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.
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.
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.
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).
This poll is done online based on selection by address, and they’ll even hand out a tablet if the person at the address doesn’t have internet access. There are undoubtedly still old school polls doing landline cold-calls, but I think they’re growing rarer, and frankly at this point they’re Karoline Leavitt’s favorite ones.
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.
To them it’s all about teams.
They root for the home team cause they believe it’s about identity instead of ideas.
The cold hard truth is that they want white nationalism at all costs
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).
This poll is done online based on selection by address, and they’ll even hand out a tablet if the person at the address doesn’t have internet access. There are undoubtedly still old school polls doing landline cold-calls, but I think they’re growing rarer, and frankly at this point they’re Karoline Leavitt’s favorite ones.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-are-reutersipsos-us-public-opinion-polls-conducted-2024-05-09/