As I’ve said in the past: they need the benefit of the doubt on everything; they deserve the benefit of the doubt on nothing.

A non-trivial amount of people in this thread, sadly. Many of which are leaving comments like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45727967

Roughly half of the country, give or take.

Roughly 40% supports Trump, but they are often quite loud about putting other things above the rule of law.

Not sure why you think roughly 50% give him the benefit of the doubt on dedication to the rule of law.

“Registered voters” is not the same group as “people”.

Winning by 5% (even assuming no third party votes) is 52.5% (with 47.5% for the opponent) not 55%, if there are any third-party votes, that gets even lower.

A piece written in March 2025 discussing a hypothetical for the November 2024 election is not describing the state of the world in October 2025.

Unless the 40% number in your previous post was from October 2025, that's plainly moving the goalposts. And registered voters are the only people who matter since anyone else can't cast a ballot.

Beyond that, the August 2025 (since October's aren't available yet) poll numbers don't seem that much better. That the Democratic Party approval is neck and neck with the Republicans despite the Republicans' blatant corruption and incompetence speaks volumes about how unpopular the Democratic Party is. They need to reform drastically before the midterms next year.

> registered voters are the only people who matter

This right here is moving the goalposts.

*Roughly 40% of the country, give or take. Don't be complacent.