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Wed Feb 19, 2025, 04:51 PM Feb 19

Majority Say System Of Checks & Balances Not Working Well, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Congressional Job

Less than 4 in 10 voters think the system of checks and balances between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government is working well, while more than half of voters think it is not working well, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of registered voters released today.

Thirty-eight percent of voters think the system of checks and balances in the federal government is working either very well (9 percent) or somewhat well (29 percent), while 54 percent think it is working either not so well (24 percent) or not well at all (30 percent).

There are big differences by party identification.

Among Republicans, 57 percent think the system is working either very well (16 percent) or somewhat well (41 percent), while 34 percent think it is working either not so well (22 percent) or not well at all (12 percent).

Among Democrats, 14 percent think the system is working either very well (1 percent) or somewhat well (13 percent), while 80 percent think it is working either not so well (32 percent) or not well at all (48 percent).
https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3919


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Majority Say System Of Checks & Balances Not Working Well, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Congressional Job (Original Post) Passages Feb 19 OP
He has fired the checks and same party of the balance. LizBeth Feb 19 #1
Perhaps its a visceral response he can depend on for now. Passages Feb 19 #2

Passages

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2. Perhaps its a visceral response he can depend on for now.
Wed Feb 19, 2025, 05:51 PM
Feb 19

His fans have been dragged through lies since Reagan on economic issues and pandered to as demagogues do, pointing fingers at a fictitious culprit, immigrants, trans kids, while he loots the treasury. He is a marketer and good at distractions and flash.

They may never give up on him, but we must never stop trying to reach them. If he takes their SS money, he will blame Musk, and we'll see if they wake up at that point.

In the meantime, we must fight back harder than ever before.

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