I think staunch (extreme) Trump supporters, as he said, would support his shooting someone in Central Park. I feel his staunch (extreme) opponents would hate him if he found the cure to cancer. Any number of studies have shown how people tend to support the party, rather than the actual ideas or accomplishments.
So, it means the ones on the fence will be deciding. And there is no indicator of how that will go. But historically, only one of the past five presidents (GHW Bush) have not been re-elected, with rankings not much of an indicator either.
at this time in each of their presidency, this is how their approval rankings stack.
Reagan 42
Bush Sr 79
Clinton 48
Bush Jr 70
Obama 44
http://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx
noticing, the one with the highest approval rating happens to also be the one who was not re elected. And the one with the lowest is still touted by his party as an icon.
Although the Iran Contra and near tripling of the debt would have been seen from a different perspectives from the same supporters had the other party been the culprit.
With party loyalty so much more significant than attention to ideas and their impacts, there are just no guarantees.
Edited by
msharmony
on Sun 04/14/19 06:51 PM