Republicans like Pence better than Trump. That’s unprecedented.
Republicans like Pence better than Trump. That’s unprecedented.
- May 31, 2017
- Marty Wattenberg, poli sci, via The Washington Post
Martin Wattenberg, professor of political science at UCI, [writes]: “On a recent episode
of ‘Saturday Night Live,’ Colin Jost opened the news segment by saying, ‘Obviously,
Trump’s not done yet, but let’s just say that Mike Pence is definitely warming up
in the bullpen.’ The (presumably liberal) studio audience in New York applauded -
probably because they believe that any ‘normal’ Republican would be better than Trump.
Indeed, polls show that Democrats prefer Pence over Trump.”
For the full story, please visit https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/05/31/republicans-like-pence-better-than-trump-by-an-unprecedented-margin-will-that-hurt-trumps-future/?utm_term=.e3a324a52c6f.
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