Is Trump squandering reelection with his tweets?
by Joseph Simonson, Political Reporter |
| June 10, 2020 11:04 AM
Though polls show Joe Biden leading President Trump ahead of the November election, it's not all bad news for the commander in chief. Trump consistently leads Biden on issues related to the economy and confronting China.
But his controversial remarks, often expressed on Twitter, and his inability to unite the country are undercutting those advantages.
In the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, with double-digit unemployment and a contracting gross domestic product, voters still trust Trump over his challenger to handle fixing the economy. An NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll last week had Trump leading by 13 percentage points on who would do better on getting people back to work and 11 points on the economy generally. That same poll, however, found Biden leading by 7 points in whom voters are supporting in November, with Trump earning 42%.
A CNN poll taken around the same time had similar findings. Although Biden led by 14 points among registered voters, 55% to 41%, the president was more trusted on the economy by 5 points. Voters also said Trump was best prepared to tackle the threat of China, which a vast majority of people in the United States blame for the coronavirus pandemic.
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