‘It’s a huge difference. That’s a group that if you don’t like either one of them, you will vote against the status quo. And in the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton represented more of the status quo than Trump did. In this current election, the status quo is Donald Trump.’
Yet, Biden is a more likable candidate. When people look to Trump and seek out his weaknesses. Beating up on everyone’s favorite uncle will not take Trump very far. The president has to make Biden less popular than Trump, which appears to be a hefty load. After all, the VP has been in and around the White House for two terms. In all that time, he did nothing to alienate voters either:
‘New Marquette Law School Poll finds that presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden remains close in Wisconsin, with Biden at 46%, Trump at 43%’
In 2016 Hillary Clinton was not a likable candidate. She was so certain she would take the presidency that she did not ever go to Wisconsin. That cost her that important swing state. Longtime Republican consultant out of Pennsylvania Christopher Nicholas said:
‘It’s not 2016 anymore, There’s no way Joe Biden will be as bad a candidate as Hillary Clinton.’
The MULawPoll described the field in late March:
‘In late March, @mulawpoll found Biden at 48% and Trump at 45%. In February, it was 46% for each‘
Trump pollster John McLaughlin indicated that the former VP had a more favorable image than Clinton:
‘We’re not going to let this go on forever … This will not be a one-sided election. There’ll be a contrast, and once we have that contrast, the president will win.’
Political pundits wondered, “How did we end up with two such terrible candidates for president:”
‘People like that choose the devil they don’t know. What’s different in 2020? He’s the incumbent. So, he’s the devil you know … That’s why those numbers have flipped so precipitously from ’16 to ’20, and there’s nothing inherent you can do about that, because Trump is the incumbent.’
One prominent Republican pollster said it was “certainly a concern,” suggesting that “the campaign needed to put a lot more heat on Biden:”
‘In a presidential race in WI, Biden holds an advantage over Trump among 18-29 year old (sic) voters, leading in that group 51% to 41%. Biden also leads among voters 60 and over, 55% to 37%’
Trump appears to recognize the urgency. Last month, political advisers briefed Trump on internal polls showing Biden winning in battleground states, and Trump losing the surge of support that initially accompanied his handling of the coronavirus pandemic:
‘Among white males who completed college, Trump support is 50%, Biden support is 46%. Among white females who completed college, Biden support is 63%, Trump support is 33%. #mulawpoll’
The coronavirus pandemic hit Trump right upside the head. Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, Lee Myringoff said:
‘Clearly he was planning on running on a good economy with Joe Biden being old-school politics and scandal-ridden with his son, And that whole playbook has long been trashed. So, there’s a new playbook.’
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‘Among white males who did not complete college, Trump support is 62%, Biden is 30%. Among white females who did not complete college, it’s Biden 46%, Trump 38%.’
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