Viewing the Election Through a Pandemic Prism
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l this year, no U.S. president had ever faced impeachment while running for reelection. Neither had Americans experienced a deadly global pandemic during a presidential election year. Both of those tribulations have taken place in 2020, and with six months to go until Election Day, COVID-19 and its ensuing lockdown have cast a cold shadow over President Trump’s quest for a second term.
Those are among the implications of the latest poll by RealClear Opinion Research, one revealing that the coronavirus challenge has overwhelmed all other issues on voters’ minds in the runup to the 2020 election. The survey also shows that Trump’s leadership during this crisis has engendered little confidence among the electorate -- especially when compared to voters’ views of their governors.
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