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<\/a><\/p>\nI came across a British site that tossed off a word that I didn\u2019t know.\u00a0 It spoke of Donald Trump as being a \u201cmarmite\u201d president.\u00a0 Nothing was explained, and the assumption seemed to be that everyone would know what it meant.\u00a0 So I dug around and discovered not only a new word but a helpful concept.<\/p>\n
Read the article yourself, from the UK Christian site Christian Today.\u00a0 It\u2019s by Harry Farley,\u00a0\u00a0\u2018Marmite\u2019 Trump: How the president polarises black and evangelical voters:<\/a><\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s \u2018marmite\u2019 tendency to polarise is highlighted in a dramatic new poll showing the extent of white evangelical\u2019s loyal approval of their president.<\/p>\n Just two per cent of black voters think life has got better under the Republican\u2019s presidency compared to nearly half of white evangelicals.<\/p>\n In general 40 per cent of Americans say life has become worse under Trump and that figure rises to 63 per cent among black voters. But for white evangelicals just 26 per cent say life has got worse and 49 per cent say it has improved, according to a ComRes poll commissioned by the new opinion website\u00a0UnHerd<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2018This very much confirms Trump as the Marmite President, said editor Tim Montgomerie. \u2018We know he has polarised opinions and over on this side of the Atlantic, we read his tweets which paint him as an insensitive and impulsive maverick, but there are clearly plenty of people in the US who feel his Presidency is benefiting them.\u2019<\/p>\n The poll comes ahead of a new documentary,\u00a0Trump and the Evangelicals<\/em>, released on Monday by the website which focuses on evangelicals\u2019 loves of Trump.<\/p>\n When asked about a string of policies Trump has worked on, white evangelicals were consistently more approving than the rest of Americans.<\/p>\n So I looked up \u201cMarmite,\u201d finding this from the Cambridge English Dictionary:<\/a><\/p>\n UK<\/span>\u00a0\u200b<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\/\u02c8m\u0251\u02d0.ma\u026at<\/span>\/<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\/\u02c8m\u0251\u02d0r<\/span>\/<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>trademark<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n a\u00a0brand<\/a>\u00a0name<\/a>\u00a0for a\u00a0type<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0soft<\/a>,\u00a0dark<\/a>\u00a0brown<\/a>, salty-tasting\u00a0food<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0spreading<\/a>\u00a0onbread<\/a>, made from\u00a0yeast<\/a><\/span>, that is\u00a0popular<\/a>\u00a0in the UK<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n uk<\/span>\u00a0informal.<\/span><\/span><\/span>something or someone that some\u00a0people<\/a>\u00a0like very much and other\u00a0people<\/a>\u00a0dislike<\/a>\u00a0very\u00a0strongly.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Marmite must be the same basic product that Australians eat as Vegemite!\u00a0 (Somebody correct me if I\u2019m wrong.)<\/p>\n\n
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