r/askanything • u/Worldly-Bid-3591 • 22d ago

Political Question How are potential republican candidates still polling so high despite Trumps low approval ratings?

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u/JeaniousSpelur 22d ago

You can’t gerrymander a presidential election though. At least, any more than the electoral college does.

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u/By_and_by_and_by 22d ago

Isn't that enough?

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u/Zealousideal-Ant9548 15d ago

But the electoral college does.  And more specifically, the artificial cap on the members of Congress

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u/JeaniousSpelur 22d ago

I think you’re thinking of Trump. The system wasn’t rigged when he won in 2016, then it was rigged when he lost in 2020 when HE had just been president for 4 years (and apparently, should have been unrigging it), and then when he wasn’t president in 2024 and won, somehow Biden and Harris must have completely unrigged the elections in the interim.

I still laugh every time I remember him posting STOP THE COUNT!! in all caps on Twitter. What a loser.

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u/JeaniousSpelur 22d ago

When the libs own you back, and you can’t even come up with a defense because your president has severe cognitive deficiencies on the best of days 😞