Trump's approval positive in 4 states: can you guess?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.economist.com/interactive/trump-approval-tracker

Idaho, west Virginia, Wyoming, north dakota

Negative 82 points in DC.

[Bettie]

1. I wrote them all down before opening this post

and I got 100% on this particular cognitive test! I am a GENIUS!!!

Kidding, but I did get them all right.

[Permanut]

16. Aced it!

[The Roux Comes First]

2. Not to Be Cruel, But None of Those Deserve to Be States

They've been sucking off the democratic teat for so many years that they can barely stand on their own.

[pat_k]

3. Idaho, destination state for right-wingnuts

They apparently call them COWS (right-wingnuts from California, Oregon, and Washington)

NYTimes
As Idaho Grows Ever Redder Boise Worries About Its Isolation
11/7/2025

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/us/politics/boise-idaho-trump-conservatism.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nVA._K-_.jryI4WwUHXay&smid=nytcore-android-share

[agingdem]

15. Idaho is home to AryanNations and a slew of white paramilitary militias...

and Boise worries about isolation??…hahaha

[pat_k]

4. The numbers for 2024 voters vs. all adult citizens are a little depressing.

[Gum Logger]

5. This is what happens when you allow generations of inbreeding in a high arsenic environment

[Ziggy Beans]

6. So, not any of the southern states?

[maxsolomon]

11. Southern states have black people in them.

These are lily-white rural states with nary a major city among them.

Boise is about 238K and all Idaho's Jackmormons/non-Mormons/Liberals huddle together there for mutual protection.

Charleston WV is under 50K.

[OldBaldy1701E]

12. Exactly.

My home area (with the exception of Dare County) has been reliably Democratic for a very long time and it is mostly due to the fact that it is around 73% African American.

There are other areas of the lower Atlantic Seaboard where this happens as well. There is no way that the orange gibbon could get the numbers to rate a 'positive' there.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

23. Few Blacks, Asians or Hispanics

[eppur_se_muova]

44. AND oppression of the NA vote by a variety of means. Call it Custer's Revenge.

Most commonly, NAs who live on reservations don't have (frequently can't get) "normal" addresses, so they can't register to vote without jumping through a lot of hoops that others don't have to deal with. Birth certificates are also a big issue (surprise! usual GOP tactics).

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/resources/human-rights/archive/how-native-american-vote-continues-be-suppressed/

https://narf.org/save-act-hurts-native-voters/ (surprise again!)

[SergeStorms]

27. Yeah, but.....

the Extreme Court is allowing states to gerrymander them out of existence, so their impact on elections is minimal.

Dictatorship, here we come.

[jmowreader]

28. Moscow at least used to be a liberal enclave due to the presence of the University of Idaho

Doug Wilson of Christ Church is trying to change that, but he's getting pushback. LOTS of pushback.

[maxsolomon]

32. It's just not a lot of people in Moscow Idaho, though.

Less than 30,000.

[Ziggy Beans]

41. OMG

Clearly I wasn't being serious

[maxsolomon]

43. OK.

I don't think I took it that serious.

Welcome to DU, prepare to be misinterpreted. I find these smilies useful: &

[pat_k]

13. There are when you narrow from all adult citizens to 2024 voters

Net Approval
The swing is quite large. I guess the lesson is that turning out people who didn't vote in 2024 is critical.

Alabama
-6 all adult citizens
+8 2024 voters

Oklahoma
-3 all adult citizens
+17 2024 voters

Arkansas
-6 all adult citizens
+13 2024 voters

Tennessee
-3 all adult citizens
+10 2024 voters

Kentucky
-10 all adult citizens
+4 2024 voters

He's down however you look at it in MS and LA

Mississippi
-14 all adult citizens
-5 2024 voters

Louisiana
-12 all adult citizens
-1 2024 voters

[ToxMarz]

7. He's only holding on to North Dakota by 1 point

[Danmel]

8. I'd have figured Oklahoma

[pat_k]

17. Oddly OK has the largest difference between approval among all adult citizens vs 2024 voters.

Focusing on the south:

Net Approval

Alabama
-6 all adult citizens
+8 2024 voters

Oklahoma
-3 all adult citizens
+17 2024 voters

Arkansas
-6 all adult citizens
+13 2024 voters

Tennessee
-3 all adult citizens
+10 2024 voters

Kentucky
-10 all adult citizens
+4 2024 voters

He's down however you look at it in MS and LA

Mississippi
-14 all adult citizens
-5 2024 voters

Louisiana
-12 all adult citizens
-1 2024 voters

Am I off base to see the differential as a product of successful vote suppression??

[legallyblondeNYC]

9. North Dakota? That's not really a state, is it? n/t

[NowsTheTime]

14. It has more power than it should have...

North Dakota population 800,000 ........population supporting one senator 400,000
South Dakota population 943,000.........population supporting one senator 471,500
Wyoming population 590,784........population supporting one senator 295,392
California population 39,350.000........population supporting one senator 19,575,000

More powerful legislative branch of congress in my opinion is the Senate as it has a say in all passage of bills plus confirmation of appointees and judges.

[legallyblondeNYC]

33. No, those statistics must be made up!

North Dakota isn't a real State! It's just a big pit.

[Emile]

10. I was surprised he was only 47% approval in Indiana.

[Munu]

18. Knew Illinois wasn't on the list.

[pat_k]

19. The closer I look at diffs between "all adult citizens" v. "2024 voters"...

...the more I think what we are seeing is successful suppression of democratic-leaning votes.

[obamanut2012]

22. My wife and I agree with you

[JohnnyRingo]

20. I would have guessed the Gulf of "America".

It has to be close there too.

[obamanut2012]

21. Very surprised about Utah

Although my boss' parents voted for Becarra and dislike Trump, even though they are LDS (not my boss). They say he is not a family man. Interesting.

[dsc]

42. Mormons tend to be pro immigration

due to all the missions they have in foreign lands. Utah has a lot of Mormons. They also aren't super keen on mega sinning like Trump is.

[obamanut2012]

45. My boss said that

Both her parents did missions in South America countries, and speak fluent Spanish.

[ALBliberal]

24. Thankfully not Texas! Heading there soon from NM. Memorial

For my oldest sister.

[Katcat]

25. Grrrim

I’m from WV and the voters here are really annoying. They complain daily but still vote for the GOP and grrrrrr

[Cirsium]

26. The numbers

Those 4 states have about 8% of the votes in the Senate, yet only .01% of the US population. That is 800 times the power they should have in a true representative democracy.

[Ishoutandscream2]

29. I thought South Dakota

was in the mix as well

[Joinfortmill]

30. Yikes!

[DavidDvorkin]

31. I assumed Mississippi and Alabama would be two of them.

[Scrivener7]

34. Wow! I thought Mississippi would be in there.

[MustLoveBeagles]

39. That was one of my guesses

[COL Mustard]

35. I figured Alabama and Mississippi would be there too.

Was surprised they were not.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

38. African American population percentage is high in those states

[doc03]

36. West virginia takes

pride in being worst in everything good and number one in everything bad.

[MustLoveBeagles]

37. I guessed Wyoming, Oklahoma, Mississippi and West Virginia

Two out of four ain't bad.

[GenThePerservering]

40. Time to yank their blue state welfare (I wish) nt

[senseandsensibility]

46. What's going on in WY?

Any Wyoming DUers out there? They seem even redder than KY and other southern states.