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Kim Slocum's avatar

Really insightful analysis—bravo for all the statistical heavy lifting.

Cynthia Erb's avatar

Excellent essay.

Paul G's avatar

Minneapolis had no effect?

G. Elliott Morris's avatar

Minneapolis doesn’t seem to have hurt Trump’s overall overall, no. But it DID cause his approval on immigration in particular to drop.

John Petersen's avatar

I agree. the chart should have more identified events including events like Maduro kidnapping that might have been expected to provide some bounce.

The Coke Brothers's avatar

Trump has pushed the oligarch agenda, where the country works for about 50 hyperwealthy people and fucks everybody else and the world

The Coke Brothers's avatar

Trump is idolized because he re-opened the civil war, that the butthurt southern states lost but have been still fighting in cosplay for the last century and a half. It never actually ended in their minds.

That's what keeps the cult in his grip.

Ben's avatar

He has a lot of haters but James Carville was correct way back in '92 with "It's the economy stupid."