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A Times/Siena College Poll ID’s Some of the Stupidest Americans in the Country

Trump is favored over Biden by 48% to 43%.

B Kean
5 min readMar 3, 2024
Courtesy of AtlasObscura

In late February, The New York Times and Siena College polled voters “across the country,” and 48 percent of respondents said that they felt Donald Trump was more fit to lead the country through its current “troubles.” They also stated that he seems more capable of getting the country back on track than Biden, whom a majority feel is doing a terrible job and has turned the U.S. into a bumbling, laughing stock.

At first, a wave of anger rushed over me like a tsunami wave washes away beachfront property. I delved into the comments of the respondents.

“It’s going to be a very tough decision — I’m seriously thinking about not voting,” said Mamta Misra, 57, a Democrat and an economics professor in Lafayette, La., who voted for Mr. Biden in 2020. “Trump voters are going to come out no matter what. For Democrats, it’s going to be bad. I don’t know why they’re not thinking of someone else (Voters Doubt Biden’s Leadership).”

My takeaway from the above comment by a Democrat and an “economics professor” in Louisiana tells me this: This guy should either be fired because he is a fraud who knows absolutely nothing about economics, or he spent the period of 2017 to 2021 stuck…

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B Kean
B Kean

Written by B Kean

The past holds the answers to today’s problems. “Be curious, not judgmental,” at least until you have all the facts. Think and stop watching cable news.

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