Posted on 09/10/2017 2:26:33 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A survey of over 65,000 seniors has found that virtually all -- 99.2 percent -- believe the media wants President Trump to fail, the latest condemnation of the president's coverage.
A Survey Monkey poll also found that most, 71 percent, back Trump's reelection and many believe that he is making good on his campaign promises.
The survey by the same company that conducts polls for major media outlets was done for the Association of Mature American Citizens, a more conservative alternative to AARP.
The survey asked members 10 questions and found wide support for the president and his policies.
It also found that the seniors feel that congressional Republicans want Trump to fail.
The key findings:
95.9 percent strongly or mostly approve of Trump's job performance.
71 percent will strongly back his reelection, 23.2 percent will "likely" back reelection.
93.6 percent support Trump's newly aggressive anti-terror plan in Afghanistan.
94.9 "strongly agree" that the media is out to get Trump, 4.3 percent "mostly agree."
92 percent feel congressional Republicans want Trump to fail.
56 percent "strongly believe" Trump is fulfilling his campaign promises, 38.9 "mostly" agree.
84.4 percent do not believe Trump colluded with Russia in the 2016 election.
86.3 percent back Trump's threat to shut down the government over border wall funding.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
See post 16.
“People as old as me and you, Grandpa...:^)
Maybe!:)
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You’re going to have to support your confused ideas with some facts.
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Too bad Trump and his Jivanka WH didn’t back shutting down the government over wall funding. I bet they would have rathered he simply wind down Obama’s DACA program too—rather than backing Congress’s expanded-amnesty replacement.
With age comes wisdom
but.....
To be Old and Wise
You must first be young and stupid!!!
You are certainly correct in noting that the states do not have to have a popular vote for presidential Electors. In fact, all do - but only 48 states have a single popular vote for all of the state’s electors. Under the Nebraska Plan, also used by Maine, only two Electors are elected statewide, and each of the others is elected in a Congressional District. This difference in practice expresses and validates the authority of the state legislatures to “appoint" the Electors in whatever way they wanna.
- Article II Section 1:
- Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.
Since the congressional districts will in practically all cases be gerrymandered to maximize the number of congressmen of the party which controls the legislature, there is a rough sense in which each state's House of Representatives is more influenced by the state legislature than is a senator elected statewide. Thus, Republican voters could wish that all states used the Nebraska Plan.
Along with the gerrymandering impulse, tho, there is a natural bias against a party which is highly dominant in cities. A city like Philadelphia, say, just has to have districts within it which the Democrats win by 20 percentage points or more. That’s nice for the Democrat incumbent, but prevents that supermajority from influencing more rural districts which Republicans might win more narrowly. Thus there is a natural “gerrymander” effect against Democrats because of their high concentration. The consequence is that Republicans control the legislature of Pennsylvania, and strongly predominate in the PA delegation to the US House of Representatives. This, in a state where the Democrats tend to win the governorship and are very competitive in Senate races.
I’m 61 so I guess that includes me...looks like I hang with the right crowd.
By law, businesses are legally bound to card everyone buying alcohol in Tennessee. And they do!
At least they did last year when I was there.
As time goes by the media is having a harder and harder time erecting hiding places for the Communists Democrats.
Aarp certainly won’t like this survey...warp are a liberal bunch of grifters.
Another telltale sign is that young female cashiers look right through you as though you didn't exist.
So .8% think the media wants Trump to succeed? Who are these people?
0.8%, That is the prevalence of dementia.
Pew Research (9/9/16):
“Older voters (ages 65 and older) preferred Trump over Clinton 53%-45%.”
Not only does the MSM want President Trump to fail, they are actively waging an information war against him to try and convince people he is currently failing. Of course, he is instead, constantly winning despite all the MSM’s efforts.
JoMa
While electors still ultimately vote for the President, 30 states have laws that bind the electors in some way. Many of these laws force electors to vote according to the states popular vote. Thus, these laws mute the elector’s individual decision and bypass the Constitution.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx
Go to the section called “STATES WITH LAWS THAT ATTEMPT TO BIND THE VOTES OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS”.
JoMa
I joined AMAC late last year, and I turned 50 this march, so I’m an honorary geezer, I guess.
“I turned 50 this march, so I’m an honorary geezer, I guess.”
One of our adult young geezers turned 50 last year and got the mailing all of us got/gets when we turn fifty from the AARP.
This year his company had him attend a one day seminar. He described it as a new geezer workshop.
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The electors of the states that attempt to ‘bind’ the delegates still vote their choice, and the states nave no legal recourse against those votes.
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