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PeaceWave

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Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:37 PM Jan 2026

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WHAT FRACTION of Venezuelans are living abroad ? Do these 64% constitute a VOCAL MINORITY or do they ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 #1
That 64% are expats in this poll and don't know why they're mentioned other than distraction uponit7771 Jan 2026 #11
"We found that people who have fled the country don't really like conditions there. That's why they fled." eppur_se_muova Jan 2026 #17
Well if the country has roughly 93 million Johonny Jan 2026 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #19
So they went out there and interviewed tons of people in just 12 hours??? GreenWave Jan 2026 #2
I think it would have been presented as a hypothetical EarlG Jan 2026 #4
Maybe the reason they're not upset about Maduro being booted is because he was Trump version 2.0. nt in2herbs Jan 2026 #3
What is Traildogbob Jan 2026 #5
That will change as soon as they realize that the point of this was to steal Venezuela's resources and the people Nanjeanne Jan 2026 #6
"We will be greeted as LIBERATORS!" USS_Dauntless Jan 2026 #15
Holy selective way of reporting. Johnny2X2X Jan 2026 #7
Only 35% supports this shit?!?!!?! We're cooked !!! uponit7771 Jan 2026 #8
The ones living in the US are going to be very sorry. He is not going to allow them tostay here. boston bean Jan 2026 #9
The in-country survey would be a major challenge, imo gulliver Jan 2026 #10
***LIVING ABROAD*** That's what? 12000 people vs 30 million? uponit7771 Jan 2026 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jan 2026 #20
Here's a vocal response from a Venezuelan-American in the US RoseTrellis Jan 2026 #13
Of course they do. In It to Win It Jan 2026 #14
That sounds low. Maduro is more hated within Venezuela. Melon Jan 2026 #16

eppur_se_muova

(42,481 posts)
1. WHAT FRACTION of Venezuelans are living abroad ? Do these 64% constitute a VOCAL MINORITY or do they ...
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:42 PM
Jan 2026

actually represent a popular majority ??

Maduro may be a despicable tyrant, to our POV, but do his own countryman actually feel the same way ? And would that even justify an unprovoked attack by the USA military if they did ?

Have they quoted anyone called "Curveball" yet ?

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
11. That 64% are expats in this poll and don't know why they're mentioned other than distraction
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:17 PM
Jan 2026

... seeing they're in the single thousands vs million

eppur_se_muova

(42,481 posts)
17. "We found that people who have fled the country don't really like conditions there. That's why they fled."
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:39 PM
Jan 2026

So yeah, he's a dictator, but so is our guy, and the military haven't kidnapped him yet. Kind of a double standard.

Johonny

(26,581 posts)
18. Well if the country has roughly 93 million
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:58 PM
Jan 2026

And roughly 7 million have fled. So 64 percent of less than 10 percent. . .

Accurate polling within the country is probably impossible.

Still, no one wants to live in complete chaos, which they might now have.

Response to Johonny (Reply #18)

GreenWave

(12,795 posts)
2. So they went out there and interviewed tons of people in just 12 hours???
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:42 PM
Jan 2026

Or is this an old poll suspiciously released?

EarlG

(23,703 posts)
4. I think it would have been presented as a hypothetical
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:51 PM
Jan 2026

It looks like the poll was conducted in December, so respondents would have been asked if they supported the hypothetical removal of Maduro by the United States, and those are the results.

in2herbs

(4,531 posts)
3. Maybe the reason they're not upset about Maduro being booted is because he was Trump version 2.0. nt
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:42 PM
Jan 2026

Traildogbob

(13,156 posts)
5. What is
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:57 PM
Jan 2026

The polling of Americans abroad and here for military taking out our DICKtator? 🍆🥔75 percent?

Nanjeanne

(6,639 posts)
6. That will change as soon as they realize that the point of this was to steal Venezuela's resources and the people
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 05:59 PM
Jan 2026

are left with an occupier.

I remember when the Iraqi's were going to greet us with flowers.

USS_Dauntless

(268 posts)
15. "We will be greeted as LIBERATORS!"
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:25 PM
Jan 2026

I remember that.

Johnny2X2X

(24,430 posts)
7. Holy selective way of reporting.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:01 PM
Jan 2026

So the vast majority of Venezuelans living in Venezuela are against this, that’s the story here. You just overthrew a government and 2/3s of the citizens there are against it.

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
8. Only 35% supports this shit?!?!!?! We're cooked !!!
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:02 PM
Jan 2026

boston bean

(36,961 posts)
9. The ones living in the US are going to be very sorry. He is not going to allow them tostay here.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:04 PM
Jan 2026

Ice is on the way.

gulliver

(14,072 posts)
10. The in-country survey would be a major challenge, imo
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:16 PM
Jan 2026

I can't imagine someone calling me up at random in a country run by a dictator and asking me to "answer a few questions."

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)
12. ***LIVING ABROAD*** That's what? 12000 people vs 30 million?
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:19 PM
Jan 2026

Response to uponit7771 (Reply #12)

RoseTrellis

(205 posts)
13. Here's a vocal response from a Venezuelan-American in the US
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:20 PM
Jan 2026

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In It to Win It

(12,808 posts)
14. Of course they do.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:22 PM
Jan 2026

Melon

(1,676 posts)
16. That sounds low. Maduro is more hated within Venezuela.
Sat Jan 3, 2026, 06:37 PM
Jan 2026
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