The voices against US President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban have been loud and abundant.
But a new poll suggests, they don’t speak on behalf of the majority of Americans.
The poll, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, is the first to test public opinion on the controversial Executive Order signed by the President on January 27 in an effort to prevent Islamic terrorists from entering the United States.
Asked if they agree with the order “blocking refugees and banning people from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S.”, 47 per cent of those surveyed said they did.
That’s six per cent more than the 41 per cent who disagreed.
On top of that, the poll found 31 per cent of Americans feel “more safe” because of the ban, compared with 26 per cent who said they felt less so.
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I wonder how many of that "majority of Americans" actually bothered to vote in their recent election? You know, the one where Trump was democratically elected as the President of the USA, which would be the biggest (and most important) opinion poll of all really.
He was only democratically elected because the US system is so undemocratic, where people are encouraged to vote and 'have their say', yet not all votes are of equal value.
Yes, it is similar to our Senate, but our Senate is far more out of balance. Tasmania gets the same number of Senators as NSW.
That being said, the time to object and change the system is before the vote, not after.
There were no Australian citizens complaining about the US voting system that saw Obama elected twice. Suddenly the voting system in the US is being derided as undemocratic. There were several decades to protest their election process and make changes if you thought it wrong, assuming that was what you were driving at.
So I assume you're talking about the electoral vote vs the popular vote. It seems like a weird system, but at the end of the day, both of the candidates work under the same system, so they both have exactly the same opportunity to win the electoral vote. Trump just played a much better game.
If the results were reversed, and Trump won the popular vote while Clinton won the electoral vote, I highly doubt that you, and all the others who are going on about this popular vote, would insist that Clinton was an illegitimate President, and that Trump should have won.
In the end you're not really complaining about the system, you're just complaining that 'your' candidate didn't win.
Wait... You mean just because people scream the loudest it doesn't mean they represent the most people? Wow.
Just a suggestion, not that most of those protesting will listen but have a think about what you know about Trump. Think clinically and without emotion.
Is he a dickhead? Yes
Are some of his idea's absolute rubbish? Yes
Is he the sort of person that will back down after being challenged? No. He will dig in and push back harder.
All this outrage against his temporary immigration bans has more chance of making them permanent then stopping them. The best reaction would be "Ok Mr President, while we don't agree with you on this we are willing to work with you. What can we do to speed up this process and get immigration happening again faster."
He's a malignant narcissist - he doesn't care about "working together", all he cares about is "likes" or "followers" and how many people showed up to his inauguration and whether his pen is fancy enough or desk is covered in enough papers to shows he's getting sh*t done (or at least placing his signature in expensive leather binders without any true idea of how he is going to actually implement and fund most of these orders). The man is just going to do what he wants and has surrounded himself with syncophants to endorse his grandiose sense of self.
And yet it seems going on this poll he is doing what people want?
My point remains, it's easier to steer people like him working with them than against them.
Ok, if he isn't really doing anything then what do you fear or care? Can't walk both sides of he street.
"No. He will dig in and push back harder." And yet that is exactly how Muslims retaliate. Which is why these bans will only bring more attacks against America. And they will deserve every attack they get. PUSHBACK, is what it is called, apparently.....