A new poll has revealed changing attitudes to Trump from his Republican supporters.

One in three Republican voters would have preferred a different candidate to Donald Trump for the upcoming presidential election.

In March, the former president won enough primary races to secure the Republican nomination in the 2024 presidential election.

However, according to a survey of 1,003 Americans by Canadian polling firm Leger, Trump does not command the full support of his base and 33 percent of this demographic would have preferred another politician. Meanwhile, this proportion is higher (47 percent) among Republican voters aged 18 to 34 years old.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
    327·
    6 months ago

    Green energy, student debt relief, likely marijuana reform after rescheduling, infrastructure building, drug price controls, Union empowerment, etc etc but you say they’re not listening opposed to listening to their base. It’s unreal.

    Democrats only care about maintaining the status quo at all costs

    See above. That’s BS.

    • BakerBagel@midwest.social
      921·
      6 months ago

      Funny, because i live in a state that decriminalized marijuana and i just lost my job for testing positive for marijuana on a drug test. Meanwhile the Democratic senator is running ads about his bills that Trump signed. Nothing about any of those things you just listed off. He mad appearances at the UAW strikes last year, but there hasn’t been any actual legislation or policy change to support unions, just photo ops and tweets.

      • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
        286·
        6 months ago

        Decriminalization is not legalization. That you don’t even know this…

        Then you have to limit actions to a specific dem senator, about not running ads about the things I listed. Holy mental gymnastics.

        And then the final: But but but it’s not being done fast enough!1!

        It’s unreal.

        • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          71·
          5 months ago

          Not only is decriminalization not legalization, even if something is legal your employer can prohibit it as a condition of employment.

          I can guarantee you, even if marijuana is completely legal tomorrow and available in every 7-11 I’ll be fired for testing positive, and for good reason. At least the reasons are good for me, for a lot of other jobs drug testing is bullshit.

          • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world
            8·
            5 months ago

            Yup, just like you can’t show up drunk, you can’t show up high. Anything requiring uhh sober operation will be an issue. The long time frame of marijuana staying in your body is an issue, I think the airlines said you can’t use it 28 days before your shift (lol effective ban).

            • roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              1·
              5 months ago

              Maybe at some point in the future someone will come up with a test that determines if you’re high right now instead of our current test that only determines if you’ve used it in the past couple weeks. But until then prohibition for any safety related job is the only option.

      • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
        104·
        6 months ago

        Funny, because i live in a state that decriminalized marijuana and i just lost my job for testing positive for marijuana on a drug test.

        That sounds to me like you violated the terms of your employment agreed upon by you and your employer when you entered into an employment contract with them. The federal government has little-to-no control over stuff like drug testing at non-governmental jobs.

        Alcohol is legal, but if you test positive for alcohol in a piss test or breathalyzer there’s a good chance, depending on your employer, that you won’t be working for them.

        You ought to be cognizant of your own habits with regard to your employer’s drug testing policy. Marijuana can show up in a piss test for weeks if you’re a heavy or frequent user. If you know you regularly or randomly get tested, don’t partake or find a different job.

        That’s not the Democratic party’s fault, that’s between you and your employer. Stupid? Sure. Unfair? Absolutely. A useless policy that pushes people out of jobs for no good reason? You betcha. Doesn’t change the contract you entered into when you took the job.