Thursday, September 11, 2025

DATA: Trump More Popular Than Beyonce, DeSantis Less Liked Than Kamala (According to Ron’s Own Pollster).

A recent NBC News poll indicates that the right to kill babies in the womb as well as the abstract notion of protecting America’s “democracy” are the two foremost concerns for single-issue voters, ostensibly ranking higher than immigration and the border, and indeed the economy.

According to the survey, 19 percent of single-issue voters declared that safeguarding democracy or constitutional rights was their paramount issue. The closely trailing concern was the right to abortion, with 18 percent citing it as their primary single-issue.

The poll, which surveyed 1,000 voters between November 10-14, revealed that besides democracy and abortion rights, the only other concern to exceed 10 percent was immigration or border security, reported by 14 percent of those polled. Gun rights stood at nine percent.

Popularity Contest.

The poll also found a massive disapproval rating for Biden and his economy, foreign policy, and discovered that a record 76 percent of voters do not feel confident about leaving the country in a better shape for their children.

Thirty-six percent of people feel positive about Biden, the same number as Donald Trump. Kamala Harris has a 29 percent positive rating, polling higher than Ron DeSantis who is on 27 points. By comparison to so-called “popular celebrities”, Taylor Swift has a 40 percent positive rating, with Beyonce on just 33 percent.

Israel is popular with 47 percent of Americans, with “Palestine” only drawing support from one in five (20 percent).

The poll was conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies (POS), the latter of which is closely affiliated with the DeSantis campaign, making the Florida Governor’s unpopularity in the data even more humiliating.

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Senator Joe Manchin Says He’s Down to Run for President.

Democratic Senator of West Virginia Joe Manchin announced in an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker his potential consideration for running for president as a third-party candidate in 2024.

Manchin has previously skirted questions on presidential aspirations. Despite acknowledging that there’s ample time for a third-party candidate, he maintained, “It’s not about me.” However, his participation in a July event hosted by the centrist group “No Labels” did raise questions about his potential White House campaign.

He suggested that President Joe Biden had been “pushed too far to the left” on policies ranging from engird to migration, citing the unprecedented levels of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. He also said he does not believe Biden and Harris are in the strongest position to defeat former President Donald Trump.

“I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure, to mobilize that moderate, sensible, commonsense middle,” he explained.

“The business of politics has gotten so big because the business model is a Democrat business and a Republican business and it’s really forgotten about the people to a certain extent,” he added.

This comes as his most explicit potential presidential ambition statement, following last week’s declaration that he would not pursue reelection in 2024. This decision sets the stage for an almost certain switch of his seat to a Republican holder, sparking further speculation about his potential presidential bid.

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Kamala Harris Was Asked Why She And Joe Are So Unpopular. Her Answer? Gibberish, Of Course.

Asked why her and Joe Biden are so unpopular, Vice President Kamala Harris bizarrely responded to CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday:

“If you poll how young people feel about the climate, and the warming of our planet it polls as one of their top concerns. When we talk about what we are doing with student loan debt… polls very high. The challenge that we have as an administration is we gotta let people know who brung it to ’em. That’s our challenge.”

CBS found that less than 50 percent of young people say President Biden is doing a good job, down 20 percent from the start of his term. Harris, of course, cackled through her unrelated response, perhaps most appropriately noting during the interview that she isn’t even at the level of a “political pundit” in terms of understanding former President Donald Trump’s popularity against Biden.

“I’m not a political pundit, so I’m not gonna speak to that. But what I will say is this: When the American people are able to take a close look at election time on their options, I think the choice is gonna be clear. … We’re gonna win. And I’m not saying it’s gonna be easy. But we will win. I have no doubt.”

Recent polls show Trump beating Biden if a general election were held today.

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Asked why her and Joe Biden are so unpopular, Vice President Kamala Harris bizarrely responded to CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday: show more

EXC: Trump Says Biden Can’t ‘Get to the Starting Gate’… ‘He Can’t Even Speak.’

Donald Trump does not believe he will be running against Joe Biden in 2024, with the incumbent’s incompetence and frequent verbal stumbles becoming ever more frequent and ever more likely to force him from the presidential contest as time wears on.

“I don’t imagine he gets to the starting gate,” Trump said of 80-year-old Biden in an exclusive interview with The National Pulse, noting the Democrat “can’t put two sentences together” and has managed to rehabilitate Jimmy Carter by surpassing him as “worst President in history.”

Trump further predicted there “will be a fight” for the Democratic nomination, with Vice President Kamala Harris denied a seamless coronation.

“A lot of people are so afraid to go against her [but] I don’t think it gets handed [to her],” he said. “I think all of a sudden everybody would start jumping in. She’d have to earn it, [and] it would be very hard [for her] to earn.”

The former president said he did not see Michelle Obama stepping in, naming Gavin Newsom, the California Governor, as a probable contender.

“Look, the man’s obviously incompetent. He can’t even speak,” he said of Biden. “The man is grossly incompetent.”

The full interview can be seen, here.

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Maryland Abortion Activist Named New CA Senator After Feinstein Death.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has named pro-abortion activist and Maryland resident Laphonza Butler as the Golden State’s Senator-Designate to replace the late Dianne Feinstein. Butler is a black lesbian with little political experience. She will be sworn into office on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris. Newsom had previousy pledged to appoint a black woman to the position.

“Laphonza has spent her entire career fighting for women and girls and has been a fierce advocate for working people,” explained Newsom in a statement on X (formerly Twitter).

Butler, 44, has hitherto served as president of EMILY’s List, a political action committee (PAC) aimed at electing pro-abortion campaigners. EMILY’s List has “bundled over $45 million” for far-left candidates or PACs, and received $1 million from George Soros during the first three months of 2020.

Butler is originally from Mississippi. She moved to Maryland, Wisconsin, and California. She had stints as an executive at Airbnb, as an advisor to Uber, and as a senior adviser to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign.

“I am honored to accept Gov. Newsom’s nomination to be a U.S. Senator for a state I have long called home. I am humbled by the Governor’s trust. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s leadership and legacy are immeasurable,” said Butler after the decision was announced.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has named pro-abortion activist and Maryland resident Laphonza Butler as the Golden State's Senator-Designate to replace the late Dianne Feinstein. Butler is a black lesbian with little political experience. She will be sworn into office on Wednesday by Vice President Kamala Harris. Newsom had previousy pledged to appoint a black woman to the position. show more
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Giuliani Left Memorial Early, Protesting Kamala Harris’s 9/11 ‘Insult’.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani left the 9/11 memorial ceremony early on Monday, protesting the presence of Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Giuliani is credited with his steadfast leadership of the city during the deadly and horrific terrorist attacks 22 years ago.

In an interview with Newsmax host Greg Kelly, Giuliani expressed his concerns about the current state of national security, saying that he believes the country is in more danger under President Joe Biden’s government than it was before 9/11.

Giuliani specifically criticized Harris and Mayorkas, citing the unchecked flow of undocumented immigrants crossing the border without the government having proper knowledge of their identities. He also condemned Harris for comparing the January 6 Capitol riots to the 9/11 attacks and the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which he described as an “unbelievable insult” to the victims of these tragedies.

Giuliani, who was mayor of New York City during the 9/11 terrorist attacks, expressed his frustration with the Democrats’ characterization of the Capitol riots and highlighted the significant loss of life and ongoing health consequences resulting from the horrific attacks on 9/11. He disputed the claim that the Capitol riots were an insurrection and emphasized that no one has been convicted of such a charge.

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani left the 9/11 memorial ceremony early on Monday, protesting the presence of Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Giuliani is credited with his steadfast leadership of the city during the deadly and horrific terrorist attacks 22 years ago. show more

Biden: I Don’t Want To Contain China.

Joe Biden has expressed his desire for China’s well-being during his visit to Asia, emphasising that his goal is not to contain China but to establish a better relationship with the country.

The comments come against the backdrop of many allegations of bribery and corruption involving Biden, his son Hunter, and a vast swathe of Congressional Democrats and Republicans and their links to the Chinese Communist Party.

The President visited India for the G20 summit before arriving in Vietnam to attempt to entrench the relationship between the two nations.

Biden also said the purpose of building partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region is not to isolate or harm China, stating that such thinking is rooted in Cold War mentality. Biden said he wants to see China succeed economically.

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Joe Biden has expressed his desire for China’s well-being during his visit to Asia, emphasising that his goal is not to contain China but to establish a better relationship with the country. show more
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Biden Panics Over Black Voter Support. And With Good Reason.

President Joe Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign is facing declining support amongst black voters, amidst growing indications that his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, is gaining momentum with the same demographic.

Two recent polls from Quinnipiac and Fox News show a significant increase in black support for former President Trump in a 2024 rematch with Biden – with the former President garnering 20 percent compared to just 8 percent in 2020. The Quinnipiac poll also indicates that over a third of the Black electorate – 35 percent – has an unfavorable opinion of President Joe Biden.

These recent polls are reinforcing a fear in the Biden campaign that the President is facing declining enthusiasm among one of his core voter demographics. Biden’s failure to deliver on his 2020 campaign promises has forced Democrats to abandon positive messaging and instead focus on trying to place blame for policy failures on Republicans as well as stoke fear about the future of ‘democracy’.

Appearing at a recent town hall hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus, Vice-President Kamala Harris told attendees, “We are looking at a full-on attack on our hard-fought, hard-won freedoms.” Regarding the 2024 election, Harris added, “So much is at stake, including our very democracy.”

The Biden campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, believes the campaign needs to pin much of the President’s policy failures on the U.S. Supreme Court, “It’s the court that just rolled back equity, and we’re going to point to it.” Richmond was referring to the  Court’s recent decisions striking down Biden’s student loan forgiveness program and the landmark ruling against affirmative action.

As for Joe Biden himself, it would seem the President intends to continue to campaign on the state of the U.S. economy, embracing the term ‘Bidenomics.’

Writing in the Washington Post on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington, Biden stated, “Our plan — Bidenomics — is working…we’re advancing equity in everything we do making unprecedented investments in all of America, including for Black Americans.” According to the Quinnipiac poll, nearly 40 percent of Black voters disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy.

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President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election campaign is facing declining support amongst black voters, amidst growing indications that his likely opponent, former President Donald Trump, is gaining momentum with the same demographic. show more
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Data: Trump Trounces DeSantis, Beats Biden, and Would Obliterate Kamala Harris.

A major poll by the Democracy Institute contains bad news for the Biden regime, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and even Prince Harry. The poll does, however, contain plenty of good news for former President Donald Trump.

Likely U.S. voters – 37 percent Democrats, 35 percent Republicans, and 28 percent Independents – were asked a range of questions from May 24th to May 26th, with their answers suggesting America in 2023 is “MAGA Country”. The data shows:

  • Trump is preferred to DeSantis as the Republican nominee by 57 percent to 22 percent. None of the also-rans such as Nikki Haley or Mike Pence even managed to break five percent.

  • Trump is favored over Biden in a head-to-head, 47 percent to 44 percent, whereas DeSantis trails Biden head-to-head, 44 percent to 46 percent.

  • Trump is favored over Kamala Harris even more strongly, 49 percent to 38 percent.

Interestingly, the 45th President was also respondents’ first choice when asked who they would most like to have as a house guest, at 41 percent. Biden trailed in at 19 percent, slightly ahead of DeSantis at 15 percent. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. actually came in at number two, on 25 percent.

Biden’s own results were dire across the board. He is:

  • Deemed a worse President than Trump by 57 percent to 38 percent;

  • Deemed mentally and physically incapable of governing by 57 percent;

  • Deemed to be handling the economy poorly (say 63 percent), foreign policy badly (say 61 percent), and inept on Ukraine (say 55 percent).

Asked whether Biden losing power in America or Putin losing power in Russia would be a better scenario for America, 54 percent opted for Biden’s ouster.

On a perhaps less serious note, 52 percent of Americans said Prince Harry should be denied U.S. residency.

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A major poll by the Democracy Institute contains bad news for the Biden regime, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and even Prince Harry. The poll does, however, contain plenty of good news for former President Donald Trump. show more

RFK Jr. Ties Biden in Primary Poll, 1 in 5 Dems Say They’d Pick Trump-Kennedy Over Biden-Harris.

Just one percent separates Robert F. Kennedy Jr and President Joe Biden amongst the American public, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll quizzing likely voters over their Democratic primary preference. The data also reveals that one in five Democrats would prefer a Trump-Kennedy ticket over Biden-Harris.

Preferred Candidate. 

Rasmussen Reports asked likely U.S. voters, “If the candidates for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination were Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Marianne Williamson, which candidate would you vote for?”

Respondents were split between Kennedy Jr. and Biden, with Kennedy Jr. receiving 35 percent and Joe Biden, already polling at historic lows as of May 2023, receiving just 36 percent. The third option, Marianna Williamson, received only six percent.

When broken down into party affiliation, Joe Biden remains the front-runner with 62 percent of Democratic support. Kennedy Jr., on the other hand, is supported by nearly one-in-five Democrats – 19 percent.

Yet, Kennedy Jr. would receive much wider bipartisan support, with 50 percent of Republicans and 36 percent of independent voters – four percent more than Biden.

Biden’s Rivals.

Rasmussen also asked voters their “impression” of both Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson. The results were positive for the Kennedy Jr. campaign.

More than half of Democrat voters – 53 percent – had either “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” impressions of Kennedy Jr, with another 15 percent uncertain. Only 32 percent of Democrat voters have either a “very unfavorable” or “somewhat unfavorable” impression of him.

Marianne Williamson’s favorability is far lower with a combined 33 percent of Democrats having either a “very favorable” or “somewhat favorable” impression.

Trump-Kennedy vs. Biden-Harris?

Lastly, Rasmussen asked likely U.S. voters, “[i]f Donald Trump were to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and choose Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his vice presidential running mate against President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who would you vote for?”

The results were divided once again with both receiving a total of 44 percent. Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of Republicans would favor Trump and Kennedy – 72 percent – and the exact same amount of Democrats would prefer Biden and Harris.

However, more Democrats – one in five – would consider voting for Trump and Kennedy over Biden and Harris. There are fewer Republicans – just 12 percent – who say they would vote for Biden and Harris.

You can read more Rasmussen data here.

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Just one percent separates Robert F. Kennedy Jr and President Joe Biden amongst the American public, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll quizzing likely voters over their Democratic primary preference. The data also reveals that one in five Democrats would prefer a Trump-Kennedy ticket over Biden-Harris. show more

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