That's the important part. Only 5% regret their vote. Most people in this thread who are celebrating and laughing, only read the headline.

This kind of "told you so!" stuff and thinking they were untouchable is what led to the Democrats loss. And will again if people aren't careful. People need to stop thinking "Not Trump!", because that doesn't win elections. Dems need to come up with some good candidates who are more than just "not Trump."

It's possible that some of them don't want to admit to a stranger that they'd change their vote.

But, most of it is probably choice-supportive bias or post-purchase rationalization. They believe they're smart, right-thinking people and that they couldn't have made a horrible mistake, so they look for reasons to feel like they made the right choice, despite all the evidence against it. They're supported by a whole group of propaganda networks that explain away every bad thing that Trump does and shift the blame to democrats, liberals, trans people, immigrants, non-whites, women, etc.

That's a pretty weak headline tho. \s

We’ve heard this from their own mouths. They may feel regret, but they have learned no lessons and have clearly stated they would do it again. These people are evil beyond redemption.

That's still a massive loss of support. In a free election, that would mean one of the worst election losses in history.

What a sad bunch of simple minded morons

I bet it's even higher than that in actuality. There are people who know they should be embarrassed by it, but still support him anyway.

High gas prices are a pittance if we can bring Jesus back! (I wish this were a joke).

There was an article a few weeks ago where folks were interviewed at a gas station in Pennsylvania. Two of the Trump voters who was fine with the higher prices said it was an acceptable price to pay to keep the nation safe. They really thought Iran was going to attack the US, possibly with nukes.

I have no hope of changing the minds who fervently believe in that crap

Some of his supporters will accept anything with a smile as long as it's their side doing it. Some are so drowned in right wing media bullshit that they might as well be living in a parallel universe. And some will just be so averse to criticizing Trump (particularly in a poll which is likely to have political remifications) that they'll defend or ignore almost anything bad, even if they do hate it.

"It's a sacrifice we have to make to get _______"

They just have to convince themselves that every bad thing is worth it in the long run because Trump is doing such a wonderful job on "X". Their propaganda channel / site of choice just tells them why their sacrifice is necessary.

Imperial media obscures the connection. I heard NPR talking about higher gas prices with ZERO mention of trump/iran. And, if they do mention it, they usually blame Iran at least implicitly but often explicitly.

Most of the ones I know are unapologetic about their support for him, when asked. They're definitely less vocal than when he started off his 2nd term, though.

Nothing is actually real until it adversely affects them.

It's cult, and Trump knew what he was doing. He said he could shoot someone on 5th Ave and not lose any support. Now he literally admit to and rape kids and they still blindly follow him. Hell they probably offer up their own children.

They control the release of these polling numbers. They control information. Anything you are hearing from a "source" is curated.

YTs in the imperial core are not even close to being rational actors. They've lived their whole lives inside the bubble.

They’ll vote again for him and his ilk.

Ofc there's no other option. They're all of his ilk.

But you see, when JD Vance takes over it'll be all kinds of different and the Republicans will finally fix everything the Deep State Democrat Trump broke.

"He's not hurting the people he's supposed to be hurting!"

You mean "...He was only supposed to hurt the people I was told to hate!"

Not that I put anything past this administration, but in order for him to “win again” we would need to rewrite the constitution as the 22nd amendment specifically bans more than two terms of a presidency. I’m not saying he won’t try because they are indeed deplorable monsters.

Pam Bondi was one of the few. He supported her in Florida as early as 2013, and she supported him early in 2016. That's one reason why her being out as AG is a bigger deal than say Christi Noem who was just a MAGA-type governor who only really got into Trump's orbit when she as trying to become his running mate in 2024.

Maybe now if democrats just move to the right, they can pick up their votes! This time for sure!