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struggle4progress

(118,275 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:47 PM Aug 2019

His worst 2020 poll yet

By Aaron Blake
August 28

... The poll shows him trailing all five Democrats tested by between nine and 16 points ...

... In every matchup with a Democrat, he trails among independents by at least 18 points. This is a demographic that he won in 2016 by four points ...

... for the first time, slightly more Americans say Trump’s policies are “hurting” the economy (41 percent) than say they are “helping” (37 percent) ...

... a new EPIC-MRA poll in Michigan on Wednesday also showed Trump trailing every Democrat in that crucial state, which Trump narrowly won in 2016, by between three and 10 points ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/28/trumps-worst-poll-yet/

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His worst 2020 poll yet (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 2019 OP
Voters think the economy is getting worse struggle4progress Aug 2019 #1
The economy never really got better for most people. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #2
In many ways Trump got elected because the Obama economy... Wounded Bear Aug 2019 #3
Agreed. guillaumeb Aug 2019 #4
it's the party of assault Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2019 #6
GOP-POA. dchill Aug 2019 #7
How is it possible the Michigan number is so close? NoMoreRepugs Aug 2019 #5

struggle4progress

(118,275 posts)
1. Voters think the economy is getting worse
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 09:49 PM
Aug 2019

BY KATHRYN WATSON
AUGUST 28, 2019 / 1:11 PM / CBS NEWS

... of those polled, 37% say the economy is getting worse, compared with 31% who say it's getting better and 30% who say it's staying the same. Just two months earlier in June, 23% of voters Quinnipiac surveyed said the economy was getting worse ...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-poll-has-bad-news-for-trump-voters-think-the-economy-is-getting-worse/

Wounded Bear

(58,643 posts)
3. In many ways Trump got elected because the Obama economy...
Fri Aug 30, 2019, 10:01 PM
Aug 2019

was prevented from helping many Americans by Repub recalcitrance.

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