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For some seniors, virus is shifting their views of Trump
President Trumps approval rating has fallen among older Americans, many of whom feel especially isolated and at risk. Even a small shift among this bloc of voters could pose a serious threat to the presidents reelection.
May 12, 2020
Christian Science Monitor
By Story Hinckley Staff writer
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2020/0512/For-some-seniors-virus-is-shifting-their-views-of-Trump
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Tommye and Rody Johnson have been registered Republicans for almost seven decades. So while the couple from Vero Beach, Florida, had some reservations about then-candidate Donald Trump in 2016, they just couldnt imagine voting for Hillary Clinton.
Now, after nearly four years of President Trumps tweets, the impeachment scandal, and especially, what they see as his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, they cant imagine voting for him again.
Theyre not the only ones. According to a recent Morning Consult poll, Mr. Trumps approval rating among voters over the age of 65 dropped 20 points between March and the end of April, making seniors more critical of the presidents performance than any other age group aside from 18- to 29-year-olds. Much of that decline seems directly related to the virus, which so far has posed a far more serious health threat to older people.
As the debate over lifting lockdowns has intensified, the presidents eagerness to get the economy moving again seems to have put him at odds with many older voters who, as retirees without children at home, may not be as focused on reopening schools or local businesses. In the same Morning Consult poll, by a nearly 6-to-1 margin, seniors said the government should prioritize halting the spread of the virus over focusing on the economy. Some older adults say that Mr. Trump himself a septuagenarian, as is presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden doesnt seem to understand how vulnerable and undervalued this crisis has made them feel.
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comradebillyboy
(10,147 posts)might be a real turnoff to the more reasonable seniors.
CountAllVotes
(20,869 posts)Right Fat Boy w/o a mask!
I know why he won't wear a mask! It will ruin his orange glo and his faux wig all in one shot. I mean seriously, wig falls off and make-up melts.
Orange glo no 'mo!
lol!
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)as a mutation of Covid in the US more GOP parents and their grandparents may be more concerned about schools opening too soon. That could decrease their approval of him a little more.
Sugarcoated
(7,724 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)"....authorities warned about a small rise in children with severe COVID-19 and features consistent with toxic shock syndrome and atypical Kawasaki disease. "Abdominal pain and gastrointestinal symptoms have been a common feature as has cardiac inflammation."
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/86393
Crunchy Frog
(26,582 posts)Better late than never, I guess.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)wasn't enough.
Midnight Writer
(21,762 posts)Is he "converting" Independents?
Wounded Bear
(58,653 posts)He was an asshole when the trolls and rubots got him "elected," and he's still an asshole.
Didn't vote for him then, won't now.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)my tongue regarding the stupidity of voting for IT is my understanding that calling out voters for being "stupid, manipulated morons" will only result in more support for dumbo and the circus. imo