A New Hampshire local, bothered by the polling they saw from the mainstream media, set about taking a litmus test. They wanted to see if they could duplicate those results or if sentiment differed from what was sold to the public.
Here are the graphed results
This survey was sent to 95 people of different backgrounds and political leanings.
It was not sent to just people inclined to support the president.
Out of the 95 people that it was sent to, 25 responded. Beleive it or not, a 26% response rate is pretty good. So now you can see for yourself if the main stream media polls can be trusted or not.
Now you can see if the polls that you hear about on the news are just made up to serve someones agenda, or not.
Despite the small sample size, these results fit mostly with center-right thought. Generally, independents and Republicans appear pleased or willing to be patient, so they approve. The Trump-hating right is difficult to make happy under most circumstances, and Libertarians have serious concerns about the tariffs, free speech, and due process, deporting college kids speaking out against Israel, mostly.
There are also factions within these groups that expect more immediate results and are disappointed that the economy isn’t the best, most beautiful economy ever, right now. The Epstein list isn’t public, the JFK docs had a lot of good inside baseball (the CIA is dirtier than ever) but were otherwise underwhelming, and “the crooks” aren’t already in prison.
I fit into the patient category with a patina of concern about free speech and due process.
A lot has been done. More than any first 100 days of a presidency, perhaps ever. The border is as secure as it’s been in a while. Deportations are up. Gas prices are dropping. The Panama Canal “situation” has been dealt with. China is in economic chaos with worker revolts in the streets. Scores of countries are lining up to negotiate tariffs and trade deals to keep their access to the US market. There has been a significant investment shift toward the US. Congress is advancing tax cuts (if not a bit too slowly), and other legislation is being presented to make some of Trump’s EOs permanent.
His cabinet is basically what he wanted. Leakers are being identified and prosecuted if they broke the law. Criminal insiders and Obama/Biden plants not yet known are on notice.
There’s more, and arguably a hell of a lot yet to do, and the dude has been in office for just over two months. Lighten up, Francis.
The Department of Education and a host of other agencies are smaller. Some are gone. All are under scrutiny. Massive money laundering schemes have been exposed, and accountability has been restored to the Treasury Department, which has slowed or stopped significant waste and fraud.
When the jobs report comes out, they are above projection, and it is private sector growth, not fake government jobs added to pad the numbers.
Optimism is still high.
Having said all of that (yes, I could say more), this poll is a good start, but the sample is too small to stick the landing. What it does is invite a conversation about the progress we wanted and where we are.
It is also good to expect more (or less, in the case of gutting the bureaucratic state), but if you are getting all bound up and bitter, you’ve got to get past that. Don’t drive angry. That does the Democrats’ work for them, and we should not make anything easy for the far left. There is much to do, and we need to ensure that work continues long after Mr. Trump is no longer President.
