•More voters are giving high ratings to the economy and giving President Trump credit for it.
•History shows a candidate's perceived competency is more important than likability.
•That could be enough to save the GOP from losing the House in the 2018 midterms
Thet said the same ting about Reagan in reverse. “He is personally popular, but people don’t like his policies.”
And Hillary STILL has a 98% chance of winning.
MSM to our friends in the Democrat Party:
Make your campaign against Trump intensely PERSONAL. Cause you ain’t gonna win on the issues.
“•That could be enough to save the GOP from losing the House in the 2018 midterms” Basic research shows there is virtually no chance of the Republicans NOT gaining seats in the House and Senate. You can’t beat somebody with nobody and most of the races I’ve researched that are being called “toss ups” are simply NOT toss ups but Republican holds or pick ups. Take a look for yourself.
One point...Trump is a NYCer....Americans hate NYCers. But they stand by Trump!
This also should wake up the GOP....Trump has crushed them.
A couple of things to think about:
When Reagan took office the poll during the election was stark. Carter was considered smarter, nicer, and a better humanitarian. Regan was considered much less erudite, a war monger, and cold to poor people. But he won the election convincingly. People overwhelmingly thought Reagan could lead and Carter could not.
Second, whenever people ask me, how could I vote for Trump when he has all these personality flaws. I say, President is an executive position. I don’t want a politician in there. I don’t want an attorney in there. I want a chief executive. And I want one who knows that the people not the press and not the billionaires are the stock holders of the country. Trump may not be perfect, but at least he knows what the goal is.
DC politicians have long ago stopped caring about doing what helps the American people and have, instead, focused ONLY about gaining and staying in power. Even if a policy helps America, they will be against it if they feel that the opposition party will gain from it. And at this point, it doesn’t matter which party it is.
Then Showtime has “Our Cartoon President” series
The President is lampooned in this animated series from Stephen Colbert.
Genre:
Comedy
Network:
Showtime
Premiere Date:
Feb 11, 2018
Exec. Producers:
Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, R.J. Fried
It shows as rotten for the most part in ratings.
A letter to the Editor of the WSJ today points out that GWB was subjected to a full-court press assault on the legitimacy of his victory, just as Trump has been . . . and that GWB was the only POTUS in recent history whose party's congressional delegation gained from his first midterm election.GWB’s party may have profited politically from the reaction to 9/11. Trump’s party, OTOH, is profiting politically from the benefits of its own tax cut policy.
No way this midterm is a slam-dunk for the donkeys. At least not from this distance.
Too funny - last week his approval ratings were ahead of Obama's for the same time period.
They are hoping that they can convince folks it's better to vote for someone you find "appealing" but who does bad things to you than to vote for someone who does good things you like but who you find "unappealing" - brain check time for CNBC....
Obama won on personality not policy. Trump won on policy.
“These numbers were enough to get poll expert Nate Silver to sit up and take notice:”
The overrated guesser. He got the 2012 elections right but the next 6 midterms and general election, he was dead wrong and far off on his numbers. Go back to calculating odds on the lotto tickets.
If we’re basing “popularity” on polls, that would be the problem. The MSM highlights anyone making negative comments about Trump (see: Olympics coverage), masking the true support he has in this country.
BTTT!
amazing, some voters blamed Bush for Obama’s economy until 2 years ago...