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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***NEW AP NORC Poll*** Trump's Approval Falls to a Dismal 36% *
https://apnorc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Nov-Topline-Final.pdf*Close to the number of Americans which polling indicates would prefer an authoritarian form of government. I suspect some of the thirty percent or so who would prefer an authoritarian form of government would prefer for it to ensure the proverbial trains run on time.
leftstreet
(38,443 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(101,535 posts)I duno. Maybe they made the calculus that shutting down the government would boomerang on us.
Demsrule86
(71,455 posts)Millions will die. The ACA took 50 years to arrive and it was damned difficult. Folks died (how dare they) and switched parties. I dont think we will get healthcare back. Medicare is next. We need new leaders
bearsfootball516
(6,665 posts)He may drop a few more if the bottom were to fall out of the economy, but 36 is pretty awful.
DemocratSinceBirth
(101,535 posts)That's likely his floor unless they become convinced he's a feckless autocrat.
Ars Longa
(360 posts)to blame others (i.e. Democrats)!!
ProfessorGAC
(75,297 posts)I think his absolute floor is 30%. 25% are true believers for one reason or another & 5% that don't care about anything but lower taxes.
It could be 36%, as you say, but I seriously doubt it's under 30.
Buckeyeblue
(6,124 posts)vapor2
(3,478 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(101,535 posts)BannonsLiver
(20,128 posts)dem4decades
(13,424 posts)Or it's amazing that 30% ruin the entire country.
Take your pick.
Prairie Gates
(6,881 posts)If prices keep skyrocketing he's going to lose some percentage of even this sub-basement.
Torchlight
(6,152 posts)At this point, I think his only plan is to take as much as he can, hold on to it as tightly as he can, and keep as much as of it as he can after all is over and done. His support among GOP leadership is flaccid and getting softer every day, last week poured dye on the the stain and showed obvious cracks and fault lines.
bearsfootball516
(6,665 posts)The less amount of time a president has in his lame duck term, the less influence they're usually able to exert over their party, because congresspeople know they just have to wait out the president until his term is over.
Especially if the midterms are ugly, both house and senate republicans will start putting distance between themselves and him.
Baitball Blogger
(51,498 posts)But, there's room for improvement.
lame54
(38,976 posts)36% still support Trump
I agree
lostnfound
(17,297 posts)The referenced polls wander from the mid 30s to low 40s without any real trend.
32 in December 2017 and September 2017.