Posted on 04/29/2020 8:27:58 AM PDT by Helicondelta
Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a problem beyond his gaffes, the new focus on a sexual assault claim, and the lack of superstar progressive endorsements.
Much like Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016, his supporters arent hugely excited about voting for him.
And according to the latest Emerson College Pollings survey, Democrats appear to be throwing in the towel.
While Biden leads President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, 48%-42%, when voters overall were asked who they really think will win in November, its a Trump blowout, 57%-43%.
Trumps supporters have legendary loyalty and have stuck with him through the impeachment process and in the coronavirus fight. Both should have also energized his critics to vote him out of office.
But the Emerson voting enthusiasm numbers show that isnt the case.
Emerson found that Trump has a sizable 19-point advantage in the enthusiasm gap, 64%-45%.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
After voters watched the Demorats behavior these past few years and throughout this Covid crisis.....oh I think the Trump voters will happily show up in droves to make certain Trump is more than a solid win......but overwelmingly so.
Hatred is the most accessible and comprehensive of all unifying agents. It pulls and whirls the individual away from his own self, makes him oblivious of his weal and future, frees him of jealousies and self-seeking. He becomes an anonymous particle with a craving to fuse and coalesce with his like into one flaming mass... Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil... Common hatred unites the most heterogeneous elements. To share a common hatred, with an enemy even, is to infect him with a feeling of kinship, and thus sap his powers of resistance... We have it from Hitler... that the genius of a great leader consists in concentrating all hatred on a single foe. -- Eric Hoffer, "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements", [pp 85-87]
We shouldn’t forget 2012 when polls indicated that Romney had an enthusiasm edge on Obama. The Obama campaign used a very high tech GOTV effort, with an assist from Facebook, to overcome that. The gap may not have been as high as this in 2012, but they’ll be looking for ways to narrow that between now and election day.
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