Majority of Americans Want Biden Handling Coronavirus Response and the Economy: NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll

Newsweek ^ | 04/29/2020 | BY JEFFERY MARTIN

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Most Americans would rather see former Vice President Joe Biden in charge of both the U.S. coronavirus response and the economy than current President Donald Trump, according to data from a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

However, while Biden may have the upper hand in polling in those areas, the results fall strongly along party lines. Out of those surveyed, 55 percent of those surveyed chose Biden over Trump to handle the coronavirus pandemic. While 40 percent of those polled said they would rather see Trump handling coronavirus issues in the U.S., 87 percent of those who supported Trump in that arena identified themselves as Republicans. Likewise, 87 percent of Biden's supporters labeled themselves as Democrats.

Although Trump has taken credit for creating a strong U.S. economy before the essential lockdown of the country due to the coronavirus, only 44 percent of those polled say they would rather see Trump handle the economy. A little over half would rather see Biden take the economic reins, garnering 51 percent of the poll. Those who were unsure about which candidate they would choose numbered 6 percent.

Democrats made up the majority of Biden's support for handling the economy with 86 percent throwing the presumptive Democratic nominee their support. However, 92 percent of the Republicans polled wanted Trump to handle the economy with only 7 percent of Republican voters leaning toward Biden.

[Lurkinanloomin]

You’d have to be as daft as Joe Biden to believe this load of malarkey.

[catnipman]

i can’t believe they’re starting with the fake polls already, ESPECIALLY ones that are so ridiculously unbelievable as this one ... oh well, the more fake polls the better as far as i’m concerned, because no one who’s paying the least bit of attention will believe them, and hopefully those who do are simply being made complacent about the importance to vote ...

[EdnaMode]

Has anyone seen him lately?

[Varsity Flight]

How about “the Majority of United States citizens.”

[DesertRhino]

Laughable

[grey_whiskers]

[cherry]

rats are loyal unlike pubs.....

[MinorityRepublican]

2016 election was D+5?

[HamiltonJay]

Newsweak strikes again

[Jaded]

Who did they call, ex-pats?

[UnwashedPeasant]

So fake, it is actually funny.

[libh8er]

So it has officially begun. These polls will keep coming out until 72 hours before the election. Then suddenly the polls will tighten. 24 hours before the election a few polls will show Trump with a small lead but well within the MoE. On election night Trump will win by a landslide.

[JohnnyP]

“Him and a Hunter will already by taking turns providing Monicas on Xi Jinping”

Xi Jinping is GAY? I did not know that.

[jmacusa]

PBS= Pure Bull Sh!t.

[lightman]

“Economic intercourse”... how can anyone believe that’s a ‘winning’ theme

Ask any whore.

[Political Junkie Too]

And a month later, the MSM will say that the polls were correct and Biden really won EXCEPT for Chinese collusion and interference in the election.

-PJ

[pepsionice]

I keep wondering what he meant by Economic Intercourse. Its just not a phrase that you’d hear.

[MIA_eccl1212]

Biden will likely not make it to the election. Hillary is aligned to take the reins.... again.

If God is against her/democrats.... no one can successfully support them and survive.

Hamaan hung on his own gallows. Esther smiles and israel lol... due fkr a repeat.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

NPR/PBS and Newsweek? You’ve got to be kidding. Perhaps the typesetter read the wrong credit line which actually was “Tass, Izvestia and Pravda”. Lost something in translation.

[VideoDoctor]

NEWSWEEK article... FAKE NEWS!