Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda Our look at 300 polls asking support for Trump's policies: - ThreadSky

gelliottmorris.com • 1 day ago

Americans voted for Trump, but don't support his agenda

Our look at 300 polls asking support for Trump's policies:

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pollik.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuelled by hate of LGBT+ by the look of it

bastillesam.bsky.social•1 day ago

How did America suddenly shift towards climate denialism?

rbrbndgrl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly, looks like hate is still polling well.

pixipic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tough. We have been dealing with these willfully ignorant voters for 7 decades. The only hope we have against their self interest is for all to suffer by trump voters. They absolutely knew what policies they were voting for. It was spelled out in 900 pages and they saw his evil last time.

freeintheforest.bsky.social•1 day ago

And they'd all vote for him again. Conservatives in Canada are the same

lvclog.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why use "LGBTQ" when the questions are exclusively about transgender stuff? Seems misleading

livinginjeopardy.bsky.social•20 hours ago

well great, that makes me feel much better

lvclog.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Sorry, I didn't intend to imply that it's fine just because the questionnaire dealt only with trans policies

livinginjeopardy.bsky.social•18 hours ago

tbf they also word the questions in a way that's clearly derogatory against us.

litzz11.bsky.social•1 day ago

They wanted an old white guy to be president. The figurehead of state needs to be old, white, male.

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•1 day ago

they want everyone with a JOB to be white and male.

litzz11.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are welcome to pick tomatoes and berries in the fields, someone has to do it.

dlb52.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tells me they voted against the other candidate.

mynahleague.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wtf, LGBTQ is +16?

ecledia.bsky.social•21 hours ago

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gelliottmorris.com•1 day ago

The data used in this piece is publicly available here: https://github.com/fivethirtyeight/data/tree/master/trump-2-poll-issue-questions

beneprism.rip•1 day ago

I was curious about the LGBT category. Military ban is underwater at about 50-40 against Trump. "Only two sexes", bathroom bans, limits to gender-affirming care are at about 55-35 for. Worst is women's sports, which is upwards of 60-30 in favor of banning trans athletes.

beneprism.rip•1 day ago

This is a case where "LGBT" obscures, because all of the questions are about trans issues, other than one question which is really more of a general DEI thing ("Removing government websites that use the terms gender, racism, diversity, or bias" -- 38 yes, 44 no)

beneprism.rip•1 day ago

"Crime" should really be "Jan 6" and "Cronyism" because it is mostly about Jan 6 pardons, as well as dropping the Eric Adams case and pardoning Blagojevich

beneprism.rip•1 day ago

DOGE is worse than it looks (for Trump) because the best numbers are very old and just based on "do you approve of establishing the Department of Government Efficiency"; all of the specific questions about what DOGE has actually done are way underwater

pipercat.bsky.social•1 day ago

So then why did they vote for him? It’s not like he didn’t say and others didn’t warn what his agenda was gong to be.

hvrcrftfullofeels.bsky.social•1 day ago

racism, misogyny, and as you can see by these figures, homo-and trans- phobia

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

Biden raised the price of groceries😏

ecarney.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can't shake a stick without hitting a voter who says, "I voted for Trump to make America great, whatever that means to me personally."

ianrobo.bsky.social•1 day ago

hmmm can see why they picked trans issues, the only one positive in large numbers ...

ngrippel.com•21 hours ago

Doesn't matter now. King Donald J Trump I now has his hands back on the controls of the US Federal government. Those voters + those not bothering to vote have enabled the undoing of the American Revolution.

https://www.ngrippel.com/ngr-politics.html

kajleers.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hi - thx for this. However, did you split the data so it shows how Republican voters and their opinions?

itseasybeinggreen.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Canada targeting is the big surprise but if they didn't like the rest they shouldn't have voted for him.

If they voted for him just to make life worse for trans people then they deserve to have that mirrored back on them tenfold.

moira31mudlarks.bsky.social•1 day ago

They will have to find out over time as many UK voters have re Brexit - although Trumps & F@rages always find a way to blame others

janetlinde.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just going to say it. There is a huge swath of people who are eligible to vote in this country but have no clue about the issues or the platforms of the candidates. They vote based on who their friends support or the urgings of their favorite TikTok personality. I don't know how you solve that.

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

I thought it was the price of eggs and stuff

ogdavisxmachina.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Does this vote make my ass look fat?"
(Looks around nervously at friends...)

shirley0401.bsky.social•5 minutes ago

Yeah but Harris seemed kind of boring and lame, and laughed the way she laughed. Things would have just kept mostly just kind of working smoothly, and where's the fun in that?
So it's not like people had a "real choice."

magiprocessioner.bsky.social•1 day ago

Americans probably shouldn’t have voted for trump then

timbo213.bsky.social•1 day ago

adamserwer.bsky.social•1 day ago

i'm not sure how to judge polling against the revealed preference of their votes

mavill.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure you do, low info (& some high info )voters voted for a mythical Trump and/or figured something would block the crazy

Take the wall st galaxy brains like Ken Griffin Steve Cohen etc - they didn't think they'd get this.

adamserwer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sure. If they vote for him anyway, why should he care if they don't like this or that?

mavill.bsky.social•1 day ago

And he doesn't! Joke is on them and also us and the entire world. Good job, system!

crs1.bsky.social•1 day ago

maybe we should've said the stuff about him being a Russian asset louder?

I mean that was probably more probative than Biden's speech impediment, right? Can Ezra Klein gives us a ruling or is he too busy blowing himself?

adistantdream.bsky.social•1 day ago

He said he wasn't going to do Project 2025, and then he did not only that, but a specially coked up version run totally illegally by Elon Musk.

They fell for it.

limowreck.bsky.social•1 day ago

IMO, it's fair to say that maybe 5-7 points of Trump's 49.8% are types that told themselves that "they are voting Trump because of the economy" or "I like Dems but vaccines made me cry (lol)".

But if those voters are revolting against Trump at the current moment,, it's irrelevant.

archatlast.bsky.social•1 day ago

Looks like abuse of the LGBT community is the winner.
LGBT people affect nobody beyond their own lives, yet the country loves to see them scapegoated.
My family tells me their votes don't go to that part of the maga agenda. Like they get to pick.

gmarkham.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, sorry. All they had to do was pay attention to what he was saying.

dj1au.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thye just pay attention to the bits that appeal to them and ignore the rest.

dbottinick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sad, they approve of LGBTQ discrimination, wrecking the environment, contributing to global warming, & throwing immigrants who contribute to our country out.

obchargn.bsky.social•1 day ago

What’s driving those crime numbers?

arconiat.bsky.social•1 day ago

koubitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

Jesus christ, maybe that Trump trans ad really did determine the election wtf

walterdragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Americans are, above all, deeply and fundamentally stupid (and sexist, which really is the obvious explanation for how this regime was put in power twice).

gfrederick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Seems they just want the hate (LGBTQ and immigration) and the “drill baby drill” (energy and environment)

jasonroberts3114.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nothing on eggs? 🤔

timetoresistisnow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Let’s rephrase that. Americans voted for Trump but do not support the part of the agenda that impact them personally. They are ok with the part impacting minorities.

nathanmcdermott.bsky.social•1 day ago

christianflee.bsky.social•1 day ago

41% approve of that clown show of a cabinet? Tells you everything you need to know about American voters.

frg2m.eu•1 day ago

You mean voters do not understand who they are voting for ??
What a surprise 🤪

jmshghtwr.bsky.social•1 day ago

People didn't vote for trump, they checked the square that wasn't a black woman

cateatdog.bsky.social•1 day ago

What part of his "LGBTQ" agenda do they support or would it be safe to assume these people are stupid?

b2prof.bsky.social•1 day ago

banning from the military, banning athletic participation, banning personal pronouns, rescinding health equity, decreeing (!) that gender is binary only, banning gender change on passports... but yes, it is safe to assume these people are stupid. also hateful

vem.bsky.social•1 day ago

I saw a wsj article that quoted a voter saying “they/them pronouns are too far” lol.

Like ok what is the government gonna do for you there??

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're MAGA voters. It's a guarantee.

jeremytanner.bsky.social•1 day ago

Really? Are Americans this thick? It was 100% transparent what Trump was going to do. The majority of voters are getting exactly what they voted for.

thejasonlee.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tells me people dont know about his LGBTQ or Energy policies.

Like, wtf guys!

rjo.name•1 day ago

They're such a bunch of assholes !

rohanthenahor.bsky.social•1 day ago

What were the questions for “LGBT”? Nowadays it’s SUCH a broad category, though since 90% of his actions there are trying to make being trans illegal I’m not surprised, even many Dems are still very openly bigoted against them. Just like how their predecessors screamed to stop us from marrying or 🧵

rohanthenahor.bsky.social•1 day ago

raising kids circa the early 2000s, it’s literally “we should ONLY let gays visit their lovers in hospitals but no marriage for them, that’s special treatment” all over again.

contextmatters.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, they hate gay people, won’t accept climate change, and think immigrants are all “bad hombres”. Pretty much what we all expected. Did they not know Trump (more like Trump’s people) had other ideas?

nobodyspecial3.bsky.social•1 day ago

That LGBTQ line really pisses me off.

I absolutely fail to understand how that shit is anyone's fucking business but the people involved.

YOU think being queer is a sin? Don't be queer, but fuck right the hell off telling other people anything about it.

jennvg.bsky.social•1 day ago

All in on hating queer folks tho.

various-threnodies.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump being negative on treasury & trade seems like it should be a huge warning sign for this administration

ianrobo.bsky.social•1 day ago

see how the stock market has stalled with a slew of negative numbers etc

doomforpresident.bsky.social•1 day ago

Most of that LGBTQ number is based on transgender athletes in women’s sports, an issue that effects like seven people total but somehow occupies a staggering amount of our national discourse capacity.

koubitz.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think a lot of people see it as being kind of silly and unfair, but what is really shocking is how it has somehow managed to be one of the top issues for swing voters considering the gravity of everything surrounding Trump. Actually insane.

goldengirlswhit.bsky.social•1 day ago

What exactly did they think they were gonna get?

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