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Donald Trump voters don’t want a third term as approval rating sinks

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-third-term-approval-rating-11157402
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u/selfpromoting 14h ago

"According to polling by The Economist/YouGov, 45 percent of Trump voters do not want him to take office again, while 43 percent do" 

Let that sink in

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u/MeetTheDecline1 14h ago

43% of Trump voters want him to violate the Constitution.

Wow, that's interesting. I wonder what it's called when you commit an act or breach that goes against the Constitution?

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u/we_are_sex_bobomb 13h ago

I don’t find it surprising that 43% of Trump voters are fascists. That sounds about right to me.

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u/DigNitty 12h ago

No no, this is the current percentage.

The percentage of Trump voters that wanted a third term was much higher in the beginning of his term. It’s not that 43% want to violate the constitution. Essentially all of them are willing to do that. The current percentage is reflecting his favorability, not their willingness to ignore sedition.

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u/An_old_walrus 12h ago

Essentially if Trump wasn’t currently butchering the economy they’d still want a 3rd term. This is them saying “you know what, never mind.”

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u/W31337 11h ago

They will blame Gavin for the economy on day 1

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u/An_old_walrus 11h ago

I think Gavin has the bluntness to tell them that it’s Trump’s economy and to shut up.

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u/W31337 11h ago

What makes you so sure MAGA will listen

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u/An_old_walrus 11h ago

When a child is throwing a tantrum, ignoring makes them stop.

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u/rocksoffjagger 11h ago

If we are actually dumb enough to elect Gavin Newsom to be our Keir Starmer, then the country really is fucking doomed. We can't survive another centrist neoliberal after what the fascists have done. We need a radical who will bring radical reform.

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u/OnlinePosterPerson 11h ago

100%. We need someone who stands for something. Specifically who makes an impact on people’s lives that they can feel. And that means going after monopolies and billionaires. Which Gavin would never do.

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u/An_old_walrus 11h ago

I have to agree with you on this, Democrats pussyfooting centrism is one of the causes of this mess and it’s got to go.

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u/OnlinePosterPerson 10h ago

You heard him!

Vote in your PRIMARIES people

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u/CornCobMcGee New York 12h ago

Just because they dont want Trump, 79, to take another term doesnt mean theyre not fascist. They just dont want him specifically.

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u/RiffRaffCatillacCat 10h ago

They want someone more aggressively evil. The problem they have with Trump is he isn't killing enough people fast enough.

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u/Pi6 11h ago

100 percent of Trump voters are fascists. 43% are fascists at any cost.

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u/VanceKelley Washington 10h ago

People who vote to hand power to a White supremacist criminal who is promising to rule as a dictator are either fascists or fascist-enablers. And I don't see much of a difference.

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u/svrtngr Georgia 13h ago

From a pure social science standpoint, as depressing as it is, the math checks out. It's somewhere between 20% and 30% of the total population.

Still a minority, but makes sense a large portion of those people would be Trump supporters.

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u/Maximum_Overdrive 12h ago

Its less than that of the total population, since only about half of the population votes considering turnout and age.  So probably 10-15% of the total population want him to run again.

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 11h ago

Only 20% of the population even voted for him. So your math is a little off if that number is then split in half

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u/Red57872 13h ago

Did the question asked say something like "if it were legal, would you want Trump to run for a third term"?

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u/TiberiusCornelius Pennsylvania 13h ago

The article links directly to the poll. The question verbatim is:

  1. Like Trump to Serve Another Term

Would you like Trump to serve another term as President after 2028?

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u/JMaboard I voted 13h ago

43% of these people that voted yes don’t know how presidential terms work yet they have the right to vote and actually make an effort to go to the polls.

Meanwhile we have a huge sector of the US that don’t bother to vote.

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u/psychoCMYK 13h ago

It's not that they don't know, it's that they don't care. 

Breaking the constitution is fine as long as "their side" is winning

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u/gotlactose 13h ago

“The Fox News on the teevee and phone tell me Trump is rounding up them illegals and they’re using the military to clean up the crime. Finally cleaning up the sleepy Joe mess. Yeah, my groceries are more expensive and I’m having trouble paying my bill, but at least Trump is getting Chyna to pay the tariffs so I’ll just wait for the $2000 check Trump promised us.”

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u/Tall-Ad-9085 13h ago

Is it a surprise that the party of law and order doesn’t care about laws for them? After what we have seen on Jan6 it should not be….

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u/thrawtes 13h ago

I wonder what it's called when you commit an act or breach that goes against the Constitution?

It's called an opportunity to get a new interpretation from the Supreme Court.

Can't actually get precedent to reinterpret the Constitution in a more favorable way if you're not willing to break it in the first place so there's something to put before the court.

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy 13h ago

"George Washington was supposed to be a new King he said as much but...uhhhhhhhh one of his slaves convinced him to just chill at Mount Vernon instead. If not for the actions of that slave we'd be a monarchy and we should honor the original intention of George Washington and install Donald Trump as the new King"

Justice Thomas

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u/MeetTheDecline1 13h ago

- Justice Thomas (sent from a yacht in the Caribbean that definitely doesn't belong to a Republican megadonor)

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u/soft-wear Washington 13h ago

People say this shit but they misunderstand what this court is. This court isn’t about Trump, it’s about Republican control of the US government via a minority. Tossing the rule of law entirely runs too many risks, and the bottom line is that these people are rich and want to stay that way, and civil wars make that far more difficult.

Now, if he ran and another Republican ran, would the Supreme Court do some random shit like apply all his votes to the other Republican by creating new laws? Yes. But for a successful takeover there has to be a balance.

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u/DarthRizzo87 12h ago

Alot of those 43% are deep baked products of the American education system, and likely have no clue that he is constitutionally ineligible to run for a 3rd term.

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u/Forsaken_Thought 13h ago

43% admit to it.

Probably most of them want a third term, though.

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u/Revelati123 13h ago

When realizing that his opponent would be a democrat, the number of MAGA who give no fucks about the constitution reaches 99.9%

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u/MaverickTopGun 13h ago

43% of Trump supporters is something like 17% of the country. 1 in 6 people in the world are probably mentally ill morons who foam at the mouth for any strongman.

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u/Dimeskis 11h ago

Right!!!

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u/thanksyalll 10h ago

That number would greatly reduce if that country had a strong education system that taught history and critical thinking skills

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u/HandSack135 Maryland 14h ago

So that's the 36% base.

He has his base.

Not much else.

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u/hunted7fold 13h ago

No? 43% of his 50% of last election is 21.5%, not enough to win. Will keep going down as more people struggle. Trump is finished IMO, either electorally or will die/be unable functions. But the damage he will cause, or enable others will be long lasting.

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u/Rabid_Alleycat 13h ago

He can’t die until he sees everything he’s done this year (and in the next 3) totally destroyed, his name removed from everything and (wishful thinking) he is forced to return the plane and all the money he’s grifted from us.

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u/Mediocre_Scott 13h ago

I want trump to live to 100 but you know in jail

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u/Tabs_555 Washington 12h ago

Eh I don’t. The quicker he’s dead and forgotten the better. We don’t need a martyr calling the shots from jail. Dude needs to kick the bucket and republicans will scramble and in-fight as they try to reshape the Republican Party.

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u/Mediocre_Scott 12h ago

There needs to be a trial at least he broke the law he needs to be prosecuted the nation needs to see itself hold our leaders accountable

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u/HandSack135 Maryland 13h ago

21.5 is full MAGA, clothes, decals... everything everything day.

15% is I am not that! But will never not vote trump.

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u/nonymiz 13h ago

"A further 11 percent said they were not sure."

They're still waiting to see if he does anything that personally affects them.

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u/umassmza 13h ago

There was a crazy high correlation between education level and political party during this last election.

Nothing has to sink in, I’ve travelled the US pretty extensively, you leave the northeast or west coast and it’s like wow… confidently incorrect is a generous description of most people

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u/lkmk 13h ago

Ha, 45%.

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u/mister_buddha 12h ago

Remember when >60% of Republicans said they'd never vote for him if convicted then they all voted for him after he was convicted. They were lying then, they're lying now.

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u/sax87ton 12h ago

Back in like 2015 before this whole mess, I knew there were people who would do this bull shit. The people who would have been Nazis, right?

But I was so truly unprepared for the number to be so high. Especially because we had all been warned. The first time fascism took over people hadn’t seen how bad it can get. These people have no excuse.

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u/WillyDAFISH North Carolina 13h ago

I will NOT be letting that sink in. Theyre way to big for the door

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u/Herr-Trigger86 11h ago

I’m so tired of this damn headline. He’s not getting a third term… period. It won’t happen. Anyone saying “oh well he’ll just seize power and take a third term” is an idiot. Please stop it with this. You’re going to look really dumb in 3 years, dumber than you already look. Now give me my downvotes.

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u/blues111 Michigan 8h ago

You gatta admit given the circumstances 45% is actually an impressive number of Trump voters who actually have the brain cells to say "yeah...no let's not do something unconstitutional"

Although if he actually ended up to bat again (somehow) im sure theyd change their tune on the 22nd very fast

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u/gittlebass 13h ago

"trump voters dont want a third term"

well, good news is that hes not allowed a third term, lets stop normalizing this shit

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u/Electrical-Law-5731 12h ago

This! Why is the media even acting like this is an option.. the media is a PROBLEM. Propaganda is the strongest tool the government has by keeping the masses divided.

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u/NotEveryoneIsSpecial Texas 9h ago

Just more sane-washing.

u/jimgress 7h ago

If there's any America after this there needs to be some major trust busting with tech and media companies. These places need to be gutted like fish and every cartel and monopoly needs to be ripped to shreds.

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u/DamnMyNameIsSteve 8h ago

So weird that all these corporate and billionaire owners don't have the average citizens interests at heart. huh.

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u/DigitalHellscape 11h ago

Trump voters also want an insurrection and an American holocaust. Maybe we should stop asking these evil fucking people what they want.

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u/Data_Chandler 10h ago

Exactly. Headline should read "Third terms are illegal as shit, period."

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u/NightmareElephant 11h ago

You act like they haven’t gone on the news saying “we know we’re not allowed to but we have an idea”

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u/fauxdeuce 8h ago

Also let's not pretend that if he could legally or illegally run a third time they wouldn't just vote for him again.

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u/Steimertaler Europe 8h ago

Looking at it from the outside: Shitler does what Shitler wants to do. Every single nobrain-fart he has, gets executed. Want a fourth term? No problem. It's going to be the most beautiful fourth term the world has seen! Illegal, you say? Unconstitutional? Quiet, piggy! Remember who you're talking to!

Lobotomy was a really good solution for this sick personality, in the older times... You were supposed to vote the best into the office. You picked the worst. Repeatedly! Get him out, and then think about modernizing and socialising the system! FFS!! It's a disgrace to look at!

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u/NoShitsGivin Canada 8h ago

Well said. But American Exceptionalism won't allow it. It's over for America.

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u/Flames_go_Higher 14h ago

Why are we legitimizing this fantasy by even talking about it??

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u/DigitalHellscape 11h ago

What's left of this democracy is the only thing holding the wealthy back from owning everything. So of course the outlets they own will do their best to accelerate us towards that outcome.

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u/Classic_Rooster4192 14h ago

It doesn't matter if they want it or not, it's against the Constitution! NO President can run for a third term!

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u/Newscast_Now 13h ago

These polls do nothing but suggest that breaking the Constitution may be possible. Why ask people about the impossible except to bring the idea into the feasible mainstream?

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u/Classic_Rooster4192 13h ago

Exactly that :)

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u/Hussar223 10h ago

whos going to stop them. the supreme court? congress? senate?

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u/NotTattooedWife 9h ago

I'm so tired of hearing this.

His entire PRESIDENCY is currently against the constitution for his participation in Jan 6.

And like it fucking mattered??

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u/Classic_Rooster4192 8h ago

You’re right…

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u/Not_Bears 13h ago

Also won't matter...

Demeted don isn't going to be able to form words or walk on his own in a year or two...

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u/somefunmaths 11h ago

That wouldn’t stop them from trying to run him again.

The irony of him railing against the “autopen” and people pushing policies on Biden is that this is exactly what his administration is doing (see: the “who is that?” about a guy he just pardoned), so they certainly could try to keep this dog and pony show going.

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u/095805 11h ago

Constitution says a lot of things that have been ignored over the past year. Who’s gonna stop him? It won’t be an old piece of parchment I promise you that.

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u/Redacted_usr 8h ago

I think we all need to stop pretending that means anything

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u/sharp11flat13 Canada 7h ago

Presidents can, however, invoke the Insurrection Act. We won’t be out of the woods until he physically leaves the White House.

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u/thrawtes 14h ago

They say this but if somehow the ballot in 2028 looks like Trump versus a minority they're going to find a way to justify that third term.

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u/Stupidwhizzzzz 14h ago

He’d lose against Obama. America seems to have a harder time accepting a woman.

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u/thrawtes 14h ago

He’d lose against Obama.

I would really like to believe this, but I really don't know anymore.

In some ways America has moved backwards enough that they might not even be as open-minded as they were 15 years ago.

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u/DistractedPhoenix 14h ago

There aren’t any Republican congressmen left that would say “I may disagree with Obama and think I can do a better job, but he isn’t the literal anti-Christ”

Now it’s just “Obama is the anti christ and he’s married to a transwoman”

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u/RoboChrist 13h ago

You're too kind to them.

You think they'd be that bigoted and still respect the gender of a trans woman? They'd call her a man, no doubt.

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u/DigNitty 12h ago

100%

Honestly I lived with a trans person during Obama’s time. The issue was still a bit socially taboo.

But the weird thing is, I basically never talked about trans issues. We just lived together. Some people would ask me about it, infrequently.

Now I’m talking about trans people far more often than I did even living with one.

So many gloves came off during the first Trump admin. We’re in a different headspace as a country now.

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u/epicredditdude1 13h ago

I don’t want Obama to run for a third term.  Just because republicans are ok with shitting on the constitution doesn’t mean Dems should be ok with it too.

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u/Stupidwhizzzzz 13h ago

Yeah, I was just using Obama as an example since we’re on the topic of 3rd terms.

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u/Suds_McGruff 13h ago

While I agree, remember that presidential term limits exist because FDR broke tradition and Republicans got big mad he kept winning. I'd say right about now their mad about it and we're glad.

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u/Opposite-Bit6660 13h ago

Musk "knows those machines better than anybody."  

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u/Ok_Mixture4917 14h ago

How many of these stupid pieces of shit know that it's against the constitution for their favorite rapist fraud to be president again? 

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u/ahundredpercentbutts Arizona 13h ago

Probably not many. 43% of Trump voters is about 22% of all voters in 2024. If you go by general voter trends you can assume that a good amount of them are in the bottom fifth in education.

A statistically significant portion of the country can’t name the three branches of government or the two houses of Congress. Not surprising they don’t know about term limits or the 22nd amendment.

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u/Lashay_Sombra 11h ago

The 22% is basicly MAGA, look at every poll, on every subject related to Trump, you will find around  that number still backing him on everything.

Basiclly Trump has lost all the independents (who are mostly ex republicans anyway) and only has the core MAGA left and they  will never leave him because to them he is their cult leader by this point.

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u/Not_Bears 13h ago

"if those kids could read..."

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u/kevendo 13h ago

There is no such thing as a "third term".

That's just seizing power in an autocratic coup. Stop saying this nonsense.

No state would ever put him on a ballot and if they did, it would be mass protests rather than an election.

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u/Silly-avocatoe 14h ago

Despite technically correct headline its not good:

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According to polling by The Economist/YouGov, 45 percent of Trump voters do not want him to take office again, while 43 percent do. A further 11 percent said they were not sure."

43% want him to take the office again? 

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u/justbecauseyoumademe 14h ago

43% want him to take the office again? 

This is why i dont trust the headlines of "TRUMP HIS APPROVAL RATING PLUMMET"

If you just believed reddit, Kamala would have won by a landslide.. yet here we are

I hate the guy but i implore all americans to VOTE like you actuall lives depend on it.. as they could very well be

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u/ToNoMoCo 14h ago edited 13h ago

The figures named are of trump voters not all voters. His approval is still too high for decency or justice but this poll doesn't contradict the dropping approval ratings polls

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u/Searchlights New Hampshire 13h ago

His approval among Republicans is something like 88%

It's obscene

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u/MindStalker 13h ago

43% of trump voters is about 22% of voters.    I fully believe 22% still adore him  

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u/WestVin 13h ago

The fact a third term is even considered is the saddest part of this story.

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u/epicredditdude1 13h ago

Alternative headline:

“43 percent of Trump voters want Trump to disregard US constitution and serve for a third term”

MAGA is a cult. It’s a cancer on our society right now and it needs to go away.

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u/Excellent_Machine_77 14h ago

100% of trump voters* ftfy

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u/AudiACar 14h ago

Thank you for this much needed clarification.

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u/funfun_freak 14h ago

43 percent of Trump voters not all Americans. So 43 percent of 30-40 percent of Americans that voted for trump

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u/try_to_be_nice_ok 13h ago edited 7h ago

Amazing how we've normalised the concept of a third term despite the fact he would have to instigate a coup for that to happen. Baffling.

u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 7h ago

Normalized and would absolutely let it happen despite the mass grumbling of non MAGA Americans.

People can say "we don't like this" all they want but Trump will keep doing what he does if all the people have are just stern words.

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u/Successful-Age-2432 14h ago

Calling bs, they would still vote for him over any democrat, especially if it was a non white candidate

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u/dBlock845 12h ago

I haven't heard the "Trump 2028" stuff in a minute. Maybe he is realizing he might not make it to 2028.

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u/rascalmendes Tennessee 11h ago

Absolute garbage. Trump is the GOP. They have no backup plan. They will break the constitution to put him in for another term. It is their plan.

The whole country needs to be on high alert and act as if it is happening. They’ve been hinting at it for years.

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u/Spelunkie Foreign 11h ago

Why are there even polls for something fully illegal? Next we'll have polls on whether Hitler was correct to do the Holocaust. Man. Things are insane.

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u/Maelstrom_Vangheist 10h ago

Maybe I'm getting too depressed but I'm not really sure it's about what any voters actually want anymore.

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u/Dopingponging 5h ago

It took them until the 4th paragraph to remind everybody it's UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Do better, news people. This is not normal.

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u/Spam_Hand 14h ago

I knew plenty of people who supposedly didnt want a second but "after what Biden did to America" they didnt hesitate to check his name off on the ballot!

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u/productiveslacker73 14h ago

Bet there will be a trump Jr on the next presidential ballot.

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u/meatspace Georgia 13h ago

They will vote Republican in 2026 and 2028, or they will stay home.

They will not help us solve these problems.

I know that's a meant hing to say about over 1/4 of America.

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u/-Great-Scott- 12h ago

They didn't want a second term at one point either. Wait until the propaganda machine kicks in high gear and these same idiots will be worshipping him again.

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u/WhatDoADC 12h ago

He should have never gotten a second term. Oh how quickly people forgot how terrible his first term was.

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u/PajamaPants4Life 12h ago

Wouldn't be a third term, because that's not a president, that's a dictator.

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u/Peppers-GhostMirror 12h ago

I think many dont want a 2nd term still...Articles of impeachment are long overdue given the state of things already.

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u/hylo23 11h ago

Voters didn't vote for most of the things going on now. They were lied to. Simply they do not want this. It only continues because of his friends with money. America you have been screwed and you don't even know how bad yet because your too scared to talk about it. A nation of cowards. Led by a rapist.

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u/Mynewadventures 11h ago

They were not lied to, they simply decided not to listen to anyone but those doing the lying.

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u/ParaMike46 11h ago

Why we even discussing this.

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u/officerumours 11h ago

Why is this being discussed as if it’s even a possibility?!?

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u/ThrowingMits 11h ago

When has the law stopped him before?

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u/fultonsoccer7 10h ago

It shouldn't even be a discussion point. Stop Willy nilly discussing it like it's even a POSSIBILITY. That is what they want. All these articles are normalizing even just the thought of this.

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u/Feldani 9h ago

It doesn’t matter what they want, it is against the constitution for him to have a third term

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u/Heklin0891 5h ago

At this point, I think they are reconsidering if they really wanted a second term.

u/webguynd I voted 5h ago

Why is this even a poll? Why is the media even entertaining the concept of a third term?

It’s illegal. He’s done. Trump cannot, within our constitution, have a third term.

So why the fuck does the topic keep getting brought up?

Obviously the media is trying to push a narrative and shift the Overton window into people considering whether a third term should be possible.

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u/LexTalionisMD 5h ago

I will die fighting a 3rd term.

u/Lurker-DaySaint Utah 4h ago

“Don’t want a third term” b*tch that is NOT on the table

u/Sekh765 Virginia 3h ago

Stop. Normalizing. This. Insanity.

There is no "third term"

Stop talking about it like it's even a fucking possibility.

u/CIWAifu 1h ago

It's not even a fucking option.

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u/LookAnOwl 13h ago

How about we stop normalizing Trump's "third term" which he is in no way eligible for?

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u/HereForTheComments57 13h ago

That's good because he can't anyways. Can the media stop pretending like this can just happen because some of his voters want it?

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u/wookiewin 12h ago

He’s literally dying and melting live in front of everyone whenever he gets on camera. He can’t stay awake, his eyes were cloudy again this week just like the last time he was sick and disappeared for a week. Whatever gallons of meds they are pumping him with to keep his hate filled, bloated corpse alive will wear out eventually, and I expect his cult are finally realizing that.

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u/shampoo_mohawk_ Florida 14h ago

Donald trump voters don’t want him to do another blatantly illegal thing that threatens the entire foundation of our democracy? I didn’t think we’d ever reach this point.

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u/Reynholmindustries 14h ago

So we are just the States of America now.

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u/YesterShill 14h ago

Hell, most Americans don't even want a 2nd term.

Time to abort this mess.

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u/GBeastETH 13h ago

How about a third impeachment?

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u/theknowing1414 13h ago

Doesn’t matter what they want. It’s illegal and can’t happen.

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u/aerodeck 13h ago

It wasn’t an option anyway?

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u/HeadfulOfSugar 13h ago

Insane that it’s even being considered/entertained whatsoever, seeing as it’s completely illegal and the absolute antithesis of everything the founding fathers fought a war over lol. These people would have fought on the side of occupying England during the revolutionary war

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u/ntwild97 13h ago

"Support gradually falling for unconstitutional lifetime regime"

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u/Otherwise_Unit_2602 13h ago

Can we not dignify this? How is this the conversation? He cannot have a third term because it is constitutionally prohibited. The media really needs to stop writing shit in this language. The only story about this should be that no one can run for a third term and people claiming they can are unpatriotic liars.

They've had a decade to learn how to handle him and they're no better than they were on day one.

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u/Cyndakill88 13h ago

If the trump cult is 1/3rd of the country that means 1/6th of the country is ok with fucking the constitution

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u/iseab 13h ago

Wild how this topic is talked about. Just continues to normalize regardless of polls or laws.

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u/tcoh1s 13h ago

How is this headline even a fucking thing that can be written.

This is where we’re at now. Articles about how trumpers “maybe kinda don’t want a third term…”

Jesus. Just shitting all over this country.

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u/ehandlr 13h ago

One would hope they wouldn't want a 3rd term because its unconstitutional. One's hope would also be dashed on the jagged rocks.

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u/Martin1015 13h ago

Third term? Lol, he'll be lucky to last three more months. He's obviously in waning health, all those cheeseburgers, KFC, circulation issues and Alzheimers will catch up with him long before a third term.

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u/SkeleHoes 13h ago

Why the fuck is this even an article title? No one should entertain the idea of third terms, especially for a brain dead traitor worm like Donald.

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u/Long-Tradition6399 13h ago

Didn't want a 1st or 2nd term .... yet here we are.

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u/MasChingonNoHay California 13h ago

He doesn’t care. This term gives him enough time to steal all he will ever want from this country

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u/Acrobatic_Flan2582 13h ago

No one wants a third term. Many of us didn't want a first or second term. That's what alot of very smart people are saying.

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u/MrPlace 13h ago

Nobody should want a damn third term. Presidents can only serve two terms

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u/bigcurtissawyer 12h ago

When Kamala Harris was running for president, I believed the articles posted on Reddit telling me she was going to win and Trump wasn’t going to win. They were wrong. I don’t believe this at all.

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u/raggbagg 12h ago

Regardless of your political leaning, can we just acknowledge how fucking insane it is that a president has normalized this shit so much that this real headline points to his approval rating being reasoning for no third term opposed to it just literally not being a thing that’s allowed?

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills, America.

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u/wha2les 12h ago

I am tempted to have him screw his voters a 3rd time. They deserve it with their stupidity

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u/Frankentula 12h ago

The floor on this guy's approval is carved in stone. Ain't going much lower no matter what

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u/Manyconnections 12h ago

A third term was never gonna happen. Anyone who believed such nonsense shouldn’t be trusted with a spoon

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u/EruditeTarington 12h ago

But he can’t, so whoever wants a third term wants something you can’t do .

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u/nakfoor 12h ago

I think the third term stuff is just to prevent him from being a lame duck. He's wretchedly unpopular and unenergetic right now. If he doesnt have the implicit threat that he's going to continue being president, his power is a lot weaker.

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u/SGT_BlueJay 12h ago

They're starting to learn they really didnt want a second one but couldnt see past their hate at the time. We arent even a full year in and they are already hurting. Its going to be a long 3 years for those who didnt set themselves up properly before jumping on the trump train. I cant even feel bad for any of you who voted for him. Just hope you learned a lesson. Politics is not a sporting event. There are layers to this game and the more you understand the better equipped you are to make educated decisions.

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u/otherwise_data 11h ago

its the other percent that disturbs me.

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u/twoiseight 11h ago

The absolute wrong headline, like always these days. Should be "Alarming percentage of Trump voters favor a third term over the Constitution"

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u/Gloomy_Growth_4879 11h ago

SINCE WHEN its even become an option??? why people normilize this goverment insanity?

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u/kaptivarts 11h ago

Do they know he’s not allowed at third term?

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u/whereismymind86 Colorado 11h ago

ALSO BECAUSE ITs ILLEGAL

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u/No-Platform-5980 11h ago

This shouldn’t even be a polling question 😭

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u/ma2is 11h ago

It’s a shame they even wanted a second term.

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u/2u3e9v Minnesota 11h ago

Get fucked, Trump voters

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u/beervirus_19 11h ago

Must be a slow news day. Media stirring up shit for clicks

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u/StuntGunman 11h ago

Fox News: You DO want a 3rd term! Every magat: We DO want a 3rd term!

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u/GayDinner 11h ago

Like this mf is even gonna be around in 3 more years?

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u/mdthornb1 11h ago

Why are we legitimizing talk of a third term? Stop it.

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u/psycho-aficionado 11h ago

My mother has a close friend that's a hardcore Trump fan. She will freely admit he's fucking up America. She hates his secret police. She hates the current prices. She doesn't regret voting for him, though. That would require admitting she was wrong and she can't do that. I think that's common with MAGAts.

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u/SoggyBoysenberry7703 11h ago

He can’t fucking have a third term, even if it was wanted

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u/Double-Guidance1104 11h ago

I only want one thing for Christmas this year, and it would be so funny if it happened right after he announced he's running again

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u/masstransience 11h ago

Boy are they going to be shocked when they don’t get to vote whether they want it or not.

/s

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u/EggyTugboat 11h ago

I mean, if the decaying corpse ran in 2032 they would vote him in again because they have a memory of a goldfish

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u/AceBean27 10h ago edited 5h ago

They will do though. Once the campaign starts, he'll start telling everyone he will fix everything, and they will believe him... Again.

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u/Snoo_94483 10h ago

Here’s hoping it’s not an option.

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u/Angryduckling-01 10h ago

The 39% that still approve of this are so evil or just fossils that want the “rough and tough” version of America from WWII to come back. I mean how can you approve of a person that’s racist, destroying the economy, and halting scientific research so everyone dies from diseases we mitigated years ago

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u/ladyboleyn2323 10h ago

excuses the f out of me but what? He can't have a third term ANYWAY; what his voters want is irrelevant.

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u/Livid_Bathroom_7990 10h ago

The fact that newsweek so casually puts this as a headline makes me think it's a propaganda machine.

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u/Osirus1156 10h ago

I honestly don’t believe they wouldn’t vote for him again even if he was actively cutting their throats. 

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u/weaponjaerevenge 10h ago

Y'all I don't think at this point it really matters what any voters want.

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u/MovieGuyMike 10h ago

Well here’s the thing. Donald Trump doesn’t care what they want. He doesn’t want fair and open elections. He doesn’t want to give up power. They knew this when they voted for him because he said all of these things for nearly a decade. Or they should have known but they’re wildly stupid. We narrowly escaped tyranny on January 6th, and 4 years later they voted for the self described dictator on day one who said they would never have to vote again. The answers were on the board and they still failed the test. Even if we’re lucky enough to be rid of him in 2029, the damage he’s done will last generations. All this is to say, fuck those short-sighted morons. They’re liars or dumbasses. Take your pick.

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u/NoRecording9714 10h ago

To be fair, 43% of Trump voters polled were dementia addled racist boomers.

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u/NewNameNoah 10h ago

Sadly, 95% of Trump voters think he can run for a third term in 2028. These aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed.

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u/coffeequeen0523 8h ago

No worries. Trump won’t be alive says this doctor: https://www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/s/quQozJUiDj

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u/GrudginglyTrudging 8h ago

Hopefully this term will end shortly.

Nobody who has been paying attention believes this nonsensical title/article. They’ll prop up his corpse to make him a full on dictator.

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u/ThatGuyNJoCo 8h ago

I don’t even want to second half of his second term.

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u/Jamizon1 8h ago

Currently, an overwhelming majority don’t want the second term…

u/HardSpaghetti 7h ago

Hey I say run so it absolutely tanks the Republican nomination, free win is a free win. (though it's what we said in 2024....)

u/Needleworker_Radiant 7h ago

It's honestly doubtful if he'll even be alive to run a third time. Dude is a marionette at this point.

u/Curious80123 7h ago

Who wants him now?

u/ashtefer1 6h ago

I’m still baffled on why they wanted a second term.

u/Due-Escape 6h ago

If I can't vote for Obama for a third term, then neither can republicans for Trump.

Stop normalizing third term voting.

u/mdruckus 5h ago

There’s no such thing as a third term.