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Summary

Trump's approval rating dropped to 43%, the lowest since his January return to office, amid backlash over new tariffs and a mishandled military strike disclosure.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll found only 37% approve of his economic leadership, and 34% support his foreign policy.

A majority view his tariff hikes as harmful, while 74% criticized the use of Signal to discuss a Yemen operation.

The poll, conducted online with 1,486 adults, showed bipartisan concern and a 2-point decline since March, reflecting rising unease over Trump's policies.

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Don't about things you can't change. Like who is the president. You don't actually vote for a president, the electoral college electors do. You literally vote to suggests to these random fellers who to vote for. Then, they vote for whoever the fuck gave them the new shiny car.

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Our election process sucks, but it's not because of faithless electors. The vast majority of times it was because the candidate died before the election.

Since 1900, there have been only 16 faithless electors who defected for individual reasons

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

How about your vote is worth 1/56th or something like that in comparison to my vote just because you live in the wrong state. Or how about you are the one gay guy in a straight community so your vote on any gay related agenda means nothing. How about that?

[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 12 hours ago

...yea that sucks. Like I said, our election system sucks. All I pointed out is your assertion that electors are getting new cars in order to vote against the wishes of their state isn't really a thing.