A majority of Americans say President Trump is a “dangerous dictator” who poses a threat to democracy and believe he’s overstepped his authority by actions such as the mass firing of federal employees, a new survey says.

The wide-ranging poll released Tuesday, on Trump’s 100th day in office, is the latest sign of him losing support for his immigration and economic policies — the two issues that largely fueled his election.

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    13 hours ago

    For any election anywhere, approximately 35% are going to be batshit. 61% is super close to “everyone who isn’t batshit” category. That’s an amazing election number.

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      13 hours ago

      If that’s true, sounds like NOW is the time to ACT since we aren’t picking up anyone else. Right?

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      That fact is going to haunt me in the late hours of the day. I didn’t think that the second standard deviation of political views equated to “absolutely batshit insane”.

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          It has not. This is the same group of people who were (and still are) young earth creationists 20 years ago. 1/3 of the American population is just completely divorced from reality, and will believe any stupid bullshit an authority figure tells them.

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          I’m really curious what percentage of conservatives fit in each of those buckets. Like 40% ignorant/lazy, 25% conned, 35% racist and shitty. Dunno how you’d find that out though.