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senseandsensibility

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:36 PM Tuesday

Dems are unpopular! The media is very concerned! [View all]

Kris Jansing just confronted Jasmine Crockett with a poll result showing Rs with a forty four percent approval rating vs. Dems with a forty three percent approval rating. Obviously, neither party is tearing up the charts when it comes to popularity.

But there is a simple explanation. The high disapproval ratings for Dems results from members of the Democratic party who want their leaders to fight trump harder, not from disapproval of Democratic policies.

Let's put it this way: would any of the Dems who disapprove of their own party for not fighting harder against trump vote for him or his chosen candidates in November? NO. So it is an meaningless statistic.

We're not a braindead cult. The Rs will always get a high rating among their own members who like to be told what to think and do. It doesn't matter. What matters is polls that measure enthusiasm and who voters will actually vote for.

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