BTRTN: Trump's Four Big Lies and His Theory of Relentless Repetition
Born To Run The Numbers provides its review of the month of August, a period in which Trump settled on the four themes -- the "Four Big Lies" -- that will be at the center of his re-election campaign.
http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/09/btrtn-trumps-four-big-lies-and-his.html
Excerpts: "Trump, for his part, unveiled the Four Big Lies that he has been testing and fine-tuning for months. Get ready for them, because you will not escape them for 65 days, not matter where you hide... Trump’s main weapon is repetition, the belief that if you repeat something often enough, it takes on a truth of its own. If Trump says it time and again, some people will actually believe it must be true, facts and common sense aside...
"The Four Big Lies, and the facts that expose them, were on full display in August: 1) that Trump has successfully managed the coronavirus, 2) that the economy, under Trump’s leadership, is roaring back, 3) that mail-in voting is a fraud, and if Trump loses the election, it will have been a stolen outcome, and 4) that the Black Lives Matters movement represents the unleashing of the radical left to wreak havoc on our suburbs, and can only be met and countered by Trump’s “law and order” strategy...
"Trump’s approval rating recovered from a modest June/July drop, settling at 43% for the month. August marked the 32nd consecutive month that Trump’s approval rating fell in the 40-45% range. This level does not bode well for his re-election prospects. Only George W. Bush won re-election with less than a 50% approval rating – a figure Trump has yet to attain – and Bush’s was 48%. The rating of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus leveled off at 40%, just below his approval rating.
"Biden is also doing well in head-to-head polls in the 14 swing states, holding onto Clinton states, showing significant leads in five states Trump won in 2016, and in tight contests almost all of the others..."