Isn't it illegal to publish polls like that?
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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If you want to understand how 37% can still support Trump, all you need to do is spend a day watching Fox News. It's completely detached from reality and in this Fantasy land they've imagined the president is a heroic figure and all minorities are evil extremists. The 37% get all their news straight from the propaganda machine and refuse to believe any other source is credible.
Fox News is interchangeable with OAN, Newsmax, Breitbart, and [insert any right-wing white supremacist fascist Nazi broligarch grifting podcaster here].
There's an interesting and distinct difference in flavors of conspiracies supported by viewers of TV news propaganda and the people who doomscroll social media for news.
The Fox News viewers are all believe roughly the same brand of crazy. The social media users build their reality freestyle out of the craziest conspiracies imaginable.
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I think we all kinda know that. The next question is harder: what's the response? For the sake of discussion, let's say Dems win the presidency and the house in 2028. What can be done to address the propaganda cult networks?
Here are some thoughts:
- Full court press on conservative news:
- Modify how the press pool operates. Like Hegseth but legal and not dumb.
- Election law violations. Directing and collusion with campaigns (think PAC vs Super PAC).
- Insider trading law violations. The market manipulation is apparent.
- FCC Fair Time rule. If they want to play that way, let's play.
- Anti-trust. Break up Sinclair.
- Address the misinfo directly while avoiding "Ministry of Truth" vibes. Get lower ranking Dems on the news networks BUT
- Very publicly establish fair ground rules for on air discussions. Break the rules and the topic now becomes why the host is a propo shill
- Do a better job of getting lower ranking Dems together and being on the same page. GOP knows how to close ranks. We have a higher purpose.
- Put. Them. In. Jail.
- Why is this so fucking hard.
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I'm not confused by them, just disgusted.
There is also a huge mostly ignored, Fascist Network in "religious" programming.
Try watching the 700 Club or anything on the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Straight up White Nationalist Nazi propaganda running 24/7 completely unchallenged (likely tax free as well).
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Yeah countrys still fucked if even 10% support a child raping fraudster for president
How can it still be so high at this point?
It's the same reason Trump got elected in the first place. These people absolutely don't care about doing the right thing. They either do exactly as they're told, or they are simply obsessed with winning. As long as their guy wins, they don't care what he does.
It's insane.
Because the only media they consume is Fox News or something even further right. Just spend an hour watching it and you'll understand why they live in a fantasy land.
Religion.
Christian death cult wishing for the end of times so Jesus comes back.
I once heard it put this way. About a third of Americans will vote Republican, no matter what. About a third of Americans will vote Democratic, no matter what. What the last third does determines what happens.
Not specific to Trump or his approval rating, but I think that the general principle applies.
Like it's their identity.
The reason that a lot of places are not doing this kind of polling is because these are done by polling land line phone numbers (if you call cell numbers you could get people anywhere in the world, if you call US landline numbers you get people who live in the US).
This method used to be perfectly okay when everyone had telephone service that comes through a wire, now that isn't the case. Because of this, there is inherent selection bias towards the kinds of people who would have land line phones (older people).
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New low so far. About 27% is the breaking point low. Most people aren't hungry yet, but prices haven't yet reached their peak.
Hopefully after trump is gone we go back to journalism and reporting facts, not the dissonant entertainment that has become "news" due to friends of fascists owning all news media. Not exactly like "1984" though. Instead of Big Brother it's more like Schoolyard Bully.
Still not zero
It doesn't matter. He has all the approval he needs to stay in power until Jan 2029, and if he sticks around later he won't need anyone's approval to do it.