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7-in-10 speech-watchers say Trump boosted optimism
CNN Politics ^ | March 1, 2017 | Jennifer Agiesta, polling director

Posted on 03/01/2017 8:00:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

President Donald Trump's first address to Congress received largely positive reviews from viewers, with 57% who tuned in saying they had a very positive reaction to the speech, according to a new CNN/ORC poll of speech-watchers.

Nearly 7-in-10 who watched said the President's proposed policies would move the country in the right direction and almost two-thirds said the president has the right priorities for the country. Overall, about 7-in-10 said the speech made them feel more optimistic about the direction of the country.

The survey, conducted among a group of Americans who said in interviews conducted before the speech that they planned to watch and agreed to be re-contacted, only reflects the views of those who watched the speech, not of all Americans.

People who choose to watch a political speech such as this one tend to be more supportive of the speaker. In this case, the pool of speech-watchers was about eight points more Republican than the population as a whole.....

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: polls; sotu; speech; trump
Probably more like 8.5 out of 10.
1 posted on 03/01/2017 8:00:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I used to be an 8.5 out of 10 to the gals.

Now I’m a 0.6 :)

This poll means a STAGGERING number of independents like Trump.

That’s great.


2 posted on 03/01/2017 8:04:10 PM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is encouraging that in today’s celebrity-obsessed, multi-gendered, couch-sitting-focused society, such a huge fraction of Americans still “get it”.


3 posted on 03/01/2017 8:13:31 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The sound you hear are liberals weeping and gnashing their teeth.


4 posted on 03/01/2017 8:14:22 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The survey, conducted among 509 respondents with a 4.5% margin of error, showed that 57% had a “very positive” reaction to the speech, while 21% had a “somewhat positive” reaction, adding up to 78% “positive” overall. Only 21% of those who watched the speech had a “negative” reaction.
5 posted on 03/01/2017 8:18:10 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (There will come a time when those screaming Fascists are in fact the actual Facists. W Churchill)
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To: OrangeHoof

Trump just opened his 2020 Presidential campaign.

This was the best campaign speech EVER. Incidentally, it also outlined his coming strategy for his stay in the White House.

And Maxine Waters missed it.

The Donald does not disappoint. And perhaps for the first time ever, MILLIONS of Americans got to see Donald Trump, unfiltered.


6 posted on 03/01/2017 8:23:07 PM PST by alloysteel (John Galt has chosen to take the job. This time, Atlas did NOT shrug.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The progressive left is hemorrhaging credibility.

They have been telling us that Trump’s speeches are only appealing to his base, and tu tu’ing as inconsequential.

But he’s not. He’s actually appealing to and stealing from the base of the classical democratic center right.


7 posted on 03/01/2017 8:31:22 PM PST by Fhios
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To: dp0622

too funny.
This is the first poll i’ve seen since just about ever, where Repubs oversampled RATs.(barely)

33% Republicans,
28% Democrats
39% Independents.


8 posted on 03/01/2017 9:51:04 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: stylin19a

too funny.
This is the first poll i’ve seen since just about ever, where Repubs oversampled RATs.(barely)

33% Republicans,
28% Democrats
39% Independents.

In other words...
The ONLY ONES who didn’t like it, were the demonrats.

You could make the argument that republicans are naturally going to like it.
But when the majority of the independents like it,
then it just makes the dems look like crying little b**ches.
But hey...I’M GOOD WITH THAT :)


9 posted on 03/01/2017 10:20:03 PM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: dp0622

....just CNN playing nice nice


10 posted on 03/01/2017 10:25:49 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

3-in-10 are never going to say anything positive about Trump.


11 posted on 03/01/2017 11:29:36 PM PST by CatOwner
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