As Trump keeps sinking and GOP recriminations escalate, a Democratic operative explains what Trump’s impact really looks like on the ground in the deep red territory now coming into play.

Donald Trump’s approval just sank to an abysmal 33-66 in the new Washington Post poll, a record low in Post polling. The survey also finds Democrats leading in the battle for the House by eight points. Meanwhile, the new NBC poll also finds Trump below 35 percent and puts the Democratic lead at 10 points. The polling averages also suggest a Democratic lead pressing double digits. Small wonder that Republicans are leaking to Politico that they blame this debacle squarely on Trump. They describe a situation o…

  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m a school bus driver, in a district where trump is universally despised (in the '24 election Harris signs outnumbered trump signs 30:1 and that’s not an exaggeration). In the bus garage, though, the drivers are about 80% trumpers. The commonalities I’ve noticed in the trumpers are:

    • They live elsewhere
    • They are older (60+)
    • They are in horrible shape, overweight, fucked-up knees, smoking-related illnesses etc.
    • They don’t have college degrees
    • They are amazingly dumb, outside of the lack of education
    • They have no sense of humor, do not understand joking or sarcasm
    • They drive aggressively, speeding and ignoring stop signs
    • They hate black people and Jews

    I don’t think these observations would surprise anyone.