid@sh.itjust.works 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That will be so hilarious if they Streisand Effect themselves out of power

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Nearly one third of New Yorkers strongly disapprove of the mayors actions."

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 15 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Said third failed to name any actions

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 23 hours ago (3 children)
[–] blujan@sopuli.xyz 20 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Lol it's JJJ screaming about SpiderMan all over again

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Except Jonah (at least in the movies) had decent character

Edit Actually, nevermind, Jonah was a prick, his only good deed was not selling Peter out to the goblin

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

He was a parody of Rupert Murdoch.

[–] dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm sorry but these are comedy gold

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 157 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its so rare for approval to climb after getting in office... Just proves that actually doing shit is feasible alternative to whatever the establishment has been up to for the best forever.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who would have thought that doing your job could be so popular?

[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 8 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It helps that every other fucker is just screwing things up in their own particular favor

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[–] SarahValentine@pawb.social 221 points 1 day ago (37 children)
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[–] hoppeduponcoffee@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Socialism is the antidote to capitalism. And he hasn’t even wandered that far into socialist territory yet.

[–] Amberskin@europe.pub 16 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Out of the USA he is a mild centre-left person.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Proof that 30% of Americans are a lost cause.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That 30% is as ignorant and stubborn AF. They’d literally prefer the country burn before they admit they’re wrong.

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 125 points 1 day ago

Look at that. It's almost like the rest of the planet was right about social protections.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 day ago (12 children)

That's around the same as Trump's disapproval rating.

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