Current Events > 75% of American viewers thought Trump gave a good speech last night

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viewers-approve-of-trumps-first-state-of-the-union-address-cbs-news-poll/

Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave. Just a quarter disapproved.

Eight in 10 Americans who watched tonight felt that the president was trying to unite the country, rather than divide it. Two-thirds said the speech made them feel proud, though just a third said it made them feel safer. Fewer said the speech made them feel angry or scared

But as is often the case in State of the Union addresses, the people who watched tonight's speech leaned more towards the president's own party, at least compared to Americans overall. In the latest CBS national poll released earlier this month, 24 percent of Americans identified themselves as Republicans. Among those who watched tonight's address, that percentage was 42 percent, bolstering the overall approval of the address.

Obviously the audience is biased towards the party in power, but that's still an impressive showing.
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trying to unite the country.
S*** on immigrants.
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Not a good sample of America. Of course people who watch the SOTU are going to be more skewed to liking Trump.
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mew4ever posted...

trying to unite the country.
S*** on immigrants.

Lol.
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I think part of the phenomenon is that Trump has set his expectations so low that when he doesn't fuck up its seen as some sort of success.
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three wolves and a sheep deciding what's for lunch
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The Admiral posted...

Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave.

i'd wager most of the folks who dislike Trump didn't watch it (like myself)
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Less impressive when you consider that the majority of people tuning in probably already supported him
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look at question 11: 52% of responders were trump supporters
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The Admiral posted...

Obviously the audience is biased towards the party in power

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What a load of crap. Do we have to do this every time Trump actually reads without looking like a complete buffoon?
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TheBiggerWiggle posted...

I think part of the phenomenon is that Trump has set his expectations so low that when he doesn't fuck up its seen as some sort of success.

That's basically how it works. If he just stays out of the news for a few days, his approval ticks up over that time because people forget what he did in the past to get his approval there in the first place
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what annoyed me was that Stephen Colbert was all ready for it to suck. I saw an ad for his show to air after the speech. and he was predicting Trump would say really stupid and wrong things. I didn't actually bother to watch it though cause fuck Stephen Colbert. but I bet the whole show was grasping at straws to make jokes and the audience laughed when the "please laugh" sign lit up.

Doesn't that line up with the political leanings of the viewers?
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I can believe it. Majority of people that watched it were his supporters after all. Everyone else just watched or read the summaries

what's impressive about it?
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Doesn't surprise me. The SOTU speech belongs to the small category of speeches where Trump doesn't go off-script and pretends to act like a dignified person for five seconds.
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This CBS News 2018 survey is based on 1,178 interviews conducted on the internet of U.S. residents who watched the State of the Union Address. Panelists were previously interviewed on January 29-30, 2018 to indicate whether they planned to watch the address, and if they were willing to be re-interviewed after the address. Questions asked during this initial interview have the note "Asked before the SOTU address.'' The margin of error is +/- 3.1%.

Sampling bias. The population is presented as "all Americans" while the actual sampling frame was "Americans who planned to watch the SOTU"

Edit: reread the headline. Withdraw my original statement.
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mew4ever posted...

trying to unite the country.
S*** on immigrants.

Did you even watch the speech?

Don't answer that, you obviously didn't.

He outlined a FAR LEFT plan to give millions of illegals amnesty. Far to the left of Obama and what DACA is. Yet that's still not enough, is it? It's never enough, he's always shitting on everyone because you have to hate every word he says.
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it was a good speech because it was scripted ahead of time and not him ranting on twitter
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ZMythos posted...

This CBS News 2018 survey is based on 1,178 interviews conducted on the internet of U.S. residents who watched the State of the Union Address. Panelists were previously interviewed on January 29-30, 2018 to indicate whether they planned to watch the address, and if they were willing to be re-interviewed after the address. Questions asked during this initial interview have the note "Asked before the SOTU address.'' The margin of error is +/- 3.1%.

Sampling bias. The population is presented as "all Americans" while the actual sampling frame was "Americans who planned to watch the SOTU"

How can Americans who didn't watch be included in this survey? It's a poll of American viewers, and it's acknowledged that this skews towards the party in power.
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I edited my post citing my mistake
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Good speech means he read his script without deviating.
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prince_leo posted...

look at question 11: 52% of responders were trump supporters

So, a pretty accurate view of the nation? Although the real number is probably higher, at least 60%. Most Americans support the president, even if they don't approve of his job performance. That's important to understand.

A good citizen always wants their president to succeed because they recognize that's good for them. I was hoping Obama would be able to actually deliver on his promises that he made, and he failed. Trump is actually doing what he said he would do, and the people can see that.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

A good citizen always wants their president to succeed

That's like the scariest, stupidest thing I've ever ever read. Why is this board the way it is?
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AdviceMan posted...

KazumaKiryu posted...

A good citizen always wants their president to succeed

That's like the scariest, stupidest thing I've ever ever read. Why is this board the way it is?

Do you cry when you watch Barney? What's scary about this? I wish my Senator would succeed, but he's an asshole and always does things wrong, so my state is in the shitter. We have a good Governor that I wish could succeed, but our state congress won't let him get anything done. If any of our elected officials actually succeeded, it would be positive for us. That's what our Republic is made to do.
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The Admiral posted...

Obviously the audience is biased towards the party in power, but that's still an impressive showing.

is it, though? is giving a speech impressive? i thought we had all concluded from the obama years that giving a speech--even a good one--was never impressive.

hell, i agreed with that.
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This is the turning point where the media stops the lies and shows true poll results.
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mew4ever posted...

trying to unite the country.
S*** on immigrants.

Calling for a path to citizenship for dreamers in return for secure borders is shitting on immigrants, how?
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Darkman124 posted...

is it, though? is giving a speech impressive?

it is for trump

that's how low the bar is
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And it was. When he follows a script he's not half bad. Now watch as he contradicts most of what he said in the next three months.
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Darkman124 posted...

The Admiral posted...

Obviously the audience is biased towards the party in power, but that's still an impressive showing.

is it, though? is giving a speech impressive? i thought we had all concluded from the obama years that giving a speech--even a good one--was never impressive.

hell, i agreed with that.

in this case, Trump and Obama performed basically exactly the same btw

so if you did think Obama had an impressive gift for rhetoric then I suppose you could say this was also impressive
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I read the speech today because Trump talks like he just took a roided up MLB designated hitter's grand slam swing to the head and it's annoying as fuck. From the sound of it I made the right choice since it apparently took like an hour and a half due to all the clapping and shit.

It was a pretty good speech. But he's given "unifying" speeches before and then gone back to being antagonistic to everyone within a week, which I'm sure will happen again.

It's easy to say inspiring words that someone else wrote down for him. But actually acting on those words is where he usually fails. Hopefully this time it's different though.
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littlebro07 posted...

Trump talks like he just took a roided up MLB designated hitter's grand slam swing to the head

That was actually really funny
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It's physically impossible that a man with a long history of televised appearances could have simply given a good, well-written speech excellently delivered.

No, it must be bias.

I mean, I get that his off-the-cuff remarks are awful, but come on people, he had a TV show. The man knows how to deliver his lines when he bothers to rehearse them.
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who cares? CAN HE BE A GOOD PRESIDENT?? That's the real question.

Giant_Aspirin posted...

The Admiral posted...

Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union address tonight approved of the speech he gave.

i'd wager most of the folks who dislike Trump didn't watch it (like myself)

Uh huh. So rather than stay informed, you chose to ignore things you don't like, then bitch about things you know nothing about.

Please stop voting.
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Now we like polls
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hockeybub89 posted...

Now we like polls

truth

People can follow current events without watching Trump's speech.
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How many of those Americans are actually eastern European immigrants?
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The Admiral posted...

Obviously the audience is biased towards the party in power,

that's typically never the case.
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hockeybub89 posted...

Now we like polls

I like how you've been saying this for the past fucking year
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Wtf we love polls now

The Admiral posted...

Three in four Americans who tuned in to President Trump's State of the Union

I think this is a self-selection issue.
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snowman9267 posted...

People can follow current events without watching Trump's speech.

If you want a biased report of it rather than forming your own opinion.
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KazumaKiryu posted...

Do you cry when you watch Barney? What's scary about this? I wish my Senator would succeed, but he's an asshole and always does things wrong, so my state is in the shitter. We have a good Governor that I wish could succeed, but our state congress won't let him get anything done. If any of our elected officials actually succeeded, it would be positive for us. That's what our Republic is made to do.

Because the thought of the "Good citizen" being one that someone who wants their representative to succeed is nonsense, regardless of whether or not what the representative wants to succeed at aligns with what the citizens want.
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Trump is getting milquetoasty on criminals. literally trying to get Americans to sympathize with a Ji Seong-Ho, whose problems started because he conspired to STEAL coal.

he went on some wacky adventure, got fucked up in the process, got other people fucked up as a ramification, etc...

the moral of that story should've been, "don't be stealing, you!" but no... a guy who descends from generations of debauchery can't be expected to think like a REAL earner.

:^)
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