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Trump’s Favorable Rating Rivals Reagan’s in 1980
thegatewaypundit.com ^ | 4/8/16 | thegatewaypundit.com

Posted on 04/09/2016 12:01:22 PM PDT by cdnerds

Ronald Reagan’s favorable rating was also at 30% back in March 1980. The GOP elites at the time also worried he could never win.

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1 posted on 04/09/2016 12:01:22 PM PDT by cdnerds
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To: cdnerds

Shhhh. You’ll wake them up.


2 posted on 04/09/2016 12:02:44 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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To: cdnerds
The GOP elites at the time also worried he could never WOULD win.
3 posted on 04/09/2016 12:05:09 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: cdnerds

Bull frogs!!!


4 posted on 04/09/2016 12:07:21 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: cdnerds

I remember when Reagan had no chance of election because of his crazy ideas.
I remember when Reagan had to be kept out of the White House because he would start nuclear war as soon as he got in.
I remember when our enemies would attack us first if we made the mistake of electing a dangerous man like Reagan.
I remember how our fragile economy would suffer if we allowed a fool like Reagan to start changing things.

I don’t say that Trump is Reagan. I recognize that Trump is not a strict ideological Conservative. But the Establishment sees Trump exactly the way they saw Reagan.

The Establishment is the problem. Always has been.
Trump is against the Establishment.

Vote Trump.
Don’t vote Goldman Sachs.


5 posted on 04/09/2016 12:09:40 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking, but I know what I'm thinking.)
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To: cdnerds

“Trump’s favorable rating among the general electorate is, on average, 30 percent. His unfavorable rating is a sky-high 63 percent. In other words, a lot more people dislike Trump than like him. The American public was more evenly split on Reagan at a comparable point in the 1980 campaign. According to an April 1980 Cambridge Reports survey, 39 percent of Americans had a favorable view of Reagan, and 44 percent had an unfavorable view. Reagan’s net favorability rating was 28 percentage points higher than Trump’s is.”

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/donald-trump-is-no-ronald-reagan/


6 posted on 04/09/2016 12:10:54 PM PDT by Beagle8U
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To: ClearCase_guy

Keep
American
Sovereign!

NO NORTH AMERICA UNION!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gXcYCwaBKnQ


7 posted on 04/09/2016 12:13:32 PM PDT by hoosiermama (1240 (a couple extra to boot) Under budget. Ahead of schedule! Go TRUMP)
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To: cdnerds

Trump is not Reagan.


8 posted on 04/09/2016 12:16:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cdnerds
bttt


9 posted on 04/09/2016 12:16:06 PM PDT by BagCamAddict (#NeverHillary)
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To: ClearCase_guy

To all. I found this post to be most helpful in explaining who Trump really is. It’s a bit lengthy and an excellent read.

By Mychal Massie on January 19, 2016 in Daily Rant, Race & Politics 5

If you don’t like Trump, this is the perfect reading for you. if your are Dem or Rep. it does not make any difference.

Trump Is Not Conservative. He is not a liberal. He’s A Pragmatist

He sees a problem and understands it must be fixed. He doesn’t see the problem as liberal or conservative, he sees it only as a problem. That is a quality that should be admired and applauded, not condemned.

Viewing problems from a liberal perspective has rrresulted in the creation of more problems, more entitlement programs, more victims, more government, more political correctness, and more attacks on the working class in all economic strata.

Viewing things according to the so-called Republican conservative perspective has brought continued spending, globalism to the detriment of American interests and well being, denial of what the real problems are, weak, ineffective, milquetoast, leadership that amounts to Barney Fife Deputy Sheriff – appeasement oriented and afraid of its own shadow. In brief, it has brought liberal ideology with a pachyderm as a mascot juxtaposed to the ass of the Democrat Party.

Immigration isn’t a Republican problem – it isn’t a liberal problem – it is a problem that threatens the very fabric and infrastructure of America. It demands a pragmatic approach not an approach that is intended to appease one group or another.

The impending collapse of the economy isn’t a liberal or conservative problem it is an American problem. That said, until it is viewed as a problem that demands a common sense approach to resolution, it will never be fixed because the Democrats and Republicans know only one way to fix things and the longevity of their impracticality has proven to have no lasting effect.

Successful businessmen like Donald Trump find ways to make things work, they do not promise to accommodate.
Trump uniquely understands that China’s manipulation of currency is not a Republican problem or a Democrat problem. It is a problem that threatens our financial stability and he understands the proper balance needed to fix it. Here again successful businessmen like Trump who have weathered the changing tides of economic reality understand what is necessary to make business work and they, unlike both sides of the political aisle, know that if something doesn’t work you don’t continue trying to make it work hoping that at some point it will.

As a pragmatist Donald Trump hasn’t made wild pie-in-the-sky promises of a cell phone in every pocket, free college tuition, and a $15 hour minimum wage for working the drive-through a Carl’s Hamburgers.

I argue that America needs pragmatists because pragmatists see a problem and find ways to fix them. They do not see a problem and compound it by creating more problems.

You may not like Donald Trump but I suspect that the reason people do not like him is because:
1) he is antithetical to the “good old boy” method of brokering backroom deals that fatten the coffers of politicians;
2) they are unaccustomed to hearing a candidate speak who is unencumbered by the financial shackles of those who own them vis-a`-vis donations;
3) he is someone who is free of idiomatic political ideology; and 4) he is someone who understands that it takes more than hollow promises and political correctness to make America great again.

Listening to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders talk about fixing America is like listening to two lunatics trying to “out crazy” one another. Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio are owned lock, stock, and barrel by the bankers, corporations, and big dollar donors funding their campaigns. Bush can deny it but common sense tells anyone willing to face facts that people don’t give tens of millions without expecting something in return.

We have had Democrats and Republican ideologues and what has it brought us? Are we better off today or worst off? Has it happened overnight or has it been a steady decline brought on by both parties?

I submit that a pragmatist might be just what America needs right now. And as I said earlier, a pragmatist sees a problem and understands that the solution to fix same is not about a party, but a willingness and boldness to get it done.

People are quick to confuse and despise confidence as arrogance but that is common amongst those who have never accomplished anything in their lives and who have always played it safe not willing to risk failure

Pass it on . spread it to any page that has anything to do with the election on both sides . Make people think not just hear what the media is saying and add your words and thoughts to the bottom.

Go Trump Army ! Share this and vote Trump. Copy this and pass it on.


10 posted on 04/09/2016 12:16:34 PM PDT by sarasotarepublican (Politicians are like diwapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.)
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To: cdnerds

Maybe Reagan didn’t look too bad after the Iran Hostage Crisis had dragged out for several months.


11 posted on 04/09/2016 12:24:33 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: All

1980

Americans tend to rally around their President in times of foreign crisis, and this was no different. As Americans tied yellow ribbons for the hostages, they wanted to put their faith in the deeply unpopular Carter to find a way out. Carter’s approval rating hit 54% in early December, and peaked at 58% in late January, staying above 50% into the beginning of March. But as the crisis dragged on, Carter’s weakness reasserted itself, and was back in the 30s by mid-April when the Desert One rescue mission failed. Carter never recovered; his approval rating even among Democrats hovered around or below 50% the rest of the year.


12 posted on 04/09/2016 12:29:25 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: cdnerds
No, no, we want to talk about Lincoln...
13 posted on 04/09/2016 12:31:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Ted Cruz, Canada's Dime Minister, and least favorite son. (man without a country))
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To: cdnerds
True, but things broke very well for Reagan and very poorly for Carter.

Trump (or Cruz or whoever) can't count on that kind of good luck.

FWIW:

It looks like a lot of people who came to vote for Reagan seriously considered voting for liberal Independent John Anderson.

That's not the only possibility, of course. It's possible that some liberals moved from Anderson back to Carter and Carter's moderate or conservative supporters went over to Reagan, but it would be an interesting surprise if there were people who had to decide between Anderson and Reagan who opted for Reagan in the end.

14 posted on 04/09/2016 12:37:57 PM PDT by x
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To: sarasotarepublican
Trump Is Not Conservative. He is not a liberal. He’s A Pragmatist

Exactly! And that is why I support him, and why I have long wanted to see businessmen, not politicians, running for office.

I used to work with a liberal, who, for a while, tried to engage me in political discussions. This was because he missed arguing with a previous conservative employee, and he'd hoped I would fill the void. I told him that I absolutely hate politics, because all politicians do is propose ideological "solutions" that don't address the problems at all, instead of trying to figure out solutions that *do* work. He never made a real effort to argue with me after that. And he was a good friend.

I a pragmatist. I align more with conservatives, because it seems that more conservative ideas than liberal are based in pragmatism. But in the end, what counts is not whether a concept is adopted by liberals or conservatives--it is whether the concept works to advance human dignity, freedom, and prosperity.

15 posted on 04/09/2016 12:47:33 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: cdnerds

Trump is no Reagan, never will be, pffft.


16 posted on 04/09/2016 12:51:31 PM PDT by psjones (u)
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To: Beagle8U

I don’t know what the actual numbers are, and I am committed to voting for the Republican - whether it’s him or Cruz, unless the GOP invalidates all those out there who have voted for either of them.

That said, I do think there are a significant number of people who would vote for Trump, but won’t say so publicly for fear of being politically incorrect. For that matter, I think there are a fair number of people who probably feel the same way about openly admitting to support for Cruz. Those on the left are not at all shy to say who they support, even if it were Stalin. Curious.


17 posted on 04/09/2016 12:56:24 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: ClearCase_guy

I agree with you that Trump’s “popularity” with the GOPe is about the same as Reagan’s was with the Bush and happy-to-be-in-the-minority country club Republicans of the late 70’s. But there’s a big difference in the character of the two men. Reagan had an aw shucks, folks demeanor about him that could put voters at ease. And he was a seasoned politician. Donald Trump doesn’t seem to possess an ounce of the kindness and gentlemanly quality that Reagan had. And try to compare Reagan’s ability to deliver a speech with Trump’s stream of consciousness rambling. If he is nominated there will be ankle deep blood on the convention floor in Cleveland and regrouping the party around him will be an order of magnitude harder than it was for Reagan.


18 posted on 04/09/2016 1:16:46 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinion)
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To: cdnerds

Trump is no Reagan...not even close.


19 posted on 04/09/2016 1:21:32 PM PDT by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98)
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To: katana

Not only does Trump’s bragging and clueless rambling not compare with Reagan’s wit and charm, the two men are operating in vastly different countries.

Demographically, the USA of 1980 no longer exists. White voters now make up a much smaller proportion of the electorate. And since whites are the only real swing voters, the big shift that carried Reagan into the Oval Office is not likely available today. Heck, Reagan would just barely get elected today; and he would be destroyed in his home state of California by any random Democrat.


20 posted on 04/09/2016 1:25:23 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Islamic Immigration is Treason.)
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