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You are full of it.
The WSJ editorial board has NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER been supportive of Trump.
Kimberley Strassel alone has been mostly supportive, and brilliantly so. But the rest of the editorial page crew are total and dedicated NeverTrumpers.
Give me a FREAKING break with that crap.
1. It is obvious, with the riots and the virus, combined with all the mainstream media parroting the Dem line, that the President has taken a bit of a hit. I don't think it is as much as the most recent “polls” but a bit of one. One bit of anecdotal evidence is my talks with my closest friend from WVA. He is conservative and supports Trump. Yet, he felt, based on the Generals criticizing him for his walk to the church, that he was discouraged. He basically watches the hour long news and not much else. After I gave him some facts he understood. He was still going to vote for Trump though, even discouraged. What I am saying is that those who are not solid supporters and have probably been temporarily been sway away from the President.
2. But with that in mind, it is still a long way from the general election. While I don't think that Biden will suffer a complete collapse in the debates (thanks to the news people bending over back to go easy on him and their vicious nature toward the President) I think it will be telling and will move voters away from Biden. He will surely have a couple (or more) of gaffes that will have an effect. And the more the voters see Biden, the more they are going to not like him.
3. If the economy continues to recover and people continue to go back to work the general picture will continue to improve for the President.
4. This was going to be a polarizing election anyway. We are a polarized nation. It is possible that Trump will lose the popular vote again. Or, he may just eek out a plurality. If he does, he will win a big majority in the electoral college.
5. Back to the polls. They usually over sample Dems and under sample Reps. In every poll taken the voter intensity of GOP votes is through the roof, while the Dem voters are depressed. My friend, even discouraged, told me that he wouldn't miss voting for Trump for anything! He said it was a matter of life or death! Also, most are polling registered voters, not likely voters. That is why I do not believe that the President is behind 12% to Biden.
Should there be some reason to be concerned? Maybe, but certainly not panic. If elections were held in June we would have had a President Mondale, or a President Dukakis, or a President Hillary. All of these had a lead in June before the election.