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.

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    It’s unusual this was down voted. I took your statement as to say Trump is better at messaging, and it’s something Biden needs to do better.

    Everyone seemed to take the tone as support for Trump, which doesn’t appear to be the intent.

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      What’s more; the majority of Americans don’t vote. Trump realized that if you can convince non-voters to vote you can crush in an election and that’s where the majority of his support has come from. Biden, the Democrats (and honestly the establishment Republicans) still don’t realize or are unwilling to utilize this fact.

      To win; Biden needs to help American’s pocketbooks and do so now.

      Everyone seemed to take the tone as support for Trump, which doesn’t appear to be the intent.

      Ya that’s pretty normal. Trump is the worst president in my lifetime. He should be easy to beat.