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Poll: A majority of U.S. adults disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of issues related to colleges and universities, according to a new poll ...
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... More than half of Americans, 56%, disapprove of the Republican president's approach on higher education, the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds, while about 4 in 10 approve, in line with his overall job approval. Since taking office in January, Trump has tried to force change at universities he says have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism. The spotlight most recently has been on Harvard University, where Trump's administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in federal grants, threatened to strip the school's tax-exempt status, and demanded broad policy changes. ...
Since taking office in January, Trump has tried to force change at universities he says have become hotbeds of liberalism and antisemitism.
The spotlight most recently has been on Harvard University, where Trump's administration has frozen more than $2.2 billion in federal grants, threatened to strip the school's tax-exempt status, and demanded broad policy changes. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-10 12:35 AM | Reply
The one thing I have not yet seen from Pres Trump is a rational explanation of how his political polices relate to the education of American students.
As I have seen so far is along the lines of, ~do what I tell you to do.~
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-10 12:39 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Trump is a sad little ----.
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-10 03:17 AM | Reply
Americans are acting exactly like Germans did in the 1930s.
Sitting by passively as a fascist government tears the nation apart.
#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-10 09:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
"... More than half of Americans, 56%, disapprove of the Republican president's approach on higher education, the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds pLighter"
Do you have the cross tabs for this poll? I ask as the new liberal trick is to use Democrat / Independent / GOP split in the data but when specifically asked who they voted for in 2024, the results come back at ~40% Trump. The implication is that people self-identifying as Independents are simply Democrats embarrassed to admit it - as a result, the polls are systematically over-representing Democrats. In the cross tabs of any poll that do not reflect Trump receiving 50% of the 2024 votes of the sample are simply skewed polls. It is exactly what you see here - pretty much all the liberals are embarrassed to be called Democrats despite them voting lockstep for the Democrats.
So, do you have the cross tabs for this poll? If they are not available, I think the implication is obvious.
#5 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-10 10:53 PM | Reply
"It is exactly what you see here - pretty much all the liberals are embarrassed to be called Democrats despite them voting lockstep for the Democrats."
Not me or most prople I know; we are proud Democrats; you know, the party that brought every single advancement in our society aimed at equality an Republicans have no such CCOMPLISHMENTSd fairness also things like Social Security, Medicarem Medicaid, school lunchesm Civil Rights, Voting Rights, etc. Virtually rverything that benefits average Americans to;; this day. Republicans have bo such accomplishments abs they havw actually opposed any bill that was designed to hekp averahe Americans but supported every tax cut for rich Americans while, at the same time bitching about the deficit.
#6 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-10 11:15 PM | Reply
"Not me or most prople I know; we are proud Democrats"
Go ask Danforth if he is a Democrat. Nope - he is 'an independent'...LOL.
"you know, the party that brought every single advancement in our society aimed at equality"
That was the pre-year 2000 Democrats. The post-year 2000 Democrats are nothing like the party that came before. They would JKF out of the party.
"Social Security, Medicarem Medicaid, school lunchesm Civil Rights, Voting Rights, etc. #6 | Posted by danni"
Social Security is a scam for anyone under 40 today to participate in. Medicaid is a giant scam and mistake - it just shifted the burden onto the middle class
Enjoy being part of the 21% of the country that still supports your party of weirdos and communists.
#7 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-11 12:43 AM | Reply
No they dont.
I think most Americans agree with Trump on colleges. They just arent tell YOU progressives to your face.
But they are telling you at the ballot box.
#8 | Posted by boaz at 2025-05-11 08:18 AM | Reply
MAGAts believe the-------------'s Trump U is superior to Ivy League schools.
#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-11 08:36 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
Anti-intellectualism is Trump's biggest brand
#10 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-11 09:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
"I think most Americans agree with Trump on colleges. They just arent tell YOU progressives to your face."
Most Americans are liars. Got it.
#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-11 10:26 AM | Reply
One of our resident ignorant morons explained higher education to us; it's not education iy's indoctrination. Whatever we call it you can be sure that particular moron isn't going to have any of it.
#12 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-11 11:13 AM | Reply
"But they are telling you at the ballot box. #8 | Posted by boaz"
As I posted above, I don't think it is a 'lying' issues - at least not on the part of Trump supporters. It is that they are undercounted in surveys due to massive influx of 'independents' that are really just Democrats embarrassed to say they are Democrats. For any survey that does not release how the sample voted in 2024, it is simply lying. They are not meant to report public opinion - they are meant to form it.
#13 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-11 07:14 PM | Reply
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