Page 1 of 6 12345 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 78

Thread: U.S. Voters Don’t Want Socialist or Very Old President: Poll

  1. #1 | Top
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Location
    Anchorage, AK. Waikoloa, HI
    Posts
    18,757
    Thanks
    6,479
    Thanked 11,419 Times in 7,538 Posts
    Groans
    17
    Groaned 270 Times in 253 Posts
    Blog Entries
    25

    Default U.S. Voters Don’t Want Socialist or Very Old President: Poll

    Americans are least favorable toward a presidential candidate who’s a socialist or older than 75, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that said President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked up in the past month.

    Only 25 percent of respondents ranked “socialist” as a desirable trait for a candidate. Only 37 percent said “someone over 75” was desirable, according to the survey, released on Sunday.

    The poll comes as Democrats line up for a chance to take on Trump in the 2020 presidential election. It suggests that 41 percent of voters would definitely or probably vote for Trump in 2020, against 48 percent who said they would vote for the Democratic candidate.

    Among the perceived front-runners for the Democratic nomination are former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 77. Trump is 72.

    Heading toward the first 2020 nominating contests about a year from now, Democratic primary voters reported that they prefer a nominee who proposes policies that could bring major change over one suggesting less change by a 55 percent to 42 percent margin.

    Republicans in the White House, Congress and in the media have made “socialism” a significant point of attack.

    The NBC/WSJ poll of 900 adults was conducted Feb. 24-27 and had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...l?srnd=premium

  2. The Following User Says Thank You to anonymoose For This Post:

    Truth Detector (03-04-2019)

  3. #2 | Top
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Posts
    57,638
    Thanks
    563
    Thanked 10,010 Times in 8,569 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 498 Times in 487 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by anonymoose View Post
    Americans are least favorable toward a presidential candidate who’s a socialist or older than 75, according to an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that said President Donald Trump’s approval rating ticked up in the past month.

    Only 25 percent of respondents ranked “socialist” as a desirable trait for a candidate. Only 37 percent said “someone over 75” was desirable, according to the survey, released on Sunday.

    The poll comes as Democrats line up for a chance to take on Trump in the 2020 presidential election. It suggests that 41 percent of voters would definitely or probably vote for Trump in 2020, against 48 percent who said they would vote for the Democratic candidate.

    Among the perceived front-runners for the Democratic nomination are former Vice President Joe Biden, 76, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, 77. Trump is 72.

    Heading toward the first 2020 nominating contests about a year from now, Democratic primary voters reported that they prefer a nominee who proposes policies that could bring major change over one suggesting less change by a 55 percent to 42 percent margin.

    Republicans in the White House, Congress and in the media have made “socialism” a significant point of attack.

    The NBC/WSJ poll of 900 adults was conducted Feb. 24-27 and had an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...l?srnd=premium
    It's hard to put a lot of faith in these polls. While it says only 25% of respondents ranked "socialist" as a desirable trait for a candidate, many would vote for a candidate that support things that are socialist by definition because they don't consider them socialist or know what socialism is. How many of that 25%, if asked specifically, would support single payer healthcare and "free" college?

  4. #3 | Top
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    53,527
    Thanks
    252
    Thanked 24,570 Times in 17,095 Posts
    Groans
    5,280
    Groaned 4,575 Times in 4,254 Posts

    Default

    Trump is the oldest president ever. He turned 71 soon after he was sworn in. He is showing signs of Alzheimer's and was not too bright when he started.

  5. #4 | Top
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Posts
    57,638
    Thanks
    563
    Thanked 10,010 Times in 8,569 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 498 Times in 487 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Trump is the oldest president ever. He turned 71 soon after he was sworn in. He is showing signs of Alzheimer's and was not too bright when he started.
    For someone you claim isn't very bright, he kicked the political ass of someone you lefties thought could never lose.

  6. #5 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    The Blue Ridge
    Posts
    37,741
    Thanks
    21,918
    Thanked 12,581 Times in 9,703 Posts
    Groans
    4,312
    Groaned 1,312 Times in 1,210 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Trump is the oldest president ever. He turned 71 soon after he was sworn in. He is showing signs of Alzheimer's and was not too bright when he started.
    They said the same thing about Reagan. Get a new playbook and stop embarrassing yourself.

  7. The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to MAGA MAN For This Post:

    countryboy (03-07-2019), Life is Golden (03-05-2019), Truth Detector (03-04-2019)

  8. #6 | Top
    Join Date
    Dec 2017
    Location
    Mid-West
    Posts
    24,406
    Thanks
    2,522
    Thanked 14,824 Times in 8,868 Posts
    Groans
    4
    Groaned 896 Times in 801 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    One Person One Vote ... this time, the Most Votes WILL Win

    Sorry ... AGE, COLOR or GENDER won't have anything to do with it ... from NOW ON

    ONE-N-DONE, YOU GOT PLAYED; Time To Play-On
    Remember ... ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES ... So STFU Bitch

  9. #7 | Top
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    53,527
    Thanks
    252
    Thanked 24,570 Times in 17,095 Posts
    Groans
    5,280
    Groaned 4,575 Times in 4,254 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    They said the same thing about Reagan. Get a new playbook and stop embarrassing yourself.
    It was true then too. Reagan had obvious signs of Alzheimers in office. If you read any the books written by insiders, you would know about Nancy covering up for him and his staff doing it too. You actually know so little. Go do some homework and quit being a jerk. Reagans press conferences were very narrow in subject matter. His handlers figured he could learn enough lines to get through a presser. His staff all said they sweated out pressers hoping he would not go off the script. Does that sound familiar to you? It should. Trump is the same way. You are not even in the administration and you cover up for Daffy the same way.
    You sold your soul to this disaster. Try a little honesty.
    Last edited by Nordberg; 03-03-2019 at 06:23 PM.

  10. #8 | Top
    Join Date
    Aug 2018
    Posts
    9,090
    Thanks
    3,487
    Thanked 3,433 Times in 2,367 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 888 Times in 802 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    The OP is mistaken as to age and as to what is socialism.

  11. The Following User Says Thank You to jimmymccready For This Post:

    Cypress (03-03-2019)

  12. #9 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    The Blue Ridge
    Posts
    37,741
    Thanks
    21,918
    Thanked 12,581 Times in 9,703 Posts
    Groans
    4,312
    Groaned 1,312 Times in 1,210 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    It was true then too. Reagan had obvious signs of Alzheimers in office. If you read any the books written by insiders, you would know about Nancy covering up for him and his staff doing it too. You actually know so little. Go do some homework and quit being a jerk. Reagans press conferences were very narrow in subject matter. His handlers figured he could learn enough lines to get through a presser. His staff all said they sweated out pressers hoping he would not go off the script. Dioes that sound familiar to you? It should. Trump is the same way. You are not even in the administration and you cover up for Daffy the same way.
    You sold your soul to this disaster. Try a little honesty.
    I understand completely that's the story you've been told. But in year two of his first term they were saying the same shit too. Perhaps if you got your information from sources other than authors that hated him you'd come off as more intelligent.

  13. The Following User Says Thank You to MAGA MAN For This Post:

    Truth Detector (03-04-2019)

  14. #10 | Top
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    53,527
    Thanks
    252
    Thanked 24,570 Times in 17,095 Posts
    Groans
    5,280
    Groaned 4,575 Times in 4,254 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    I understand completely that's the story you've been told. But in year two of his first term they were saying the same shit too. Perhaps if you got your information from sources other than authors that hated him you'd come off as more intelligent.
    You do not know my sources. The books were written by highly placed Reagan people.If you remember the Contra hearings, Reagan was so out of it, that all watchers were embarrassed for him. He was saved because the house felt sorry for him.You really run on empty. Back then, political books did not tell all. Reagan even had a house astrologer,Quigly, advising him. Took years before that came out.

  15. #11 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    The Blue Ridge
    Posts
    37,741
    Thanks
    21,918
    Thanked 12,581 Times in 9,703 Posts
    Groans
    4,312
    Groaned 1,312 Times in 1,210 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    You do not know my sources. The books were written by highly placed Reagan people.If you remember the Contra hearings, Reagan was so out of it, that all watchers were embarrassed for him. He was saved because the house felt sorry for him.You really run on empty. Back then, political books did not tell all. Reagan even had a house astrologer,Quigly, advising him. Took years before that came out.
    Again, in year two of his first term they were saying the same shit too.

  16. The Following User Says Thank You to MAGA MAN For This Post:

    Truth Detector (03-04-2019)

  17. #12 | Top
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    53,527
    Thanks
    252
    Thanked 24,570 Times in 17,095 Posts
    Groans
    5,280
    Groaned 4,575 Times in 4,254 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soul View Post
    Again, in year two of his first term they were saying the same shit too.
    I don't remember that. We didn't like him but back then presidents were given a honeymoon so we could see what he was like. But since Obama, that is over. The first day after Obama won, the Repubs met and decided to fight any and all that Obama wanted to do. Asshole McConnell said his job was to make him a one term president.
    Reagan was given room to settle policy.

  18. #13 | Top
    Join Date
    Feb 2016
    Posts
    57,638
    Thanks
    563
    Thanked 10,010 Times in 8,569 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 498 Times in 487 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Bourbon View Post
    One Person One Vote ... this time, the Most Votes WILL Win

    Sorry ... AGE, COLOR or GENDER won't have anything to do with it ... from NOW ON

    As long as there are Democrats, candidates will be chosen thinking skin color and gender are qualifications.

  19. #14 | Top
    Join Date
    Nov 2017
    Posts
    20,718
    Thanks
    1,054
    Thanked 5,660 Times in 4,439 Posts
    Groans
    296
    Groaned 184 Times in 180 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    Trump is the oldest president ever. He turned 71 soon after he was sworn in. He is showing signs of Alzheimer's and was not too bright when he started.
    If Americans elected someone like that to office imagine how bad his opponent must have been.

  20. #15 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2014
    Location
    The Blue Ridge
    Posts
    37,741
    Thanks
    21,918
    Thanked 12,581 Times in 9,703 Posts
    Groans
    4,312
    Groaned 1,312 Times in 1,210 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Nordberg View Post
    I don't remember that. We didn't like him but back then presidents were given a honeymoon so we could see what he was like. But since Obama, that is over. The first day after Obama won, the Repubs met and decided to fight any and all that Obama wanted to do. Asshole McConnell said his job was to make him a one term president.
    Reagan was given room to settle policy.
    How convenient, you forgetting how the Left and their minions in the press treated Reagan from day one.

  21. The Following User Says Thank You to MAGA MAN For This Post:

    Truth Detector (03-04-2019)

Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 60
    Last Post: 08-17-2018, 06:38 AM
  2. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 02-23-2017, 01:48 PM
  3. Replies: 1
    Last Post: 02-23-2016, 06:06 PM
  4. Voters blast Obama in poll
    By Big Money in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 01-05-2014, 02:07 PM
  5. Has anybody else noticed how they now only poll registered voters?
    By Damocles in forum General Politics Forum
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 06-09-2012, 07:55 AM

Bookmarks

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •