Donald Trump would be on track to win a historic landslide in November ā if so many US voters didnāt find him personally repugnant.
Roughly 53 percent of Americans have anĀ unfavorable opinionĀ of the former president. And yet, when asked about Trumpās ability to handle key issues ā or the impact of hisĀ policiesĀ āĀ 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 ā theĀ economy, immigration, and inflation ā 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 Trumpās policies had helped them personally, while just 18 percent said the same of Biden. If Americans could elect a normal human being with Trumpās reputation for being ātoughā 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 TrumpāsĀ small but stubborn leadĀ in the polls, the president needs to erode his GOP rivalās advantage on the issues.
I donāt live in a swing state. Voting for President is literally pointless for me.
You can get me to the poll if the vote is for abolishing the electoral college, or if ranked choice/instant runoff becomes the method used to determine the winner.
Not going to bother otherwise.
President is just one of many things youāre voting on. Passing on voting because of that is a very bad idea.
Uh, yeah, thatās why I specifically said āvoting for Presidentā.
Plus this whole thread is specifically about the Presidential race.
You said you wonāt go to the poll, meaning you wonāt vote for anything. Itās all on the same ballot.
Bad word choice, what I meant is that Iām not interested in voting for President unless that particular vote also came with one/both of those things āattachedā.
Oh, okay, if you wanna leave the president part blank and youāre not in a swing state, no harm, no foul. Or just write someone in.
I dunno if you know but the US has 2 branches of govt that are democratically electedā¦ One could argue the legislative branch is actually far more powerful than the executive.