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.
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unfortunately / fortunately he has followed the consitution with state rights...govs have ultimate power in this case to fully open again and it is the dem gov f’king up IMHO by DELAYing to try and force the VOTING @ HOME Scheme in NOV to cheat TRUMP out!
He is doing almost everything he can w/i reason, I believe to bump start economy again but he will need luck and the dems hold many face cards in this game - unfortunately! No one else could have done what TRUMP has all along given all the enemies he has against him 24/7-365 for last 3 1/2 years!
You replied: ”What the hell do you think he’s been doing?
Please tell me one out-of-control, tyrant governor, GOP of Demonrat, that Trump has overruled and thereby ended their ludicrous lockdown policies? I know that you will be unable to provide me one example.
I won’t go back and forth with you but for you to say he has done nothing to open up the economy is flat out wrong. He rightly placed the burden on the Governors. Otherwise, he would have been labeled a dictator by his enemies.
You’re right. He has balanced it all out. He was very smart to put the burden on the governors.
Has President Trump or any department in his administration forced a governor to roll back any despotic acts yet? Has anyone that has been stealing freedoms been arrested yet? The answer is NO. All we hear is the flapping of lips in the Trump administration and from you.
Trump is playing his cards very well.
Either you are lying or you are delusional. Keep smoking your hopium.
40 million regular Americans are unemployed and you tell me that things are great. President Trump has done nothing yet protect Americans from leftists, he needs to deliver now or he is toast. If Trump doesnnot step up I am not saying I will vote for Demonrats, I am saying that I will not vote at all.
“If Trump doesnnot step up I am not saying I will vote for Demonrats, I am saying that I will not vote at all”.
You are an idiot.
So you resort to calling me names without refuting my argument, how leftist of you.>p> President Trump hast to actually step up and protect Americans from the left and he has not been doing that very well. ask the 40 million unemployed Americans who have been let go because of lockdowns how well this Administration is looking out for them.
Support for President Trump is stronger than ever and is growing by the day.
You go ahead and sit out the election. A black Democrat will take your place by voting for Trump.
big talk anonymous...if we ever meet, I’d like you to repeat the ‘flapping of lips’ part again! Have a nice day!
Trump poorly handling this and poorly handling that. It’s like one big meme with these people.
I’m choosing him in my primary anyway, in an attempt to stop mail-in-voting regimes, which my state has this year.
Karen is quite Karen-y in that pic.
I am sure that you would be polite when you saw me.
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