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Sam's avatar

Elliott, you say, "The implications of this piece for Democratic strategy are two-fold." But I don't see a second point after "campaign on affordability"?

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Terrence W. Tilley's avatar

Is there a way to correlate approval ratings on the economy with income (or wealth) levels as well? Do the most well-off approve more than the least?

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Dave Bellchamber's avatar

Look you are a math wiz whoopee - but blind as a bat- Trump has a base of religious /white supremacists that will support him under any circumstance (affordability/taxes/murder/misogyny/all races except white/ all religions (except mostly evangelical white Christians males)/lgqbt/women/poor people/sick people/statisticians (HA HA) - I am guessing around 30-36% -THEY WILL LIE TO YOU ABOUT ANY POLL AS LONG AS THEY ARE GETTING CONTROL OF THIS COUNTRY!!!!!!! And it affects your polls. Reason I am not subscribing

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Wayne K Johnson's avatar

It seems to me that many of the people who say that Trump is keeping his promises on the economy must be thinking mainly about their taxes, which have been cut in various ways. (The rest of those expressing that view I would think are mostly hyper-partisan.)

Do you agree with my assumption about the salience of tax issues on the "is Trump keeping his promises" question?

Do any polls ask respondents specifically about their tax burden rather than about the more general topic "cost of living"?

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I Hate this Timeline's avatar

You are so good at doing this creative work and presenting it clearly.

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Craig Grella's avatar

Do any polls exist about the people who know in their hearts that trump and his enablers are scam artists but who choose to believe their lies before elections, vote for them anyway and then Later come back to reality and complain about their choices? Asking for a friend.

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