Protests and riots scaring people from going out and traveling

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Protests and riots scaring people from going out and traveling
by Paul Bedard, Washington Secrets Columnist |
 | July 31, 2020 02:51 PM

Images of rioting protesters in the news and political ads are scaring people eager for a break from the coronavirus lockdown from venturing out, according to an unusual study of how the nation is trying to inch back to normal.


With major cities, notably Portland, Oregon, hosting regular Black Lives Matter protests that sometimes turn violent, those considered “ready to go” consumers are pulling back, as are sizable numbers of Republicans.

The latest Back-to-Normal Barometer, a business survey Secrets has closely followed as the coronavirus has ebbed and flowed, found that 68% of those eager to travel and engage in leisure activities, and 68% of Republicans who also want to go out, have pumped the brakes as the protests and riots continue.

The survey included a warning that a return to normal consumer activities might not happen until after Election Day. That’s because people are not just expressing anxiety about news coverage of Portland and other protests, but also the images in political ads. Some pro-Trump ads, for example, use those images in portraying President Trump as a "law and order" candidate and Democratic challenger Joe Biden as weak on crime.


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People "ready to go" out and resume leisure activities are scared of the political protests and riots.
Back to Normal Barometer provided to Secrets.

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[IsailedawayfromFR]

When people do not attend funerals of loved ones or go to weddings, they sure will not be traveling for recreation.

[EdinVA]

We were trying to get up to the mountains which have opened but the park service keeps all the rest rooms closed which is not a good thing when you've got women and kids with you....

[libertybele]

Protests and riots are meant to intimidate and exactly what the DEMS need to suppress voter turn out or to make a case for mail-in voting.

It is unfortunate that these protests and riots have been allowed to escalate and grow.  At this point in time it really doesn't matter who is at fault for allowing this to continue; a little too late to do anything...imagine what things are going to be like around election day.  The same rioters and protesters will intimidate and 'greet' people on their way into the polls.

What I see likely to happen is voters won't apply for mail in ballots thinking that they will go to the polls and then when they get to the polls they won't be able to vote because they don't want to deal with any subversives.  Or voters won't want to do mail-in voting because of the likelihood of fraud and go to the polls and won't be able to because of being intimidated.