…approval ratings among independents for the chief members of the president and his Cabinet have dropped to a two-to-one negative ratio, according to a Quinnipiac poll published Wednesday.
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…approval ratings among independents for the chief members of the president and his Cabinet have dropped to a two-to-one negative ratio, according to a Quinnipiac poll published Wednesday.
Archived at https://archive.is/rqvZw
Without elections popularity is irrelevant, and these people are well aware of that.
I think popularity remains relevant regardless of how much democratic backsliding happens. Whether popular will expresses itself through an election or some other means people will find an outlet.
I think the reason their authoritarian plan is so fast is because, like in Russia or China, they want to have such deep propaganda oversight over the media landscape by 2028 and potentially November 2026 that they will have suppressed most critical press. And they are moving to be able to revoke citizenship at will (if there’s no birthright citizenship, and no due process, how many of us are provably citizens? Will it even matter at that point?).
People are forgetting life and standards before Trump already. And if we’re living in fear of being kidnapped and deported, that’s a strong counterweight to revolt. I think popular will can actually be suppressed for a long time.
Even China sometimes has to backtrack when they make decisions which don’t resonate with the people. Even dictators need some semblance of support among the public.
Sure, but what I meant is, the level of support will be even more inorganic, and therefore less of a factor we can rely on.