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bearsfootball516

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11. I agree. And the closer we get to the 2028 election, the less sway he'll have with congressional GOPers

Reply to Torchlight (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 12, 2025, 01:58 PM

Nov 12

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.

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***NEW AP NORC Poll*** Trump's Approval Falls to a Dismal 36% * [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 OP

He's far too popular for the shutdown to have continued leftstreet Nov 12 #1

I duno. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #2

Nothing is worth giving up the ACA. Demsrule86 Nov 12 #17

36 is probably getting close to his floor. bearsfootball516 Nov 12 #3

Thirty percent of Americans which is frightening and sickening have authoritarian tendencies. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #4

The only way the Hardcore abandon him, is if it hits them HARD, with no way Ars Longa Nov 12 #10

Maybe ProfessorGAC Nov 12 #15

I've always thought about 30% as well Buckeyeblue Nov 12 #16

Still too high vapor2 Nov 12 #5

The thirty percent of Americans who want a dictator have Trump which is the closest they have ever got. DemocratSinceBirth Nov 12 #6

It's never going to zero. BannonsLiver Nov 12 #12

It's amazing how 30% run the entire country. dem4decades Nov 12 #7

Even authoritarian personalities like to eat a burger once in a while Prairie Gates Nov 12 #8

I think he's reached the lame duck section of his chicken bucket. Torchlight Nov 12 #9

I agree. And the closer we get to the 2028 election, the less sway he'll have with congressional GOPers bearsfootball516 Nov 12 #11

Feel good number of the day. Baitball Blogger Nov 12 #13

If you mean by dismal... lame54 Nov 12 #14

Big deal. He was at 32% for a while in 2017.. just noise, not a big shift. lostnfound Nov 12 #18

His floor BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 12 #19