Donald Trump would be on track to win a historic landslide in November — if so many US voters didn’t find him personally repugnant.

Roughly 53 percent of Americans have anĀ unfavorable opinionĀ of the former president. And yet, when asked about Trump’s ability to handle key issues — or the impact of hisĀ policies — voters routinelyĀ giveĀ the Republican candidate higher marks thanĀ President Biden.

In aĀ YouGov surveyĀ released this month, Trump boasted an advantage over Biden on 10 of the 15 issues polled. On the three issues that votersĀ routinely nameĀ as top priorities — theĀ economy, immigration, and inflation — respondents said that Trump would do a better job by double-digit margins.

Meanwhile, in aĀ recent New York Times/Siena College poll,Ā 40 percent of voters said that Trump’s policies had helped them personally, while just 18 percent said the same of Biden. If Americans could elect a normal human being with Trump’s reputation for being ā€œtoughā€ on immigration and good at economics, they would almost certainly do so.

Biden is fortunate that voters do not have that option. But to erase Trump’sĀ small but stubborn leadĀ in the polls, the president needs to erode his GOP rival’s advantage on the issues.

  • Starkstruck@lemmy.world
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    These people seem to not understand the concept of hobbies. You can still ā€œworkā€, just on things that are actually fulfilling and make you happy.

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      I am an older millennial and have come to realize most adults don’t have hobbies. They either give up on it all or try to make their kids a hobby, which is a whole different level of self destruction.

      I was chatting with the self imposed suburban adult ā€œfriendsā€ and told them how I recently started learning the guitar. None of them understood. ā€œWhy would you do that? You won’t be in a band.ā€ I am not trying to be goddamn Kirk Hammet or try out for Dreamtheater, I just want to be able to play some rifts for myself and noodle around.

      People get their weird idea that a hobby must also be a means to an end rather than just something creative to pass time.