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This thread is about the economy, so that is what I commented on. That aside, it is important to note that Trump won the popular vote with fewer than half of voters voting for him and with a lower margin than Clinton's popular vote victory over him. I don't doubt that there are some people out there like those you describe, and I'll concede that in a country as big as America, you can describe many groups as "a lot" of people, but it is not by their actions or desires that we are in the place we're in. There is plenty of blame to go around, and yes, they own part of it. However, Trump is only able to act as an autocrat because he, congress and SCOTUS have all been bought by oligarchs who decided that checks and balances no longer need apply to Trump. The oligarchs' will is being enacted & these same donors own most media platforms, and as we've seen recently, are consolidating more, so they do have a hand in manipulating American opinion.

However, even despite that, even if not out of solidarity with their fellow man, but for rising costs, fear for their own health and safety or appeals from religious leaders, Americans understand there needs to be a change in healthcare, and their concerns about immigration are easing up a bit (even back in July), probably because they realize that by focusing efforts on law abiding folks, it's not making their communities any safer and is making things more expensive. Silver's polling data that you provide shows that even today, a majority of Americans disapprove of how Trump is handling immigration.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/4708/healthcare-system.aspx

https://news.gallup.com/poll/692522/surge-concern-immigratio...



That last link is like saying the density of sharks at the beach has gone down from 55% in 2024 to 30% today. Huge improvement let's go for a swim, right? Lives (and livelihoods) are at stake here. And who's to say it won't go right back up just in time for the next election, when Republicans nominate a straight-up KKK member .. Like I said, you're taking it too calmly.

Edit: In your first link first chart, look at the way the No's jumped up and the Yes's dropped ~2008 when Obamacare was on the table. Democrats got punished so hard they're not making that mistake again https://www.quorum.us/data-driven-insights/under-obama-democ...




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