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An AP-NORC poll reveals low public confidence in President Trump’s ability to appoint qualified Cabinet members, manage spending, and oversee the military in his second term.

About 3 in 10 Americans express high confidence in these areas, while half are "not at all confident."

Republicans show more confidence (6 in 10), but it's less unanimous than Democrats' skepticism (three-quarters express doubt).

Independents remain divided, with most expressing low or moderate confidence in Trump’s leadership abilities across key responsibilities.

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[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 76 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Dear God the general public is stupid.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And that’s the real reason why Democrats keep losing elections.

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Single biggest determinant as to how people voted was education attainment.

GenZ and presumably Alpha are more education averse, too. I thought they'd better navigate disinformation online but alas...

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 6 points 1 week ago

The only clear conclusion is to dissolve the department of education

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

You mean student loan averse. Right?

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago

Are we pretending the Democrats are popular?

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The greatest thing about democracy is that everyone gets a vote.

The worst thing about democracy is that everyone gets a vote.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It would work if everyone who could would actually fucking vote.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And if all those votes had the same amount of power

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

That would be even better. But if everyone actually voted, it would be enough to compensate for the BS Electoral College.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, 3 in 10 people is WAY too many.

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

That's the Republican core base, so sadly this makes sense.

[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago

You ain’t seen nothing yet, sugar. It’s about to get a whole lot worse.

[–] dan1101@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Stupid and ignorant. Dangerous combination.