Chuck Schumer Is Greatly Overestimating Trump’s Popularity

Slate ^ | November 28, 2018 | Jamelle Bouie

[2ndDivisionVet]

With most of the votes from the midterm election tallied, we now have a better sense of the scale of the Democratic victory. It is historic. Thus far, Democrats have earned more than 8.8 million more votes than Republicans, flipped 39 seats, and are poised to win a 40th as election officials continue counting ballots in California. In terms of their House margin, this makes 2018 the Democratic Party’s strongest midterm performance since Watergate. The popular vote margin is also a record high for Democrats, representing a decisive repudiation of the president and his party.

This should make concrete a still underappreciated fact of the political landscape. Despite endless profiles and analysis of his most outspoken backers, Donald Trump is deeply unpopular.

I’ve made this point before, contrasting his approval with that of past presidents operating under similar conditions. Historically, low unemployment, modest growth, and the lack of a major, highly visible foreign entanglement has been a recipe for high presidential approval ratings. Even in an age of high partisanship and polarization—where partisan identities drive assessment of objective economic conditions—you would expect the president to benefit from our growing economy...

[KillBill]

“8.8 million votes” - but there were 30 inner-city districts without Republican candidates, if those are 100000 votes instead of 0 it looks a lot different.

“strongest midterm performance since Watergate.” - only because they started so badly. Dems had 267 seats in 1990. Only 235 this year. But apparently 235 is “better”.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Thus far, Democrats have earned more than 8.8 million more votes than Republicans, flipped 39 seats, and are poised to win a 40th as election officials continue counting ballots in California.

Recount until you find enough misplaced ballots in dumpsters to win, then stop counting.

[italianquaker]

Senate 51 now 53 pretty historic in its own right

[a fool in paradise]

20,000,000+ illegal immigrants

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Democrats have earned more than 8.8 million more votes than Republicans, flipped 39 seats"

They misspelled "stole." In fact, I'd say almost every one of those races were won by fraud. In fact, every Demonrat-run state where a Republican "lost" was almost entirely due to fraud. Every race in California, Illinois and New Jersey alone is suspect. The races in Pennsylvania were also run under ILLEGALLY-DRAWN lines foisted by the Demonrat State Supreme Court to gerrymander a Demonrat majority from the legally drawn Republican majority.

[Snickering Hound]

[DarthVader]

Exactly stole and the bad news for them is that we have proof of it.

[dead]

Trump wasn’t on the ballot. Somebody has to run against him. Beto, the fake hispanic; Warren, the fake Indian; Booker, the fake Roman, it doesn’t matter how many more Californians you add to the blue, somebody in your clown car has to take down Trump and you don’t have anybody up to the job.

[shelterguy]

Didn’t hussein, the most popular resident in history, lose something like 60 House and Senate seats his first mid- term?

Oh wait, is that racist to point that out?

[Be Free]

Yes Jemelle - of course you’re right. How could we be so stupid? Please spread this message far and wide, and plan for 2020 accordingly. Heck, probably no reason to campaign at all. Just anoint a candidate and they’ll stroll right into “the Oval”. Save all the funds for the 2022 mid-terms so you can solidify your lead. {/sarcasm}

(And in the mean-time, the Trump revolution will continue, and we’ll kick all of your butts right back to Berkley!)

[DarthVader]

64 house seats and 10 in the Senate.

[SaveFerris]

[In 2013 Bouie became a staff writer for The Daily Beast, an online magazine,[4] writing about national politics.[5] In 2014, he moved to Slate Magazine as a Chief Political Correspondent.

In 2013 Bouie was a contributor to Barack Obama and the New America: The 2012 Election and the Changing Face of Politics,[6] a book about the 2012 presidential election edited by political scientist Larry Sabato.[7] In 2013, he published the blog post “What Does It Mean to Be Privileged,” which has since been widely praised.[8] ]

https://en.everybodywiki.com/Jamelle_Bouie

[fieldmarshaldj]

It should’ve been 62 (keeping or adding AZ, MI, MN-Franken vacancy, MT, NV, NJ, OH, WV & WI). The wins in FL, IN, MO, ND were seats that should’ve been ours in 2012 but were lost due to problem GOP nominees.

[pnut22]

The economy is only as good as the news that reports on it. Lying liars lie.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ba Ba’s twin brother, no doubt.

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I’ve made this point before, contrasting his approval with that of past presidents operating under similar conditions. Historically, low unemployment, modest growth, and the lack of a major, highly visible foreign entanglement has been a recipe for high presidential approval ratings. Even in an age of high partisanship and polarization—where partisan identities drive assessment of objective economic conditions—you would expect the president to benefit from our growing economy.

And I guess Jemelle has been wrong before, too. If Trump's popularity is less than one might expect, it has to do with personality and style, and not so much with his stance on the issues.

[SMGFan]

Flawed candidate/ campaigns
-1 OK, SC, UT, KS, AZ, CO, GA, ME
-2 FL, IL, IA, MN, MI

[2ndDivisionVet]

Search hiring here and see.

[WVNan]

IT’S AMAZING HOW LITTLE THE COMMIES UNDERSTAND TRUMP SUPPORTERS. I HAVE TO WONDER IF ANY OF THEM HAVE EVER WATCHED A TRUMP RALLY.