Sunday, May 04, 2025

Shock Poll: Core Part of Trump's Base is Abandoning Him

Rural voters are rapidly souring on the president, thanks in large part to his decision to tank the economy for no reason.

Posted by Corky at 10:32 AM | 38 COMMENTS | permalink

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Who's to blame for the current economy? Out right now, our brand new poll with @NPR and PBS @NewsHour shows Americans' growing dissatisfaction with Trump's handling of the economy: maristpoll.com/latest-polls

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-- Marist Poll (@maristpoll.bsky.social) April 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM

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I'm of two minds here ...

1) Republicans in Congress seem to be afraid of the MAGA voters in their district ~primary-ing~ them.

2) How long will it take for this possible (and I do say, "possible") change of opinion of the constituents to migrate from the polls to the actions of their Congressional representatives?


My current guess is that the latter is going to take a long time, and as such, this poll has ittle meaning to Pres Trump and his advisors.

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 10:59 PM

"Farmers were also hurt by Trump's dismantling of USAID, which lost them $2 billion, and the administration's upending of programs for farms to provide produce for schools and food banks lost them at least another $1 billion.

Farmers aren't the only rural residents hurt by Trump"workers and small businesses have also been impacted by shrinking consumer confidence and fears about an impending economic recession caused by roiling markets. Some believe it's already begun."

'

Old Man Donald had a farm
Ee i ee I owe
And on his farm he had some families
Ee i ee I owe
With a boo hoo here
And a boo hoo there
Here a boo, there a hoo
Everywhere a boo hoo
Old Man Donald had a farm
Ee i ee I owe

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-03 11:00 PM

@#2

More from the cited article ...

...But that's only the tip of the iceberg. The president's massive cuts to disaster preparedness programs threaten vulnerable rural regions that could be hit by the oncoming hurricane season. After Trump floated eliminating FEMA altogether, the agency stopped paying for temporary housing for more than 1,200 families displaced by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina.

As recently as Friday, Trump's directive to slash federal funding at NPR and PBS would also disproportionately impact rural areas, which receive the most of the sliver of money granted by the government for educational and cultural programming. ...


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 11:07 PM

I still stand by the two questions I asked in #1.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 11:08 PM

"Republicans in Congress seem to be afraid of the MAGA voters in their district Elon Musk ~primary-ing~ them."

#5 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-03 11:09 PM

@#5

Yeah, good point.

A billionaire having an outsized effect in elections instead of the local folk in that district.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 11:25 PM

A billionaire having an outsized effect in elections...

He's not just a billionaire. He has so much money he can pretty much buy anything.

He bought Lewzer the Presidency for $225 Million. He could "primary" every Republican in Congress at that rate for $61 Billion.

$61 Billion is chump change for him. He wasted more money on Twitter.

#7 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-03 11:37 PM

thanks in large part to his decision to tank the economy for no reason.

Posted by Corky

Please consider, in all seriousness, that our mentally-ill president did have a reason---

It was BIDEN'S economy, and it was good.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-04 08:28 AM

On the upside, with all the migrants gone and benefits being slashed, rural magars can finally get the pennies an hour farm labor jobs they're avoiding, err, l mean, been blocked from by fentanyl smuggling illegal immigrants.

#9 | Posted by northguy3 at 2025-05-04 11:28 AM

But do the Rural Voters understand how stupid they are?

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-04 12:07 PM

Just saw a parade of trumpers celebrating the "best 100 days in office".

Their delusions have no bounds.

#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-04 12:12 PM

"Please consider, in all seriousness, that our mentally-ill president did have a reason---

It was BIDEN'S economy, and it was good."

Abso-fuggin-lutely.

"But do the Rural Voters understand how stupid they are?"

Abso-fuggin-lutely NOT.

#12 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-05-04 01:00 PM

I just love opening this place up and read this first off.

so funny...

HOAX....that you fart smellers fall for

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#13 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:11 PM

your brain is a hoax.

#14 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-04 01:13 PM

You voted for a felon that lied 30,000 + times in his first four years as president. Then you voted for him again.

Don't lecture anyone on what a "hoax" is.

#15 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-04 01:14 PM

But do the Rural Voters understand how stupid they are?

#10 | Posted by snoofy

ahahaa....I do know this....that stupid S like this from you

and the angry motha loving dad still don't undertand

why your coup selected illiterate ---- / drunk lost to "hitler"

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#16 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:15 PM

kamala the "illiterate ----" beat the pants off of trump in the debate. Even fox news says that. Then you voted for him anyway.

Those facts are not even in question.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-04 01:17 PM

all right let's get serious with important stuff

ONE WEEK UNTIL MOTHER"S DAY/

husbands sons and daughters....this is the one day your mother / wife could be lying to you............" oh I don't need anything for mother's day"

---DON'T FALL FOR IT......IT'S A TRAP !!!..

.and don't wait until sunday morning...

#18 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:17 PM

Those facts are not even in question.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrit

wasn't going to respond to anyone here....been on "the hill"

dealing with leftist-dogma klan freaks fruits and fanatics..

when I decided to come here to the "pros" of the f /f and F's

sending those hack amateurs into oblivion almost...sob....got me teared up

thinking about you professional freaks fruits and fanatics..

ha ha

#19 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:22 PM

One thing about Shrimpdick... he speaks Gibberish without any accent at all.

Like he was born to it.

#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-04 01:36 PM

Those facts are not even in question.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrit

debate moderated by two dem butt kissing media whores who fact check
just one of the debaters/ and who were in on the biggest presidential scam
ever.

so yeah sure...I"ll say she won....the debate but you still have to remember

SHE GOT BEAT BY HITLER........BWAAAAAAAAAAAA

Illiterate ? hell yes...last week she went almost into a catatonic state
talking about elehants circling to protect the defenseless...

LIKE A WALL DOES.......

so let's look at some of the queen of illiteracy

" I can imagine what can be..unburdened by what has been"
( hare krishna / hare krishna / HARe KRISHNA !!

AND TRUMP is actually paying attention to her...." being a leader means
that you're going to have to make difficult calls.you have to have the courage to do what's right, even if it's not popular"

#21 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:42 PM

MEANWHILE....GET YOUR LIES READY.

dow closed at 41 heading toward 52 week high of 46....

suddenly the market will have NOTHING to do with the potus...

just like when it went down with biden and obama....

BUT MAGICALLY the market increase appeared on every obama campaign
poster article in 2012....

wow...what a coincidence....

#22 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:49 PM

"debate moderated by two dems..."

Awwww, poor baby...always the victim, aren't you?

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-05-04 01:50 PM

more bad news for democrats and good news for americans..

Major U.S. Manufacturing Commitments (2025)
Apple " $500B to expand U.S. production
Nvidia " $500B for AI chip plants in TX & AZ
Stargate (OpenAI x Oracle x SoftBank) " $500B for AI infrastructure
IBM " $150B in U.S. R&D & manufacturing
Johnson & Johnson " $55B in new facilities
Eli Lilly " $27B, 4 sites, 13K jobs
TSMC " +$100B for U.S. semiconductors
Hyundai " $21B incl. $5.8B LA steel plant
Merck " $1B in DE for drug production
Amgen " $900M expansion in OH biotech

so just like I said last night about 11.....suck it bitch.

#24 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:51 PM

Awwww, poor baby...always the victim, aren't you?

#23 | Posted by Danforth

oh danny boy..

hey I think I just wrote a song..

pointing out an obvious attempt to put one side above the other

in a debate so 'you people' can lie about it isn't being a victim.

it's being a truth telling American here to fight for truth, justice

and the American way".

#25 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 01:57 PM

and two more before I return to the normal people.

I asked this question earlier in another den of leftist

HOW STUPID ARE LEFTISTS TODAY.

How about people standing with the "gays for Palestine" flag.

--Gay Palestinian Ahmad Abu Marnia was found today..

with his body over here.....and his head over there...

#26 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 02:01 PM

I need a captain crunch decoder ring to decipher STD's posts.

#27 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-04 02:06 PM

- decipher STD's posts.

Chimp with a typewriter... aka the Infinite Monkey Theorem.

Or more likely in this case, a chump with a keyboard.

#28 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-04 02:19 PM

kamala the "illiterate ----" beat the pants off of trump in the debate. Even fox news says that. Then you voted for him anyway.
Those facts are not even in question.

#17 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-05-04 01:17 PM | Reply | Flag:
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| Newsworthy

Let's see...woman of color...woman...not a chance...come back at some time in a year hence or so.

#29 | Posted by john47 at 2025-05-04 03:07 PM

#2 | Posted by Corky

FAFO. They voted for him. So, crocodile tears.

And at the same time their markets have shrunk the cost of everything farmer's need from fertilizer to parts for machinery have skyrocketed.

#30 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-05-04 05:45 PM

forget all that stupid stuff from the remedial class....

just watched a clip of a schumer press conference speaking of polls.

chuckie said as he leaned forward looking over his glasses...hey senator..they make progressive bi / tri lens...but he says proudl
DONALD TRUMP HAS THE LOWEST RATINGS SINCE THEY STARTED 80 YEARS AGO.

some guy in the audience ...a real journalist obviously..... said.....senator ..your polling number is at 17 %....are
you worried you'll be a determent to the dem party....." I WANT TO KNOW THAT REPORTER'S NAME because if he's part of the dem rump rubbing media he's gonna be fired..

....funniest part was then chuck said some nonsense about polls

not being something or other.....*I was laughing too hard...

I hope AOC runs for his senate seat....a debate between those two

would be worth watching.....

--and THESE are the people you're expecting to beat 'hitler"

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

#31 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 07:31 PM

oh yeah....the reporter pointed out that chucks polling was much lower than

trumps....and all chuck could do was look around and stammer.

too bad you guys are so limited in current events watching the dem

rump rubbing media that you don't get to laugh that much.

#32 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-05-04 07:36 PM

PBS/NPR/Marist poll. LOL. Does anyone with a brain, leaves out Corky, think a rural MAGA voter would respond to a PBS/NPR poll?

#33 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-04 08:03 PM

A Trumper, including Fishpie, wouldn't know who Marist is when they called.

But hey, any excuse for the Cult Leader is a good excuse, eh?

#34 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-04 10:40 PM

This looka lika fake news

#35 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-05-04 11:11 PM

Only to Don-Jon-il cultists.

#36 | Posted by YAV at 2025-05-05 08:31 AM

Fat Donnie Failure

#37 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-05 04:53 PM

@#5
Yeah, good point.
A billionaire having an outsized effect in elections instead of the local folk in that district.
#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-03 11:25 PM

But it's a stones throw too far to consider that Musk definitely hacked the election to obtain that effect?

#38 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-05-05 05:37 PM

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