People Not Paying Attention May Help Trump's Approval

[applegrove]

People Not Paying Attention May Help Trump’s Approval

May 18, 2025 at 6:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 135 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/05/18/people-not-paying-attention-may-help-trumps-approval/

“President Trump’s strategy to ‘flood the zone’ may be working to keep his approval rating from sinking even lower,” the New York Times reports.

“Voters who have not heard much about some of the many major news events from the first 100 days of Mr. Trump’s second term have a higher opinion of the job he is doing, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. A little under half of the 42 percent of voters who approved of the job Mr. Trump is doing as president said they had not heard much about at least some of the ups and downs of his administration’s decisions.”

Applegrove:

they'll notice when Medicaid is cut and inflation hits.

[edhopper]

1. Not paying attention

Is how Trump got elected.

[newdeal2]

2. Ignorance is bliss

Most people don't read a newspaper or watch the evening news. If they are consuming news it's online, tailored to whatever they already belief. So they are not hearing about the bad stuff unless it comes up in conversation.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. ... until it isn't when they are surprised by events they could have anticipated. Like losing a job in the family. . .nt

[stillcool]

3. I no longer care about those people

they're no more to me than an irritating insect that I don't mind swatting one bit. Poof...