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Summary: Republicans are 50/50, everyone else is strongly opposed.

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[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 165 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

75% is an awfully low number.

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 102 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

25% of people being propagandised beyond reason is a high number, yes.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 weeks ago

Truthfully at this point I'm satisfied that 15% aren't undecided on the issue

[–] protist@mander.xyz 57 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Hitting 75% agreement in US politics is honestly unusual today, so I think it's a good sign that Trump has domestic opposition on this one

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Domestic opposition doesn't mean shit if they don't do anything about it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] Soulcreator@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

One interesting point in the article you posted rather than OP's is that according to Ipsos only 17% of Americans approve of taking Greenland. I have no clue what the truth is but that number 'feels' a little more accurate.

In short that would mean 17% of Americans are ride or die MAGA which sadly is a believable number.

[–] illi@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

Do keep in mind there usually is a "I don't know" option. So both numbers can be true.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unusual? "Breathing" would struggle to break 60%. 75% is functionally unanimous.

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[–] perestroika@slrpnk.net 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

People are made vulnerable to their idol going haywire - by the need to rationalize having supported him. Thus the 50% of Republicans who bluescreened with "great leader always correct". If they have time to read up on the issue, it will drop a bit.

[–] myrmidex@belgae.social 32 points 3 weeks ago

read

making big assumptions here

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

"They did not choose to read up on the issue."

-Narrator

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[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 133 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

More likely: 50% of Republicans are still waiting for instructions what to think.

[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 43 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yeah! We need to take Greenland because checks notes that’s where fentanyl comes from and without it we will get more brown people!

Seriously brown people are all the argument they need. The racism is insane with the party. Maybe they can say that Greenland is being invaded by tren de aragua and we need to bring ice there to improve our community. It’s the same logic we already have right? As in, devoid of it.

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago

*on what to believe. Thinking is hard.

stand back and stand by

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

25% of Americans would jump off a cliff if Trump told them to.

[–] Sammy@infosec.pub 36 points 3 weeks ago

Gosh, that'd be convenient; here's hoping 🤞

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't he tell them to drink bleach for covid? Unfortunately no one really did.

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

70% of Americans approve of higher minimum wage and universal health care, too.

It doesn't matter.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That means there has to be an overlap of millions of Americans who want this but still voted Trump. Does their stupidity know no bounds?

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

There’s a metric fuckton of Americans who would resurrect Hitler and the entire 3rd Reich before they willingly voted for a woman.. let alone a brown woman.. it’s ridiculous.

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[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 49 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

Jesus Christ I had some hints that Republicans would be coming to their senses, but fucking 50/50?!? These people are fucking lost, too far gone. They are beyond normal legal or democratic avenues. This is a violent, fascist authoritarian cult, and they need to be stopped.

If they don't change their minds when their country threatens real hostilities against former allies, then they will not be swayed by anything except force, combined with real, uncompromising economic destruction.

Americans will need a general strike and armed protests at this point.

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

They love authoritarianism, more than they love other people, democracy, anything. There's a certain amount of neural wiring involved, as people lean into it, their amygdala grows larger and their fear of "others" and "chaos" intensifies.

When I saw my mom posting a fundraiser for the Ice murderer's family last week, I realized a cop could beat me to death in front of her, and she'd tend to his bruised knuckles in apology. That was the very last straw, I don't know her anymore.

[–] RaskolnikovsAxe@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah David Frum famously wrote “If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.”

He's a former neocon Bush speechwriter and an ardent anti-Trumper. He would know.

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Alternative perspective, for what it's worth:

50/50 is actually comparatively huge. Considering everything else has been 90/10.

The first departure from your god-king is always the hardest. I expect for many, this is the first break, and will make any subsequent break mentally easier.

Also keep in mind that people who identify/lean Republican has taken a little more than a 10% haircut since January 2025. Any "republicans say" is an increasingly smaller subset of the total voting population... getting more concentratedly nuts as they boil off the more rational ones. Even with this more concentrated version of Republicans, it's STILL not popular.

Don't get me wrong, it's not GREAT... but there is a trend line. It's not moving as fast as it should, but it IS moving.

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[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Numbers like these really reinforce that there's no coming back for the US.

[–] Soulcreator@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

Honestly I actually think this is a good sign. There was a point toward the end of 2024 when Trump could have come out and said the moon is made of cheese and polls would say 50% of Americans agree with him. The fact that in less than two years Trump has lost 50% of his base is insane. He's is hemorrhaging support.

If numbers keep moving this way the midterm elections, which happen later this year will be interesting to say the least.

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[–] YaGirlAutumn@leminal.space 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

that number should be 100%

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[–] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Since when does this regime care about what its constituents think?

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

So I should be leaving a steaming pile of poop on every fourth front porch in the US? This is depressing, I only have so much poop.

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[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago

25% of Americans are perfectly fine with the US just taking over independent countries. 75% oppose but only if they don't have to do anything other than answer a poll.

[–] jim@lemmy.org 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As usual the ~1/3 are totally on board for being an asshole.

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[–] Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

Can we revoke citizenship and deport the other 25%?

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[–] uienia@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Problem is that in dictatorships it doesn't really matter what the population thinks about government policy.

[–] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And the other 25% are straight up Nazis.

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[–] RalfWausE@feddit.org 16 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

So, there we are... there IS that second amendment thing that the people of the US are always proudly citing. My question to this is: Why don't you proud Americans start to... well... doing target practice?

[–] ayax@retrolemmy.com 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

The Americans pushing that misinterpretation of the constitution are for this and are really only interested in continuing to oppress the majority of Americans.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Will they oppose it though? Or just sit on their arses and do nothing?

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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So. No one will talk about the 48% of Americans that are okay with abducting the President in charge of a sovereign country so rich Americans could snatch them away their oil?

Yes, foreigners, if you go to the USA, apparently that's a hot topic.

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[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Most people : don’t do it

Government leaders: don’t do it

Business: don’t do it

Academics: don’t do it

All other countries and states in the world: don’t do it

Trump: I’m gonna do it.

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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Too bad most of them elected a dictator.

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[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As an American, the fact that 25% are for it or indifferent is a shameful number...

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[–] giantripdrop@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If only there was a system of government where the people could make decisions. Ahh, that would be too cumbersome when the number of people got to big, so maybe there could be a smaller group of people who are chosen to best represent those people's choices. Ahh, but once again that would leave idiots who could be swayed too easily making choices based on populism. Maybe if we added another smaller group of people to check that group to make sure the peoples will was not misguided.

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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

If only ONE of those 75% was Trump.

[–] Sonkevllen@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

25% of Americans are stupid psychopaths who don't understand the consequences.

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