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babylonsister

(172,815 posts)
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 08:40 AM Saturday

Trump Is Losing His Base

What took them so long?!

https://politicalwire.com/2026/06/13/trump-is-losing-his-base/

Trump Is Losing His Base
June 13, 2026 at 5:34 am EDT By Taegan Goddard


New York Times: “Blue-collar white voters are, for the first time, seriously doubting Mr. Trump’s handling of the economy. A review of polling by The New York Times shows an extraordinary swing on that issue among white voters without college degrees between his first midterm election and now.”

“Then, working-class white voters approved of his management of the economy by margins of 30 percentage points or even more. Now, recent polls show them disapproving by anywhere from 14 to more than 30 points.”

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some_of_us_are_sane

(3,836 posts)
5. Yes. "C'mon! FASTER, FASTER!"....
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:01 AM
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It's LONG PAST TIME. Take the reins, people. THROW THE BUM CHILD-MOLESTER OUT!

Baitball Blogger

(52,848 posts)
6. We finally know the truth.
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:28 AM
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MAGAs found something more imminently important than owning the libs. I.e. Getting food in their mouths and a roof over their heads. The psyops specialists must have assumed that they would fight the Libs to their dying breath. But, instead, the MAGAs are waking up and realizing that rule no. 1 of the MAGA bible is in jeopardy: holding on to the illusion of self-sufficiency. Oh. And of course there’s being led by a pedophile. Rude awakening.

Buckeyeblue

(6,472 posts)
7. The white working class wants more than anything to be prioritized
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:48 AM
Saturday

That's why the winning message is always about the economy. It's always about jobs. If we have a good economy and strong employment numbers everything most everything else takes care of itself. A campaign on foreign policy is a non-starter, as is a campaign on civil rights. If people can't make their house payment or they are struggling with other bills, they aren't going to give a fuck about helping another country and the aren't going to care about civil rights. If we want to win the midterms we need to stay on message about the economy.

eppur_se_muova

(42,857 posts)
8. Seriously "doubting" ??? Man, the scales don't fall from their eyes any too easily, do they ? nt
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:55 AM
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Raftergirl

(1,893 posts)
9. They are morons to have believed he gave a shit about them in the first place. It is plainly obvious to anyone
Sat Jun 13, 2026, 09:55 AM
Saturday

with even half a brain he never did. But they FAFO. I have zero sympathy as I know they’d be much better off now if Kamala was President. No tariffs and no stupid war would have made their lives much easier than it is now.

And these are people who rely on government services just as much as Democrats do, they just didn’t think they did, until they went away.


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