Has anything changed since election?

Back in November, the numbers were astonishing wth Donald J. Trump getting 304 votes in the electoral college. The percentage of voters that pulled the lever for the President was 46.1 percent.

Since that time, people on the other side of the voting scale have seen the attempted immigration regulations, the failure of the American Health Care Act (AHCA), budget asks of $143 billion more for Department of Defense, draconian guts in the departments of EPA and education, dropping bombs in Syria and Afghanistan, strained relations with Germany, Australia, England and on and on.

Oh yay, there is that Russian thingy still to be resolved.

The pro-Trump crowd has the positives of the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, the Senate Republicans use of the "nuclear option" to confirm Judge Gorsuch and the swearing in of Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch and ... TBA.

With all of that said, you would think that the momentum has switched away from the president. Today we heard a recent poll asked "Do you feel that the president can be counted on to carry through on his promises?" The answer is 47 percent felt that he could be counted on.

Another study showed that only 1 percent of Trump voters have changed their minds on the president.

There is a clear fact here, whatever camp you are in nothing has changed. The only thing that may change is that the people (43.3 percent) that sat out the 2016 might be rethinking their decision.

Jack Halpin

Arlington Heights