Uh-oh - last night's Trump SOTU address was NOT good news for Democrats - Granite Grok

Uh-oh – last night’s Trump SOTU address was NOT good news for Democrats

Take Our PollIf the Democrats were looking bored, dour, angry, mad, and worse, they have much more to be worried about now.  Based on a snap poll from Monmouth University after last nite’s address, their desired Blue Wave Tsunami is diminishing into a ripple (emphasis mine):

Compared to its December poll, the new results (taken from interviews between January 28 and January 30) show big gains for both Trump and his party among registered voters. His December job approval rating, at 32 percent, was his lowest since taking office, according to Monmouth’s temperature readings. Now it has bounced up to 42 percent. Similarly, in December the GOP tax bill was notably unpopular, with 26 percent approving of it and 47 percent disapproving. Now opinions on the bill, after lots of hype about bonuses and cuts in tax withholding, are dead even at 44/44.

Worst of all for Dems, a 15-point advantage in the generic congressional ballot in December (51/36) is now down to two points (47/45). This equals the smallest Democratic advantage in any poll since the beginning of the current election cycle.

Now, wait for the first set of paychecks to be opened and the larger amounts therein are greeted with happiness – and not a single Democrat didn’t vote for them to keep their own money.  Sure, millions have already received bonuses and raises from companies that made the news but this will be workers at companies that have done nothing like that – yet.  Imagine what will happen if even a quarter of them realize that it was the Republicans who crafted the bill, passed the bill, not to GIVE them something after first taking it from them, but simply stopping Government from taking money THEY earned.  It’s really a very simple concept – earn it, keep it.  Let them spend it they way they either need to – or the freedom to spend it anyway they want.

Quite a difference from the Progressive / Socialist / Democrats who have shown they believe that your money is theirs, they will take it from you, and they will spend it because you can’t possibly spend it the “right” way.

(H/T: NY Magazine)

UPDATE: A CBS poll (emphasis mine, reformatted):

Within minutes of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union speech, CBS News revealed their YouGov poll approval ratings on it.

  • Unsurprisingly, 97% of Republican speech watchers liked it.
  • More surprisingly, 72% of Independents liked it.
  • Staggeringly, 43% of Democrats liked it.
  • Overall, CBS reported that 75% of Americans approved of the speech.
  • 8/10 Americans in the poll felt the President was trying to unite the country with his speech and two thirds of Americans said it made them feel proud

UPDATE II: Another Leftist alphabet network, CNN, actually talked about a poll they MUST have hated paying for now (reformatted, emphasis mine):

  • 48 percent of viewers polled had a “very positive” reaction to Trump’s address on Tuesday, his first State of the Union address since taking office.
  • 22 percent indicated they had a “somewhat positive” reaction
  • only 29 percent reacted negatively

That would be a total of 70% positive – could you punch Pelosi, Schumer, and Obama any harder?

  • 62 percent believing the plans would move the country in the right direction.
  • Only 35 percent of those polled said the plans outlined by Trump Tuesday would move it in the wrong direction.

Yeah – it was hitting them during the speech:

Hoyer and Pelosi

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