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BumRushDaShow

(151,381 posts)
Sat Apr 26, 2025, 05:20 PM Saturday

'He's not the same person': Voters crucial to Trump's win share dismay after 4 months [View all]

Source: Raw Story

April 26, 2025 7:28AM ET


The bloc of Donald Trump voters that was vital to getting him over the election line in first place last November were asked just four months after his inauguration for their reactions. Their answer was far from exuberant. “Ummmm,” said one.

The independent voters — a crucial group of voters that effectively decided the general election — were revisited by the Washington Post. “Economically, he’s not the same person,” said Lisa Kirk, who feared “I might lose it all” as she saw her 401K tank as Trump’s business tariff threats took hold.

The conclusion the Post reached after talking to multiple voters was that they “are starting to sour on Trump and his disruptive agenda.” In January, polls showed independents disapproved of Trump by just a tiny percentage. Now, it’s 25% among the same group.

“The sinking job approval among independent voters suggests Trump is not immune to political consequences as he tears up global trade, slashes the federal government, and challenges the country’s system of checks and balances,” The Post wrote. “Trump’s improvement with long-skeptical independent voters helped him win last fall, and their growing disapproval — if it holds — could hurt Republicans in the midterms.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-independent-voters-2671848579/

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He's exactly the same person. Apparently they weren't paying attention. nt Phoenix61 Saturday #1
American voters have severe memory problem..... groundloop Saturday #12
Exactly PatSeg Saturday #14
Spot-on comment! Prof. Toru Tanaka Yesterday #66
Exactly PatSeg Yesterday #68
Exactly!!! nt pazzyanne Saturday #25
"not paying attention," or... regnaD kciN Saturday #31
Actually this is even worse than hia first term IbogaProject Saturday #40
Exactly the same, except worse. Jack Valentino Saturday #42
"...they weren't paying attention." Grins Yesterday #69
shithole has not changed................... Lovie777 Saturday #2
Not just evil; paralyzingly incompetent in financial matters. Aristus Saturday #5
All he has done Hornedfrog2000 Saturday #24
Yep, and he and his ex-judge sister stole some of that $400 M from his dead brother... brush Saturday #33
Sir, quit saying Trump bankrupted a casino. You know that's not true. jmowreader Saturday #38
He used casinos he 'bankrupted' Hornedfrog2000 Yesterday #65
I'm not at all surprised that fans of The Apprentice didnt bother digging into his back story. ShazzieB Yesterday #50
He is EXACTLY the same person. PoindexterOglethorpe Saturday #3
Oh, my heart is breaking callous taoboy Saturday #4
Fuck you where you BREATHE, trump voters. Paladin Saturday #6
I get it feels better for them to claim Trump has changed than to admit they were idiots for voting for him Solly Mack Saturday #7
They didn't think "No guardrails this time" and "He told you what he was going to do" not fooled Saturday #21
They didn't think just reacted. Solly Mack Yesterday #70
People who are swing voters these days BootinUp Yesterday #61
But they'll tell you they're just so independent in their thinking. Solly Mack Yesterday #71
Boo fucking hoo assholes. I hope you lose it all. we can do it Saturday #8
well trump voters...go fuck yourselves gopiscrap Saturday #9
I guess some of that Magat koolaid is wearing off. ananda Saturday #10
Ha hasn't changed one bit. Not even his Pampers. usonian Saturday #11
All this proves is people never learn and they never pay attention jgmiller Saturday #13
Oh, yeah not fooled Saturday #23
Many independents voted AGAINST anyone who is black or female ... Sancho Saturday #15
Female AND Black?! Double NOOO Way! 🤬🤬 electric_blue68 Saturday #32
YES. But meanwhile, many who claim to be anti-GOP want to try AGAIN RandomNumbers Yesterday #67
Just more people who had their faces eaten sakabatou Saturday #16
And the Leopard says, "BURP." Botany Yesterday #62
Oh, for fuck's sake moose65 Saturday #17
Really? Godot51 Saturday #18
he's not the same person? patphil Saturday #19
Remember the old days when someone couldn't even RUN for president while under indictment, Jack Valentino Saturday #44
JFC Skittles Saturday #20
The quality and extent JustAnotherGen Saturday #47
Hey Cantaloupe Caligula Voters! Umm...I Hate To Break It To Ya, But... GB_RN Saturday #22
Tell me you only listened to the parts you wanted to hear without... JHB Saturday #26
He's exactly the same person videohead5 Saturday #27
He told us from day one who he was GenThePerservering Saturday #28
"He's not the same person?" He's always been the same person. hamsterjill Saturday #29
What they really mean is Dan Saturday #30
Exactly! oasis Yesterday #56
You knew he was a poisonous snake yet you re elected him kimbutgar Saturday #34
This really belongs in the "Leopards Ate My Face" subreddit... regnaD kciN Saturday #35
They have no excuses... Dem4life1970 Saturday #36
What they mean is: robbob Saturday #37
I have a tendency to self-censor when I post here... Montauk6 Saturday #39
"Economically, he's not the same person"??!! He RAN on raising tariffs, for christ sake... Jack Valentino Saturday #41
Then those assholes can go fuck themselves even hard than his KKKultists Orrex Saturday #43
Original WaPo Article, No Paywall... reACTIONary Saturday #45
Thank you! Moosepoop Saturday #49
Some not so bright people might confuse insanity with genius. Aussie105 Saturday #46
F.O.X. tavernier Saturday #48
FFS Lisa! sheshe2 Yesterday #51
Leave them to their delusions and disappointments. Aussie105 Yesterday #52
F**k em. He is exactly the person he always was. It wasn't the racist, sexist, bigotry that bothered them, JohnSJ Yesterday #53
FU. He's the same lying grifter he's always been Hassler Yesterday #54
Trump is and has always been a con man Old Testament Libera Yesterday #55
only 25 percent have "soured" on trump? just proves that only fools voted for him nt orleans Yesterday #57
"He's not the same person" - WTF! augyboston Yesterday #58
"Crazy people crazy," he said. BootinUp Yesterday #59
Sad that we need to cater to these dumbfucks wolfie001 Yesterday #60
Guess they should have remembered the 40,000 lies he told in the first reign of terror. Vinca Yesterday #63
It's only been 3 months kwijybo Yesterday #64
Oh, he's the same person... kskiska Yesterday #72
What Did They Think Trump Would Do In His 2nd Term? DallasNE 23 hrs ago #73
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