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2016 Postmortem

RonniePudding

(889 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:17 PM Dec 2016

Poll: Republicans warm up to Putin, Wikileaks [View all]

Republican voters have apparently warmed to Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and WikiLeaks in the wake of the 2016 presidential election, according to data from a new YouGov/Economist poll. President-elect Donald Trump's electoral win was followed by a dramatic spike in favorability for Putin by GOP participants in the poll. Democratic participants, meanwhile, now disapprove of him more than they did before November 8. In July 2014, Republicans viewed Putin with a -66 net favorability; and now, in December 2016, they view him with only a -10 negative favorability.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/14/gop-favorability-of-putin-spiked-during-election.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

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Poll: Republicans warm up to Putin, Wikileaks [View all] RonniePudding Dec 2016 OP

They stopped saying "go back to russia" Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #1

The numbers they reference are weird ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #2

Apparently his numbers were way underwater with Republicans RonniePudding Dec 2016 #4

That is troubling ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #5

I'm not sure what to believe anymore RonniePudding Dec 2016 #6

I think we'll be able to tell ... ZoomBubba Dec 2016 #8

They falsely gave Reagan "sole" credit for winning the Cold War. Now they are tripping over Trust Buster Dec 2016 #3

We are now in Bizzaro World brush Dec 2016 #7