To begin, the recent Morning Consult poll seems a press release, as it doesn't even when the 2028 Democratic Presidential primary polling was done.

Secondly, The Economist/YouGov according to this: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/donald-trump-approval-rating-polls.html seems to slightly oversample conservatives.

But this The Economist/YouGov poll (econTabReport_Uo7FRzc.pdf) is important because of the details.

Remember that in the 2020 Democratic Presidential primary, US Senator Elizabeth Warren was in the lead and on her way to becoming POTUS. Until she moved to the Right on Medicare For All.

Much of the Mainstream Media and the elite media already seem to support AOC for a POTUS 2028 run or at least aren't averse to it.

AOC is already considered by many the de facto leader of the Democratic Party.

Pete Buttigieg aside from his mayoral time and his time as US Transportation Secretary will also have to answer for being out of elected politics for 4 years for no good reason instead of running for Governor of Michigan or Michigan US Senator.

If VPOTUS Kamala Harris doesn't run for Governor of California in 2026 and win and do good as Governor, she'll have to answer for being out of elected politics for 4 years for no good reason.

These times are these times and it's certainly not being a fighter if you decide to not have actual power for 4 years.

A campaign would just have to remind people of the 2024 Veep debate to sink Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.

So far, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is barely registering in 2028 Presidential polling.

Mark Cuban? Mayor Michael Bloomberg was easily ousted out of the 2020 race. And at least he was a 3-term mayor of New York City and was a major Democratic donor.

A campaign would just need to remind people of what Mark Cuban was saying about corporate regulation, Lina Khan, etc. in 2024 to sink him.

AOC's numbers and standing are already great and she has never ran for POTUS. Probably around 6-10% or less don't know enough about VPOTUS Kamala Harris. That number is probably around 30-32% for AOC.

Governor Tim Walz? Compare his social media numbers, his rally sizes, etc. to AOC's and US Senator Bernie Sanders's.

Pete Buttigieg ran for POTUS in 2020 and was the US Secretary of Transportation for 4 years. Yet more people know AOC. Pete has possibly hit his ceiling.

And AOC is already actually beating California Governor Gavin Newsom.

And if US Senator Bernie Sanders endorses AOC? His supporters go to her.

I’m most interested in products that, for whatever reason, can’t be produced in the US.

So, we need the raw materials from other countries, the training, and a solid economy from the get-go-if we're in a recession or a depression, then it's not going to happen, which appears to be where we're headed. But can an argument be made by the democrats for manufacturing to come back the right way? These jobs were mostly shut down under Reagan. If Trump fails with brining these jobs back, then this could be an opportunity for democrats to take the reins with this idea and do it right.

With the advent of artificial intelligence, the knowledge-based economy might be disappearing, maybe it's time to shift the thinking. "Just learn to code" isn't really the best advice these days.

Are we finally in the influential conservatives even hate Trump phase?

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we're in a disturbing moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fJyNoDUUIk

Pelosi back in the day, was Trump?

I'm not a fan of this young fella, but i think he makes more sense on THIS issue, then Mr Pakman.

That is what the Democratic Party, in my day, used to be. And it's probably good counsel, for they to go back too it.

If the moderators want to take this down, i understand.

But we need to understand tariffs, what the Dems believed, and what is happening now. We have to understand why our working class and unions, have left the Democrats. And why we "were" Democrats.

We did not leave the Democrats, the Democrats left us.

A VERY bad look for Democrats. But man, were they great. Pelsoi, Sanders, all of them. How times have changed.

I'm not sure where else to post this, and I come here because I know a lot of David's fans are extremely smart and thoughtful. I've been seeing this all over the internet. This anti-government commentary at every turn. And seeing it on this product page for a vegan product that 0.1% of people even know exists, was so jarring. I've been trying to live a pure hyper-local, community based life and steer my action and focus to that local level, for my own mental health, and yet I found it there too. This is a little disheartening. I don't know if this is fixable at even a small scale. Anyway, I don't know what else to say. Just writing it out is helping me today. Have a nice day.

Cruising the comments in /Republican, they’re saying the abuse of tariffs are not what they voted for and they know they will get creamed in the midterms if this mess doesn’t turn around.

David needs to stop saying the reason our government, MAGA and a large part of the population is ignorant to a lot of basic facts and other things like not knowing the difference between Oliver Stone and Roger Stone is the fault of the education system. The education system is there with teachers ready and willing to do the job. The problem is the culture relating to the importance of education. Parents are far more interested in looking at their phones, concerning themselves with youth sports, ice fishing, four wheeling, owning $80,000 pickup trucks than their kids education. It's the culture not the system. Additionally, the behaviors that teachers deal with as well as having to take over the social development of kids is way out of whack. Teachers are practically raising these kids. Kindergarten age students are showing up with no number sense and staggering low level vocabulary. Start placing the blame where it belongs. You can bring a horse to water.

I think one very overlooked aspect of the Trump's tariff chaos is that even before the trade war was started, Trump's cabinet had already managed to destroy relationships with all of its most important allies and trading partners.

I live in Finland and we used to have very good and positive view of America and products made there and there was mostly no reason not to buy them. Now there has been complete turn-around. We are starting to see wide boycotts of American products in Europe (and of course also in Canada). People are cancelling subscriptions to services and buying products elsewhere when possible. As a personal anecdote; in all my circles people have started to avoid American companies even before tariffs were announced. Trump has not even personally insulted or threatened us (like Canada, Denmark and so on).

The general view of USA is going in the same direction as Russia, which is shocking. All polls are showing that USA is viewed more and more as a necessary partner than as an ally. The trade war will make it even worse when all prices will hike.

Canada announced that they will start to search trading partners from elsewhere. In Europe there has now been a lot of talk to find new trading partners from Asia to replace USA. If there is a major shift in trade away from USA it cannot be simply fixed by a change in administration and removal of Trump's tariffs. The damage has already been done.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/12/europeans-see-donald-trump-necessary-partner-not-ally-poll

https://yougov.co.uk/international/articles/51719-european-favourability-of-the-usa-falls-following-the-return-of-donald-trump

Was just curious what everybody thinks of his podcast he started last month? Haven’t heard David mention it very much. I think giving people like Steve Bannon a platform isn’t great and it would be one thing if he was actually pushing back hard on the conservative guests he’s had (charlie kirk being the other one). I get the idea but would like to see him really combat these people in the discussions. All that being said, I’ve listened to all of them and have enjoyed listening. Probably wouldn’t vote for him in the primaries if he runs but I haven’t exactly decided my full opinion on the podcast yet.