I was reminding my brother in law that Nixon still had well over a 20% approval rating
yeah if 100% of the people that voted for him never back down that's a bottom floor of ~25% of the population. only about half the country voted at all and we are at a 20 year low in turnout because the two party system just keeps offering worse and worse candidates.
a general approval poll will include a whole bunch of people that didn't vote at all and thus only add statistical noise to the proverbial crystal ball. the two-party system deludes us into thinking half the country supports something when in reality even at his peak it was probably like 1 in 4 people. so not only are polls that ask about general approvals more or less meaningless they are misleading as well.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 31 December 2017 22:55 (six years ago) link
only about half the country voted at all and we are at a 20 year low in turnout because the two party system just keeps offering worse and worse candidates.
citation needed
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Sunday, 31 December 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
"In 1984, Ronald Reagan debated Walter Mondale in Louisville and plainly had no idea where he was"
i lived in louisville for ten years, i can't blame reagan for this at all
― bob lefse (rushomancy), Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:41 (six years ago) link
Actually, Turrican is right insofar as the Davis-Murray years go from 1976 to 1971. And only one album was recorded in Berlin.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
Nice wrong thread response.
From 1976 to 1971?
― Mark G, Sunday, 31 December 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Carlos Alomar for prez 2020
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 1 January 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
Turrican / Gabbneb 2028
― El Tomboto, Monday, 1 January 2018 00:49 (six years ago) link
US Politics January 2018: "You All Just Got A Lot Richer"
― maura, Monday, 1 January 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link