This week’s Economist/YouGov national survey finds approval of the October 18th No Kings protests at a decent enough 49 to 33 percent among respondents overall, the nationwide demonstrations were very deep underwater with Trump 2024 voters at 17 percent approve to 72 percent disapprove, with the remaining 11 percent not sure if the approve or disapprove of the movement.

The net negative 55 percent approval rating from the president’s supporters is a large red flag the organizers of the No Kings movement have their work cut out for them if they want the next protest to be more agreeable to MAGA voters. Constructive suggestions could include allowing ICE agents to break the noses and then pepper spray a randomly-selected one of every 50 No Kings protestors over the age of 60 and there’s only so far that this sarcasm can go because lol what a freaking silly question for a national poll. Of course they (mostly) weren’t going to “approve” of 7 million mostly liberal Americans taking to the streets to challenge the legitimacy of their Lord and Savior.

That 17 percent did is just bizarre and it’s anyone’s guess as to why. On the question of whether they participated in the rallies, 3 percent said yes, they did turn out but there are plenty of Trump voters who now regret it – just as for whatever reason 5 percent of former Vice President Kamala Harris’s voters disapproved of the protests. Maybe it’s as simple as assuming most of the pro-No Kings Turmp voters were in favor because they think it made libs look stupid and annoying.

Less mysterious is why 55 percent of Trump voters, despite weeks of hype from their politicians and propaganda mills, faced the music and admitted the protestors were “Mostly peaceful”: They were, while just 13 percent of the MAGAmericans said “Mostly violent.” The remaining 32 percent said they weren’t sure, as though they were holding out hope for a clip of an Antifa beatdown on some cops to belatedly surface after they responded to the poll October 24 through the 27th, a week after the rallies. Goddamned Boogaloos had one job and it’s worth asking whether they’re still even a thing.