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Former President Donald Trump's supporters say they hold him as a source of true information over their family, friends, and religious leaders, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll out on Sunday.

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[-] neptune@dmv.social 21 points 1 year ago

"grandpa, life is hard for young people."

"no. It's not. Life was hard for ME. Trump and fox say young people just need to work hard and save! And that also Biden ruined the economy."

[-] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

It's a cult.

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

This just in, Newsweek discovers the concept of cults.

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago

How accurate are polls these days? If you can't call people with cell phones, you're forced to call landlines, and those are owned by septuagenarians and octogenarians who lean hard to the right. It's had an effect on the accuracy of polls, as the recently fired Nate Silver will tell you. His analyses used to be eerily accurate, but then cell phones happened.

[-] TopShelfVanilla@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

I'm a 45 year old leftist with a land line in a rural part of a southern state.

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[-] Dem_Bo_Sain@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Most of my family are Trump supporters, so....

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[-] disconnectikacio@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

In hungary we have similar thing, but for orban For us there is no way to get out, orban's men are everywhere, even if another party would win with huge majority, they cant do shit, as every department have orban's comrades, and the cant be recalled, or dismissed until their mandate expires (which is 8-9 years

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[-] donuts@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Trump voters have friends who aren't also Trump voters?

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Not anymore.

[-] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Sometimes i think Trump is a conspiracy to make people question democracies, I certainly don’t think its good idea that everyone can vote anymore

[-] focusedkiwibear@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Trump voters are some sick puppies, that's a fact.

[-] jimrob4@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

So when's he going to gather them all at Mar-a-logo of New Guinea and have them drink Flavoraid?

[-] angelsomething@lemmy.one 10 points 1 year ago

That’s just sad. And hilarious in a dark way. But now mostly sad.

[-] Clbull@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The last decade has baffled me. How did we get so freaking stupid?

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