Roughly 96% of people polled by the Mirror US believe Donald Trump is the "dumbest president ever."
The survey, conducted last week, asked 15,000 people to assess President Trump's decision-making as the crucial 2026 midterm elections approach.
"'Dumb'" is such a polite word," one commented.
"I think it's pretty obvious to anyone with an IQ over 90. Even kids think he's stupid," another joked.
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spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 112 pts · 2d
Trump isn't even a dumb person's idea of a smart person.
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 2d
Judging by by the proclamations of the maga crowd, he is precisely a dumb person's idea of a smart person.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 39 pts · 2d
Magats don't want a smart person. They want someone just as dumb or even dumber than they are.
The same goes for his felonies, his child rapes, his failed businesses, and his astounding corruption. They love him because of these things, not despite them. He's is the perfect representative the magat class.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2d
This makes sense. The president is supposed to be held to a higher standard, on a level of Overton Window reasoning, which is what this demographic mostly operates on, this means that the president is viewed to be objectively at that level by default, regardless of who they are and what they do, the position/system wouldn’t allow otherwise, this allows subjective justification of anything above that line as not only acceptable but superior morality. “If the president can rape kids then I can use the n-word!” Levels of thinking. Him setting the bar at the floor allows some people to think that their bar is really high. Him being the president, with no other factors involved, enables a false sense of morality in a certain demographic of people. He validates them as honorable, and they take that personally.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl · 8 pts · 2d
touché
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2d
If this study is accurate then no. If he were, whatever percentage of the population you call dumb would then describe him as smart. Unless you only consider less than 6% of people dumb then it can't be the case.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2d
He smart business man.
Do smart business.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2d
Rogan is a dumb man's smart man.
This orange turd's a weak man's strongman
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 73 pts · 2d
God damn it. I was hoping this would have been an actual poll with proper data on who they polled and shit but it was just a fuckass Shitter poll.
starik@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 2d
If you thought for a second that ~85% of Trump’s MAGA cult would tell a pollster that Trump is the dumbest president ever, you… thought wrong.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 2d
Same here.
Every poll depends a lot on the phrasing of the question. The question:
As far as journalistic integrity goes, the title should've been "...people agree he is the dumbest..." and not believe.
OTOH, glad to see there's still some normal human beings on Xhitter.
Also, what a horrible outlet.
Nobody@anarchist.nexus · 2 pts · 2d
Hopelessness/Despair 2028
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2d
Seems like a great one to me:
New Marquette Law School national survey finds Democrats expand lead on congressional ballots; Trump approval declines
https://today.marquette.edu/2026/09/new-marquette-law-school-national-survey-finds-democrats-expand-lead-on-congressional-ballots-trump-approval-declines/
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 2d
Buddy we're talkinbg about the article linked by OP, not whatever this is.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
Buddy, you need to follow the links, lol.
When you go that link, it links to the who took the survey:
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-ranks-worst-time-stunning-2028832
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 2d
It's still an unrelated survey, not the one the article is about. It's better than a twitpoll, but the 15k sample size got me excited in a way a 1500 sample size doesn't.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 3 pts · 2d
Raw sample size means very little when you're wanting statistically significant information. A properly prepared poll can get a statistically representative response from as little as 100 responses as long as you're not needing something like 1% margins.
On the other hand, a twitter poll will self-select based on that userbase. It won't be an representative base of the country/world... but it will give a statistically representative response for the group of users still on and actively using the MechaHitler site. MechaHitler social media users giving a 96% response like this is insane. Twitter is nearly as far from a left wing bastion as you can get, other than Truth Social.
ElChinchilla@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 2d
4% hit the wrong button on accident
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d
4% grew up under power lines and did a lot of whipits in grade school
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 2d
Future presidents
dvlsg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
Lizardman constant
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2d
Hm. I‘m curious who was polled. I‘m surprised there isn‘t the usual ~30% boot licking fascist bracket.
Objection@lemmy.ml · 31 pts · 2d
It was literally a Twitter poll. Could not be more meaningless.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · -2 pts · 2d
Name one political poll, ever, that is not underpowered and not designed to give a desired answer from the start.
Objection@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d
I just conducted a poll with a self-selected sample size of one person, and found that a whopping 100% of people think your argument is dogshit.
Before you criticize my poll's methodology, I'm gonna need you to name one political poll that is not underpowered and not designed to give a desired answer from the start.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d
Yeah it can't be a decent population spread. Republicans that have fallen from MAGA would still point fingers at another president they didn't like before saying a Republican was the dumbest.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2d
Lincoln and JFK were smarter presidents even post-gunshot. Trump out-dumbs half a plate of cold scrambled eggs.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2d
So he got elected twice. But he's the idiot.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 2d
I wish this was the result of a random sampling of your population, but it's not. It's meaningless.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d
The other 4% are literally the dumbest people ever.
arak@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 2d
hate to say it but the 4% are retarded
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2d
maybe the 4% are like "the dumbest president so far"
elucubra@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2d
Does "The dumbest president ever" include the future?
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2d
I thought so but it might be my bad understanding of English 😅
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2d
How dumb were Truman or Pierce?
shittydwarf@piefed.ca · 11 pts · 2d
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2d
He'll still get 30% ready to vote for him again
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2d
They'll write him in.
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d
And some only know how to spell his name because the have so many flags shirts and decals
Yewb@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
I want to talk about polls I think this is partially how they are rigging elections...
I got a texas based like survey and I was just, why not..
Literally when I would say i would support the other candidate other than the republican it would go into crazy talking points about Trans rights and stuff and give me an option to change my vote.
How is this not illegal?
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 8 pts · 2d
I really enjoy those surveys because there's usually a fill in part at some point and I use then to express the most blasphemous opinions possible. When one survey was trying to gauge at what point abortion should be legal, I wrote in that if it's still attached to me by umbilical cord I get to crush its skull between my thighs as a conservative limit.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
Ewwww, and lol.
lobut@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2d
As someone from outside the US ... the abortion stuff is wild to me. It's between the mother and doctor to me ... I don't see a point in people who aren't knowledgeable about this process to chime in.
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 2d
You'd surprised. We got these crazies protesting on a regular basis here in Switzerland. Sure, they got no power other than disturbing the public transportation, but they exist. Usually they need to be protected by huge police tricks.
lobut@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2d
oh wow, that's interesting, are these "crazies" religious? like do they put up any religious placards or whatever?
benjirenji@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2d
Yes, they are fundamentalists. Usually from independent churches that are far more extremist than our Protestant or Catholic ones.
There's also a lot of anti-science sentiment, but they are usually in the anti-vaxx protests.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1d
This is a picture of Trump's 2017 administration making nationwide decisions about women's healthcare.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2d
Ok? So what? American liberals need to stop obsessing about the specific deficiencies of the individual of Donald Trump and actually care about terrible policy regardless of the character of the person espousing it.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d
I think we can obsess about both.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1d
PenguinMage@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1d
I can not remember the proper phrasing and I am not a wordsmith, but there is something about not letting the lack of perfection being the end of all things. There is a distinct problem that the Reich has its ducks in a row and the left is well... everything else.
Shindo66@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
I think the apt answer is: "is he making decisions that actually make the US better?" He has made billions. He has hugely benefited his personal allies, allies that are not your allies. He did every shady thing he could do right in front of the entire population and still nothing has been done to really stop him. He gave a friend of his millions to clean a pool and they clearly were just stealing mob style and that was what we saw in plain view.
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2d
Stop bringing reality into my fantasy that everyone agrees with me and this will turn around.
Redvenom@retrolemmy.com · 7 pts · 2d
Trump is living proof that 'EVERYONE' can be president
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2d
Do you WANT to be president of the USA?
GenosseFlosse@feddit.org · 3 pts · 2d
I'm overqualified. No criminal records, never bankrupted a company, no ties to Russia or other criminals, not attracted to kids, will read reports an listen to qualified experts.
savvie@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2d
worst citizen of USA ever!!!
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
Seems low
spacegoat@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
The anti-intellectualism crowd thinks that it doesn’t take intelligence to run a country
wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2d
How is it only 96%?
LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
George W Bush is ecstatic right now.
UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
Not defending the moron, but where and who you ask make a difference. I still see a lot of moron followers in my area.
bangupjobasusual@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
96% of people don’t agree that we landed on the moon. Highly suspect.
TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
desiccated_event@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2d
Did they think this before or after they voted for him a THIRD time? Jesus Fucking Christ, and I would like to see that...
waltersf@bookwyr.me · 2 pts · 2d
Yet they still leave him unimpeached.
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 16 pts · 2d
Technically not true. He's been twice impeached.
waltersf@bookwyr.me · -3 pts · 2d
Attempted*
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 12 pts · 2d
Again, technically not true. His IS and remains an impeached president. He has been impeached twice by Congress, and that is still the case.
The senate failed to convict him.
Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2d
Impeach means to accuse, it's analagous to indictment in criminal law.
savvie@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2d
impeached twice, not convicted each time. third time may be charmed.
Eheran@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2d
Because the number is utterer bullshit used to get you to click and nothing else.
altphoto@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2d
The dumbest president would be smarter than a big cow pie. Hmm, this is tough.
neidu4@piefed.social · 2 pts · 2d
Trump is old enough to default to what works for him. To some this comes off as "smart", but to most it comes off as dumb.
In all honesty, I think it's mostly autopilot at this point. I'm old enough to recognize an autopilot when I see one (Hey, we've all been doing it from time to time). But his autopilot is driving him and everyone with him straight i to the ground.
To those of you who have dabbled in pilotiing: CFIT
And yeah, that's pretty dumb.
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d
I mean, William Henry Harrison's stupidity arguably killed him the day he took the office (although he only died a few weeks later). So the bar is pretty high there.
But Trump is stupid in the worst way possible.. The way that hurts other people.
Snapz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
And the other 4% were the rare few dumber than him
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 2d
100% of people outside the US believe US voters are the dumbest ever. Twice, so that's like 200%ish.
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 2d
The Mirror