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context: What is scary is 23% don't.  Same MAGA number every time. >
  
  The entire bottom 1/3 of the electorate is responsible for 90% of the bullshit conspiracy nonsense.  They will believe almost anything as long as it is only supported by allegations and speculation- there can't be any actual evidence. If there isn't room for them to make a leap of faith in believing something, they refuse to believe it at all.  They need to feel like they are smart enough to make the connections that others don't.
  The cynical Republican leaders play to that credulity gap, stoking the conspiracy nonsense because those voters who who gravitate to nonsense are the ones who actually go to the polls in primary elections.  The whole charade is so transparent and obvious, except to the bottom third, for whom obvious transparency can only mean the Deep State is even more effective in misinforming people.  The easier it is to prove, the more it must be fake.  We have finally reached Terminal Stupidity. >
  
  Turns out having a room temperature iq doesn't stop you from voting. >
  
  You ever think about how idioms like that change depending on the scale you're using? Standard room temperature for stuff is considered what, 68 Fahrenheit? Very dumb, but potentially livable. Then in Celsius, that's like 20, not sure how you'd even measure that low.  On the other end, that's like 293 Kelvin, some kind of super genius. Or 527ish Rankine is unfathomable as well. Not at all relevant to the comment, just got me thinking down that line. >
  
  Trust me, in Celsius using areas, they're using the same idiom whenever talking about people who vote Republican. >
  
  It's negative 40 IQ in either scale >
  
  It’s such a weird thing bc it’s so clear he’s a grifter and not an ideologue. He could use his two years to cause so much chaos and have so much fun but he’ll probably just vote party line :( >
  
  Vote the party line and collect a pension for the rest of his life. >
  
  Gotta have 5 years for the pension. >
  
  I think it’s like 20+ years or so to have it be fully vested as well. >
  
  Maybe they should have paid attention during the election, too. Then this could have been an election result and not a poll. >
  
  Didn't the big stories about him break after the election? I think it's a bit much to expect an individual to figure this stuff out. >
  
  I mean, given that Republicans have been nothing but regressive, obstructionist pigs in 85% of state and federal government for the past 24 years, I can not see what would compel a New Yorker to vote for a Republican, ever, let alone GEORGE SANTOS. >
  
  If I remember correctly, a lot of Asian Americans in NYC swapped to Republican this election because of the upswing of Asian hate crimes and the democrat stance on crime handling
  It should be noted most of the attacks on Asian Americans here are not right wing motivated >
  
  Great logic, Dems aren't doing enough so let's vote for the openly virulent racist party that hates us for being Asian and has never done anything to reduce race-motivated hate. In fact, they consistently stoke it. Ditto for Cubans in Florida. >
  
  Don’t hate on the voters in this case, they were duped into it. 
  You have to remember they were having right wing propaganda jammed down their throats, and knew nothing about Santo’s lies at the time.
  The Dem party holds a large portion of the blame here, as they just paid no attention to the matter during the run up to the election. They turned a blind eye because they were so overly confident that voters in the district would never vote republican, which was just incorrect. Alarm bells had been rung too, the dem party just didn’t want to invest any time or money to fight it. >
  
  I don’t know how the election campaigns were around NYC and that specific district, but let’s not pretend Democrats have been ignoring hate crimes against Asian Americans in general
  Maybe not enough was done in the district, or maybe not enough attention, but to say it was ignored by Democrats is pretty blatantly false, especially when plenty of prominent Republicans were egging it on and standing in the way of anything getting done >
  
  Oh, I had in no way intended to imply that Dems were ignoring crime against Asian Americans, just that they allowed the GOP to campaign on misinformation that made said Asian Americans feel like Dems weren’t doing anything about it. The problem was the Dems just didn’t think they needed to invest further in fighting for that district because they assumed they didn’t need to. It was a strategic mistake.
  Still, that doesn’t change that the GOP lied to these voters about their own candidate and gave misinformation about which party was able to better protect its voters from crime. That lie is on the GOP and Santos, but the fact it wasn’t better challenged in this district is the Dems fault as well.
  I was just saying don’t blame the voters themselves in this case, as they were the ones being lied to. >
  
  I get you, I’ve just seen a lot of stuff online the past few years where it’s subtly implied that anything bad happening to X minority is being condoned by Democrats, because secretly Democrats are the “real” racists
  And I get falling for lies, but at the same time it’s a tough pill to swallow when for the past half decade near on every single Republican politician was lining up to  imply Covid was the fault of Asians and deny any hate crimes were happening as a result of that implication >
  
  I don’t think I’m implying that Dems are racists, nor do I have any intention to.
  Still, it’s really not the fault of the voters here. They genuinely want the guy recalled, and he straight up lied to them. That doesn’t really make them gullible, just vulnerable to political manipulation, which is what happened here.
  Fan of the Dems or not, you have to admit this is partially because they dropped the ball in this district and didn’t take the time to fight the candidate who was feeding their voters lies. >
  
  He won't, the Republicans are bought by the Russian mob and he's no exception. >
  
  And he'd turn on them in half a heartbeat if someone paid him enough.
  He has no loyalty to anyone other than himself. >
  
  The Russians will murder their family members. They're blackmailing them. >
  
  I know of the extensive corruption, oligarch interests, and dark money, but do we have evidence of violent threats and extortion? >
  
  Yes. Exhibit A-Z what happens to Putin's rivals. Defenestration or polodium tea. >
  
  This won't be forgotten. Even though he's not running for reelection, this could have downstream effects for how vetting occurs here going forward.
  And to make that point even clearer, the front runner for special election or 2024 on the GOP side would be Jack Martins. His record and credentials are well established. But he could lose simply because of the anger.
  By the time the next census comes around, yes the district could revert to its newly questionable redder demographics from the recent redistricting. If not for Santos, this district could have been a GOP hold for a few years. >
  
  Yeah I don't think they'll forget.  Reps are only elected for two year terms, he'd be running for reelection in 2024 himself if he thought he could somehow pull it off. >
  
  We're delivering a 100k signature petition tomorrow to his office.
  The local-only petition is ongoing. >
  
  What makes you think his office would care about that if recalls are not a thing in your state? >
  
  It's not a state issue.  There are no recalls in any state for members of Congress; because the Constitution doesn't allow for any.
  And in fact, specifies the opposite: that each house of Congress itself is the sole judge of the qualification of its membership.  A house of Congress can vote to expel a member, but that's literally the only way to remove one from office against their will (other than death, which is presumably against their will too). >
  
  Ok same question. Why would his office care about a petition? >
  
  I suspect he doesn't care at all about any petition.
  If it has any impact, it'd be as a demonstration to other Congressional Republicans that the public, including a large share of Republican voters, want the guy gone and that they might be harming themselves by not getting rid of him. >
  
  22% of third district residents are human garbage. >
  
  I think he should stay until next election when a Democrat can run against him. >
  
  That's not a bad strategy.  If he resigns he might get replaced with someone more effective.  But if he sticks around, he'll be so busy dealing with this ongoing scandal that he'll be ineffective at politics. >
  
  Exactly! >
  
  Many of those same folks voted for this idiot.  Amazing. >
  
  Maybe they could have gone and voted. Or at least look into who they voted for. >
  
  I hate low-information voters so much >
  
  Maybe Newsday could have done some investigative journalism and broke some of these stories themselves before the election? >
  
  Seriously, Long Island’s Newspaper completely ignored the dirt dug up by North Shore Leader. They changed tack like NYPost only after things went from awful to abominable. >
  
  If only the people of that district would have had an opportunity to weigh in on his fitness for office prior to this.  If only... >
  
  Much of the news coverage of Santos is "too little too late". For crying out loud, a similar candidate in Ohio got exposed earlier by national media (JR Majewski, by the AP in September). >
  
  22% said not to resign? Wow >
  
  There's a large, uncaring percentage of the general populace. Trump supporters, for example. >
  
  Did all 78% vote in the midterm? >
  
  They do mention the voters in the article. Out of the people who voted for him only 2 out of every 3 said they wouldn’t vote for him again. Embarrassing really.
  The ones who would still vote for him are probably a bunch of conspiracy theorists with room temperature IQ. >
  
  The reality is likely that almost all of them would vote for him again in a general election.  He'll lose a primary. >
  
  They are the dummies that voted him in lol >
  
  “bUt ThE VoTeRs hAvE SpOkEn!”
  -probably some asshole Republican >
  
  Maybe they can vote for someone else next time but he was elected democratically by the same people so buckle up bukaroo >
  
  That number should be 100% lol wtf >
  
  Remember how when ever a Dem is heavily favored in a race and reporters go to some small town diner and interviews the "salt of the earth" people about their views on like Hillary's jobs programs? How come these same reporters aren't crawling Santos's district and asking their opinions? Took months and the oublic gets this poll. >
  
  Constituents sound off about Rep.-elect Santos, who is under investigation
  Embattled Santos silent as his constituents sound off
  Frustration Stirs on Long Island on Day of George Santos’ Inauguration
  Constituents make it clear at rally they don't want Congressman-elect George Santos seated
  Santos voters speak to CNN after his false claims were revealed
  This is all just from before he was even sworn in, and easily available on Google, btw >
  
  If only they had conducted this type of polling around November of last year. >
  
  Hopefully the people that voted for him will realize they're not actually voter material and refrain from voting in the future. >
  
  Disturbingly low >
  
  Resign?  At the very least he should be removed, made to pay any expenses he's incurred, and do jail time for fraud. >
  
  I want to hear about the people who don’t want him to resign.  
  That 78% is a number from those polled. 
  Not those that voted. >
  
  22% of Republicans don’t care as long as he votes the party line.  Wild given that this isn’t Alabama. >
  
  Well well well, if it isn't the consequences of their own actions! >
  
  I can’t believe they voted for him in the first place.
  Also, what was his opponent doing during the election? Seems like half of the dirt on Santos was just waiting in the open to be used. >
  
  Same MAGA number every time. >
  
  The “we don’t want to subsidize bad life choices” people suddenly have opinions. You wanted a Republican. Wish granted. Now live with it. >
  
  Republican voters: I really hate this guy. Better vote for him again. >
  
  Like GOP has ever cared what a majority wants… >
  
  That's why they are Republicans, after all: They believe in a system of government, with separate but co-equal branches, committed to preserving the Constitutional basis of a Republic: They don't want something as important as government to be decided by a purely democratic process, as if it were as if it were a beauty pageant or a simple popularity contest.
  Pure Democracy is just a fancy word for Mob Rule, is what Republican intellectuals have always said... >
  
  Just bs to try and justify their unpopular beliefs and ideas… >
  
  If he had any decency he would resign. 
  So I'm betting he's not going to. >
  
  These people would vote in a Martian from Mars Attacks, if they had an R next to their unpronounceable name. >
  
  Like Democrat's with in Pennsylvania by voting in someone with literal brain damage? >
  
  GOP already lost those voters by keeping up this farce! They are about to lose another seat. >
  
  New York needs recall laws. >
  
  22% are idiots. >
  
  At this point do we even know if his name is George Santos? >
  
  Why do they have to wait on him to do the right thing? Start a recall election effort. >
  
  In other news: 22% of residents are republicans who vote consistently. >
  
  Should have held your nose and voted Democrat then, you dumb shits. The amount of complete fuckery it would take for me to vote for a fucking Republican in New York is significantly higher than whatever issues New York state's Democratic Party has been dealing with over the past few years. >
  
  What if I told you republicans don't care about their constituents. >
  
  Is there no recall mechanism in NY? >
  
  No state can recall members of congress. >
  
  Is there a “No confidence” or recall vote they can do? 78-22 sounds like an overwhelming landslide >
  
  Congress can expel him. An indictment usually encourages that process but it's not automatic. >
  
  Aren't the residents allowed to take him out of power? >
  
  Nope.
  It would take 2/3 of the House to vote him out.
  McCarthy needs his vote so that won't happen. >
  
  Funny how that is the case since point of democracy was to give people ability to peacefully oust their leaders if need ever rose.
  But then again it is also better to have some stability in the job and not fear you lose your job that ofthen. Also there would be a lot of elections 
  Edit: i just remebered the house representatives sit only two years so he will be foghting for re election sooner rather than later. 
  I am conflicted since I have been vocal about rising the time for represemtatives to 4 years so they have more time to do stuff. >
  
  Republican voters have shown the nation they can't be tasked with the simple duty as a citizen of researching and vetting the candidates they vote for. They just vote for whoever has an "R" next to their name.
  Republicans have no interest in participating as informed citizens in a functioning Democracy. 
  Jan 6th showed us they would rather have a "Dear Leader" to rule over them and tell them what's real or not, and who to hate that day. >
  
  I'm a strong Republican and his actions are despicable... Of course he should resign. >
  
  Ok. YOU VOTED HIM IN?
  Your whole district should be hounding every lawyer you know to find some way to sort this out. You're responsible. >
  
  What, is there some waiting period before they can begin a recall referendum?  They should get on that asap because he's not gonna resign willingly. >
  
  There is no recall for Congress. >
  
  Is there some sort of recall process to kick George Santos out of office? Or maybe there needs to be more protests and demonstrations to force him to resign. It is ridiculous that voters cannot get rid of a lousy politician besides waiting for the next election. >
  
  The Constitution states that all public servant can be impeached if convicted of a crime but someone has to start the process. >
  
  Can't they start a recall? >
  
  There are no recalls for any member of Congress. >
  
  It’s amazing. He lied about almost everything, yet 12% of voters have no issue with that. >
  
  Isn't there a process for recalling your representative?  How could there not be? >
  
  There’s not in the USA. >
  
  That's dumb as fuck. >
  
  Maybe learn about the candidates before you vote. 
  He may be a liar, but he was voted in through a legitimate process. Being an informed voter would prevent things like this instead of voting on personalities or identity politics. 
  The only recourse is to wait until November 2024. >
  
  What's the name for the remaining 12%? I'm sure I've seen an actual definition for it as it's actually proven a certain % of people would vote the same way throughout their lives even if the candidate shot their dog in the face beforehand.
  Edit: do dogs actually have faces?! >
  
  Is that a lot? :) >
  
  This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 93%. (I'm a bot)
  
  
  By a 6-1 ratio, voters in Rep. George Santos' congressional district want him to resign since his lies about his education, family history and work profile have been revealed, according to a new Newsday/Siena College poll.
  The survey indicates residents aren't blaming Republicans, just Santos: 55% said Santos doesn't reflect the values of the GOP, 32% said he does.
  Some residents who voted for Santos told Newsday they did so merely because they backed Zeldin, backed the entire GOP ticket or wanted Republicans to control Congress.
  
  
  Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: Santos^#1 vote^#2 Republican^#3 resign^#4 party^#5 >
  
  Does that equal 142,000 people? Asking for a friend. >
  
  …and the other 22% still think he is a volley ball star. >
  
  That’s all? Who are the 22% who think, meh, no problem…what is going on here!! >
  
  Who are those 22% rats? >
  
  I still don't get how he was elected in the first place. I bring this up a lot on these threads and the only responses I get are, "I know, right?" >
  
  Backlash against NYC and Hochul. >
  
  He should be in jail, let alone be representing constituents. >
  
  Hey there, Kitara, that's more than 142,000. >
  
  It shouldn’t be “should”. He doesn’t get a fucking choice is what it “should” say. Our government is pathetic af >
  
  There’s always the die hard “my team no matter how insane” 20% >
  
  Please get him out before the debt ceiling crashes. >
  
  By now we should all know what should happen has no effect at all on what does happen >
  
  Charlie Sheen is jealous of this guys run. >
  
  Yeah, that's about the same percentage of Americans that want common sense gun control, voting protection laws, and abortion rights. The GOP doesn't care what the majority wants so if the majority wants their opinions respected they should probably stop voting for Republicans. >
  
  It could as very well be 100% this guy is going nowhere. He’s got some heavy backers since he’s doing pretty good riding the storm.
  I give it 2 weeks before media throws in the towel. McCartney certainly wants him and that’s all that matters. >
  
  But he dresses you nice! He should be successful. >
  
  What's sad is that a huge chunk of those people voted for him in the first place.  What the hell is wrong with you? >
  
  Is there no way to simply recall him? >
  
  That 22%? Thems you watch. >
  
  why the fuck are we begging for resignation, he should be in jail >
  
  I want him to stay. Let them get a good taste of what voting your weird prejudices cost them in representation and piss-poor constituent services. >
  
  fair enough >
  
  Wrong headline
  “22% are ok with a lying thief being their rep in congress” >
  
  Im confused, not to up to date and too lazy. Is this because he does drag? Or something else? >
  
  During his election campaign, he made many claims about his background and personal life that all turned out to be fake. His education, his work history, even his religion were all revealed to be false. He even made claims that one of his parents died because of 9/11 >
  
  Correct >
  
  Plot twist suckers: he’s not George Santos >
  
  Does he still get his 200k/year if he resigns? >
  
  He will not go himself, he needs to be forced out. >
  
  Stefanik and McCarthy say the people should decide if Santos should resign. When are they going to be given the vote to fire him. I would be pissed if my taxes was paying this liars salary. >
  
  In 2 years when his term is up >
  
  But only after he rides out his term and is not re-elected....  Because color me surprised if he actually leaves.  
  So fed up with the republicans.  So fed up. >
  
  78% of 3rd district residents should be ashamed of themselves. This is a two lane highway issue and the apathy, ignorance and sheer gullibility shown by those people make them a hazard to democracy. >
  
  Are they not aware they can repeal him? >
  
  Why weren't reporters investigating Santos and why wasn't that electorate paying attention during the election? >
  
  Why can't a prosecutor in that district charge him fraud?  If 78% of the population wants it, that is straight political gold for them. >
  
  The same people who were duped by this moron? Too bad, you got what you wanted. >
  
  It seems as though these days people are getting rich and famous for all the wrong reasons. >
  
  Then they better start showing up at his door, because he’s not interested in leaving >
  
  22% of the district must not read the news.  Sometimes you just need to unplug.  This entire fiasco is why I hate reading the news sometimes.  How in the fuck did journalists not know any of this stuff before the election? >
  
  22% of NY-03 must be scam artists and feel really represented by "George" >
  
  I wonder whats going on with the other 22% >
  
  They have brain damage and/or only watch Fox News; you know the Republican base. >
  
  Them why don't they launch a recall? >
  
  There are no recalls for Congress. >
  
  Thanks. I didn't know that. >
  
  I cannot wait a comedy movie about this >
  
  Who? >
  
  The other 22% have never heard that name before. >
  
  Resign??? It sounds like he should be in jail. 
  Republicans, amiright?! >
  
  Gee, if these people had paid even the slightest bit of attention, and done their civic duty he wouldn't had been elected in the first place. >
  
  I forsee him absent from district offices indefinitely. >
  
  But McCarthy will keep supporting him. He doesn’t give a shit about the voters. It’s all a numbers game >
  
  He Won’t >
  
  Well if a majority of voters feel that way I think we all know it ain’t gonna happen. >
  
  Is there an option to recall him? >
  
  Unfortunately no >
  
  Only 78%? >
  
  Recall him >
  
  How much of the remaining 22% said George Santos should be removed and arrested? >
  
  31,240 to go >
  
  I bet that of the same candidates ran today, they’d still vote him in because of the R. >
  
  He won’t. >
  
  The man gets a purple heart in Vietnam, invents wind energy, captains his lacrosse team, single handedly eradicates small pox and takes down several pedophile rings and the left just want to kick him to the curb like garbage?! Unbelievable >
  
  Lol, so what? That's not how any of this works. >
  
  Too bad Republicans never listen to what the majority of America wants. >
  
  So is there a procedure to impeach him or trigger a new election? >
  
  The other 22% should not be allowed to vote. >
  
  His greed is going to cost him >
  
  The republicans should cut their losses and get rid of this idiot. Democrats will keep hitting him like a piñata and every time a new lie will be uncovered. >
  
  Time for a recall vote. >
  
  Wonder how Elizabeth Warren feels? >
  
  Well, I don’t want him to resign…
  I want for him to be in office in 2024, so that every Democrat running can point to him and say, “this is what Republicans stand for. This is the face of the Republican Party. Deception and lies.’
  Most people don’t really like that.
  Trump should have been enough, but apparently not. >
  
  The fact the 22% dont is freighting >
  
  The most infuriating thing is that there is no recall election or other process for this exact situation in America. >
  
  Is it just me or does anyone else want to see a wrestling match between him and MTG? >
  
  The remaining 22% are all receiving $199 anonymous checks >
  
  Lol wtf guys that's a massive L. He became my favorite person. Let him enjoy the pay and the healthcare. Slay queen! >
  
  So apparently 22% of people don't mind being lied to? >
  
  If I lived in his district, I’d be majorly pissed! The RNC knew he is a lying cheater and they pushed him through anyways. I wonder if they can force his ouster through the courts? >
  
  A conviction typically forces a resignation or an expulsion. Indictments not so much. >
  
  can they do a recall? >
  
  There is no recall procedure for any member of Congress. >
  
  This is yet more proof that the GOP does not care about the will of the people >
  
  Why don't  they do a recall election then and toss him out!!! >
  
  Because Congress doesn't have recall elections >
  
  Does New York has a recall mechanism? >
  
  Nobody does >
  
  Please tell me 78% totals the 140,000 electors at which point Santos stated he would resign. >
  
  Naaah, they elected him.  He represents their values and sense of morality and integrity.  Let us see how you chose to represent yourselves over the next couple years. >
  
  And when he doesn't, they'll vote for him again in 2024. He probably won't even draw a primary challenger, and there's no way a deep red district will vote for a Democrat, no matter how ontological evil the Republican is. >
  
  no no! 
  him & republicans are getting so much free media……
  keep it up. force the democrats to deal with it. >
  
  Why? >
  
  Well here you have it, liberals: the majority of Republican voters are moral in this case. The dude is a charlatan and the vast majority want them out.
  Yet you guys have Swalwell who is banging a Chinese spy, and Schiff who makes up lies and calls it a platform, and there’s no call from liberals to clear them out of committees? 
  Shame on you hypocrites. >
  
  I think the republicans who voted for this guy will learn something this time around right? Right? >
  
  Why would he? He gets Congressional pay and benefits and clearly isn't winning again. He's got nothing to gain by resigning. >
  
  Funny how you always hear about the cynical republican leaders but never about the democrat leaders who kept an entire people in economic chains so that they could ride them into office and power and money.   Wake up folks. Political power rests on the backs of the least prosperous because no one cares about true propensity because happy electorates don’t vote Democrat.