08-30-2018, 11:47 AM
Quote:Pennsylvania: Franklin & Marshall College, Aug. 20-26, 511 registered voters (change from June)
How would you rate the way that Donald Trump is handling his job as president?
Excellent 18 (+1)
Good 20 (+2)
Fair 10 (-3)
Poor 52 (nc)
The excellent + good category is roughly the same as the most recent poll that anyone has taken of Pennsylvania for approval, and "poor" is very close to "strong disapproval". The word "fair" has ambiguity; you might be amazed at a 'fair' performance of a 7-year-old violinist or pianist, but you would be extremely disappointed to pay good money and hear only a 'fair' violinist or pianist. I am not sure that I can quite compare the Presidency to a concert performance, a stage act, or an athletic event.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.