Poll: Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an Opening a Year Before the Midterms

Monday, November 03, 2025

Around two-thirds of voters say Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and the cost of living, according to the new NBC News poll.

Posted by retort at 09:06 AM | 22 COMMENTS | permalink

Newsom: "This is a historically unpopular president. His policies are even more unpopular than him. In every core category he's underwater. He who promised to make us healthier & wealthier & we're poorer and sicker ... He knows he's lose midterms so he's trying to rig it before 1 vote is cast"

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Nov 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM

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Trump is already in process of sabotaging the mid-terms.

He probably doesn't want to resort to actually suppressing those elections but if things that mere sabotage won't do the job, he'll try that.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-03 10:02 AM

Trump probably doesn't want to resort to actually suppressing those elections, but if he thinks that mere sabotage won't do the job, he'll try that.

#1 | Posted by Zed

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-03 10:03 AM

Around two-thirds of voters say Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and the cost of living

Well, count me amongst the one-third who disagree.

Trump has entirely met my expectations, tax cuts for Elon Musk while raising taxes on everyone else. And squeezing what's left out of the middle and working class with tariffs and suing our government for a quarter billion dollars for having the temerity to possibly holding him responsible for his many crimes.

Trump's $230M DOJ settlement request faces scrutiny
President Trump's bid to be awarded as much as $230 million by his own Department of Justice as compensation for the various federal probes into his conduct would likely face few legal backstops if successful.

The president confirmed Tuesday that his personal legal team was seeking out a settlement, a request that could prompt his own appointees " among them his former defense attorneys " to make the determination of whether to pay up.
thehill.com

I'm actually impressed that he requested such a low amount. Should have gone for $1 trillion. Not like anyone in the GOP/his SCOTUS are going to stop him.

#3 | Posted by censored at 2025-11-03 11:10 AM

The best thing they could do is can Schumer and get senate leadership that can actually communicate effectively.

If they keep that idiot they'll fail because "we're not Trump" will be the extent of the message.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-03 11:19 AM

" If they keep that idiot they'll fail because "we're not Trump" will be the extent of the message.

#4 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-11-03 11:19 AM | FLAG: "

The only counter proposal I've seen is "Let's be Socialists."

#5 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-03 12:34 PM

While that IS a good proposal, the workers absolutely SHOULD own and control the means of production, it's unfortunately not one that is being or is likely to be proposed by the center-right Democrats.

We unfortunately have no mainstream socialist party in this country. Even worse, we do have a mainstream fascist party.

#6 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-11-03 12:45 PM

#6. Every time it's tried the result is human tragedy.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-03 12:52 PM

" We unfortunately have no mainstream socialist party"

It's not due to a lack of effort. People resoundingly reject that crap.

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-03 12:53 PM

The only counter proposal I've seen is "Let's be Socialists."

#5 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

You don't know what that word means and your next post on this thread proves it.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-03 02:18 PM

" You don't know what that word means and your next post on this thread proves it.

#9 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-11-03 02:18 PM | FLAG: "

I know exactly what it means. But, if you want to be pedantic: "Let's be Socialist-lite"

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-03 06:15 PM

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#9 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-11-03 02:18 PM | FLAG: "

It was a response to fee Dark Vader's post. Read his post and my response should make sense to you. .

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-11-03 09:10 PM

@#1 ... Trump is already in process of sabotaging the mid-terms. ...

But he has 12 months or so to remedy the problem he seems to be causing.

imo, the real thing to pay attention to is ... how will Democrats benefit from this apparent major faux pas of Pres Trump?

So far, I have to give it to the Dems in Congress for not backing down to Pres Trump's dicta.

But going forward into the 2026 election, what will be the talking points of the Dems?

And more important, will those talking points resonate with the voters that Democrats need?

History has shown the Dems have had a messaging problem.

Will they fix that for 2026?

Time will tell.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-03 09:25 PM

I just saw the new tax codes for April. If they don't benefit you then you don't have a job and are on welfare.

#13 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-11-04 01:00 PM

History has shown the Dems have had a messaging problem.
Will they fix that for 2026?
Time will tell.

#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-11-03 09:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

Right. What will they run on, higher taxes, open borders, higher crime? Back to the Biden/Harris days?

#14 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-11-04 01:03 PM

The noxious orange jizzfart's economy is on life support already.

www.rawstory.com

#15 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-04 01:08 PM

What will they run on, higher taxes, open borders, higher crime? Back to the Biden/Harris days?
#14 | Posted by fishpaw

Maybe they can run on fiscal conservatism!

"As of October 2025, Donald Trump's second term has added $1.81 trillion to the federal debt, with one trillion dollars accumulated in just eight weeks during August and September 2025"

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-04 01:46 PM

Around two-thirds of voters say Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and the cost of living

That's because 2/3 of Americans are gullible morons.

Anybody who thought we'd be anywhere but here (only thing that was a question was the degree of severity of the economic decline) shouldn't be allowed to vote ever again.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-04 01:55 PM

I just saw the new tax codes for April. If they don't benefit you then you don't have a job and are on welfare.

#13 | Posted by fishpaw

What benefits I'll see is a steep price to pay for the carnage he has caused in everything else.

I'd happily take 2024 taxes with the restoration of the NIH, science, public health, Congressional function, GOP with a backbone, DOGE never happening ect ect ect.

#18 | Posted by jpw at 2025-11-04 01:57 PM

If they don't benefit you then you don't have a job and are on welfare.
#13 | Posted by fishpaw

So, the new tax code hurts children and the elderly, people too disabled to work including people disabled at work and disabled veterans, people laid off from work through no fault of their own, such as fossil fuel workers in boom and bust economies.

It's worth hurting all those people to make it harder for the bad people without jobs on welfare. Because those are all bad people.

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-04 03:12 PM

Maybe they can run on fiscal conservatism!

"As of October 2025, Donald Trump's second term has added $1.81 trillion to the federal debt, with one trillion dollars accumulated in just eight weeks during August and September 2025"
#16 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

LOL, No one can stop the debt, only thing will be total collapse of the dollar.

#20 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-11-04 11:20 PM

It's worth hurting all those people to make it harder for the bad people without jobs on welfare. Because those are all bad people.
#19 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

The tax code won't have nothing on the old "Snoofy Transient Inflation" thats on the way.

Has it abated at all since you pushed that oldie but goldie?

Guess what M2 is greater NOW than it was when I brought it up before.