1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:10,319 Speaker 1: So we just heard the top of the hour of 2 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:16,360 Speaker 1: Fox News reporting oil surging, Dow plunging, more firing than hiring. 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: None of that sounds very good, and it's probably an 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 1: appropriate time to take a look at some polling data. 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: We've got the latest Fox News poll, and pretty much 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: the poll shows that voters are giving bad grades to 7 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 1: the economy, to Congress, and to Donald Trump. And that's 8 00:00:34,400 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: really revealing. It's something deeper. It's not just dissatisfaction with 9 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: one leader. It shows that Americans think the entire system 10 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: isn't working well, and. 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 2: Donald Trump is the face of the system. So I 12 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 2: think that when things aren't working. Look, Congress has their 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,599 Speaker 2: own awful approval ratings and they're much much worse than 14 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: Donald Trump's. Let's start there. But Trump's real strength has 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 2: always been about his base, and the polls that we've 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: seen recently as it relates to that, his popularity with 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 2: the base still really really strong. I don't care. We've 18 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: seen it proven out. I don't care what Donald Trump's does. 19 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 2: Democrats are going to hate him, Democrats are going to 20 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,120 Speaker 2: give him poor ratings when it comes to polling. We 21 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 2: saw that at the State of the Union speech, he said, hey, 22 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:16,959 Speaker 2: stand up if you agree with me. America should focus 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: on American citizens and not illegal eighty aliens. And all 24 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 2: the Republicans stood up in cheer, and not one Democrat 25 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,759 Speaker 2: did anything. They all sat there with the sour posts 26 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 2: on their face and their hands sitting on their hands. 27 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: Donald Trump could cure cancer, and Democrats would be like, 28 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 2: what are we wasting our time on cancer? For cancer 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 2: is not that bad. We got bigger problems than cancer. 30 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,400 Speaker 2: This is about Donald Trump's base, and so I think 31 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:43,160 Speaker 2: as long as Donald Trump keeps his base numbers high, 32 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 2: he's just fine. 33 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: According to the numbers, only thirty percent of voters say 34 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,120 Speaker 1: the economy is doing well, while most of them are 35 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: saying it's only fair report or record. Seventy percent disapprove 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: of job. Congressional Democrats are doing just as you mentioned, 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: only twenty nine percent approve. So voters are feeling economic 38 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: blame pain, and they're blaming leaders in both parties, especially Congress, 39 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: for all the rising costs and the tough cost of 40 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: living environment that we're in. Nobody in Washington is winning 41 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: the game right now. The poll is reflecting that there's 42 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: this political mood that's becoming really common in the United States, 43 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: people don't just dislike the politicians, they distrust the whole 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 1: governing system. And it looks like there's a couple of 45 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: things that are happening here. You've got economic frustration which 46 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: is dominating everything, the cost of living remaining a top 47 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:45,640 Speaker 1: concern for voters. You've got anger as parties are flipping around. 48 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: Early in the decade, Republicans were getting a lot of 49 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 1: anger out of Washington, and now the poll says that 50 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: Democrats are more likely to say that they're angry with 51 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: everything about the government's performance. And then you have this 52 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:06,840 Speaker 1: anti incumbent mood which is spreading both parties have people 53 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: saying throw the bums out. I mean, that's what's going on. 54 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:13,119 Speaker 1: We just saw there was a big group contingency from 55 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: Indiana who went to meet with Donald Trump, who are 56 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:22,399 Speaker 1: going to try and usurp current members of Congress here 57 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:26,399 Speaker 1: in Indiana, and they're trying to ride on Donald Trump's 58 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: coattails to get endorsements and get into office that way. 59 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. And I think one of the interesting things on 60 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 2: this poll, because I dug into it a little bit 61 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: beyond the headlines on this, is they pulled the support 62 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: of capitalism, which sounds stupid when you say it out loud, 63 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 2: but for as much talk as we're getting from the socialists, 64 00:03:45,480 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: and for some high profile socialists that are getting elected 65 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: to office, like New York City Mayor Mondani, it's reasonable 66 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: to start asking this question. But it was great to 67 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 2: see there's still broad support for capitalism, well over sixty 68 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 2: percent of everyone. That wasn't just Republicans or Donald Trump's 69 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 2: base at six more than sixty percent of everybody still 70 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: supports capitalism. So socialism really has kind of been the 71 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 2: face of the Democrat Party. I mean, Bernie Sanders pretty 72 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: darn close to a socialist. He's one of the main 73 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: faces of the party, AOC exactly the same those two 74 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: did their big stadium tour and were drawing crowds and 75 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 2: getting tons of attention. And then you had the mayor 76 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: election in New York City with Bondami, being an avowed socialist, 77 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: getting elected to the mayor's position. So there's been this 78 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,360 Speaker 2: kind of really a spotlight put on socialism. I think 79 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 2: that if Donald Trump and the Republicans can ingrain the 80 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 2: rest of the Democrat Party with the socialist wing of 81 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: the party, they're going to be in a lot better 82 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,280 Speaker 2: shape coming up in this midterm election in November. 83 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: I think the real takeaway here is that is everybody's 84 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 1: numbers are all bad at the same time they're all low. 85 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: Donald Trump is sitting at a fifty seven percent disapproval rating, 86 00:04:57,240 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: a lot of voters saying that their personal finances are struggling, 87 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: and more than half are saying that their own money 88 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: situation is negative. And this is especially strong among independents 89 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 1: and younger voters and women as well. They're reporting that, 90 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: you know, the prices are increasing on things like groceries, utilities, healthcare, housing, gas, 91 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:24,120 Speaker 1: all of the things that we talk about, and it 92 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: doesn't seem that there's an end to any of this, 93 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: and it's frustrating. So people, of course are taking it 94 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: out on their representation, and. 95 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: It makes sense. We had the poll a couple of 96 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: weeks ago that talked about, how, you know, what the 97 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 2: what's the number one issue to the American voter, and 98 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: over fifty percent said it was, you know, the combined 99 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 2: jobs economy inflation situation, and then you know number two 100 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 2: was down at like fourteen percent. Cost of living in 101 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 2: this country is what's going to drive the midterms in November, 102 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 2: and that is really the biggest problem that Republicans face 103 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: because they haven't done a lot to rein that in 104 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: they have Republicans. 105 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: They getting worse with what's going on with Iran, and. 106 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 2: Hope with what happens in Iran can settle down. Look, 107 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: I think most Americans hopefully can absorb a short term 108 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 2: increase in gas cost and the cost of oil. Hopefully 109 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: that doesn't last long. As we get closer to November, 110 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 2: those numbers should improve. But back to your original point, 111 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,040 Speaker 2: how this is everybody that has low polling ratings in Washington. 112 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: You're absolutely right. Nobody right now, Republicans, Democrats, Trump, who 113 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 2: polls the worst out of all of them from a 114 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 2: national standpoint is Congressional Democrats. That is going to be 115 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: That's their big problem. And it makes sense. Everybody in 116 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,359 Speaker 2: this country likes capitalism. The Democrats have been moving farther 117 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 2: and farther towards socialism. It makes sense that they have 118 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 2: the worst poll ratings out of everybody, and that's their 119 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 2: big challenge in the November election.