Molly Murphy (pollster)
Appearances
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Elon Gets DOGE'd
We just did a poll. We do polling with the Wall Street Journal. And we looked at the tariff policies. We looked at how people think it will affect the economy and their costs. And a majority of Americans oppose the tariffs. 75% think it will cause their own costs to go up. And as you said, they voted for him to bring costs down.
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Elon Gets DOGE'd
The nuance here with Trump is that when he messages this, he messages short-term gain. It's odd that he gets away in some ways with being honest with people by saying short-term pain, long-term gain. We've got some big problems. And so there's about a third of Americans who are sitting in this. Maybe we're going to take on some short term pain. If we see things get better, it will be worth it.
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Elon Gets DOGE'd
But I think we all know that this isn't going to result in lower costs for people. It is not going to turn out that way. And those will be the fissures. And that's really the imperative for Democrats to really take on and not let him get away with the messaging that he's currently putting out there.