Posted on 05/25/2020 7:11:56 PM PDT by Libloather
One of the most durable political assets that Republicans have enjoyed throughout the 21st century is their edge among Americans 65 and older, who tend to turn out at the polls more reliably any other group.
But with President Trump’s inept and erratic handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, he is rapidly losing support among the age group most vulnerable to its ravages - which is a big warning sign to Republicans as they look to the fall. Trump has also been showing slippage in support among the next-oldest cohort, those 55 and older.
The shift has been showing up in a string of recent polls, reportedly including those that have been conducted by Trump’s own campaign. One of the most striking is a survey of 44 battleground House districts done by Democratic pollster Geoff Garin during the second week of May.
In those districts, voters over 65 said they had supported Trump in 2016 by a 22-point margin - 58 percent to 36 percent.
But this year, those same respondents are practically evenly divided, with 47 percent saying they are planning to vote for the president and 43 percent expressing an intention to cast their ballots for former vice president Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee. That is an enormous net swing of 18 percentage points.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
No doubt the same people here who have been lapping up the MSM reporting on the Wuhan Flu too.
Huh? The Wuhan Virus is rotting the brains of Blue America.
It’s starting to feel like 2016 again.
“Trump can’t win”
“Hillary has a 97% percent chance of winning the election (Huffington Compost).
We’ve heard it all before.
When will these idiots learn?
GWB had a 90% approval rating after 9-11
granted we came together as a country
It was a different time back then
We are so divided today that a slight majority on anything is considered big deal
Well there was some talk about them “sacrificing themselves to save the economy”, and how it’s “just old people dying”. Who knows
If he does not end this shutdown nonsense well before the election President Trump will lose. He will have proven by his failure to act that he cannot protect the people that he says he cares about. There comes a time to stand and deliver and this is it.
Very disappointing isn’t it!!! I was STUNNED at the folks on this site jumping on the band wagon SO WILLING to shed their rights and liberties over a damned virus OMG!! I have lived through Polio, Smallpox, Measles, Asian Flu, Hong Kong flu, HIV, Ebola, H1N1 and NEVER was it EVER deemed necessary to shut our economy down this was the biggest HOAX EVER hoisted on the American people!! These bastards achieved EXACTLY what they wanted DESTROY Trumps economy and YES too many on this sight jumped right on the bandwagon!!!
We’ve already seen that polling regarding Trump can’t be trusted. But Trump would do well to remind voters that the shutdowns were and are the decisions of state governors - the reason our economy is being destroyed is Democrats in state houses.
Trump’s approval among his base is at 90%. It is the deep Blue States that are in revolt.
Better - a plastic bag and a rubber band.
BM
BM Media
Blue (states) media
BM
Now they’ll be voting Democrat for sure.
What planet is ugly Karen on?
What poor handling of the virus?
These people are so good at experiencing something and getting a COMPLETELY OPPISITE FEELING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.
They truly are nuts.
Frankly I don’t think President Trump has done a great job with this from a political perspective. I say that only to point out that there is a 100% chance I’m voting for him in November. In New Hampshire, where I’m transferring my voting registration.
Trump has not seen any support loss in any group in any poll that publishes their internals taken by any organization....
More BS and Lies
why is this crap even posted?....
The mainstream media always makes assertions like these using "may," "might" or "could"
Well, guess what, MSM: You may, might could be wrong, and most likely are!
Who would Trump's "most reliable" voters go to? Biden? Yeah, right.
“this was the biggest HOAX EVER hoisted on the American people!”
If enough people get it, this could be the end of the demonrat party.
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