Trump more popular than ever?

 Matt Margolis:

You’ve probably noticed that Kamala Harris has abandoned her original campaign strategy of “joy” and “vibes” and replaced it with fear, anger, and attacks on Trump. She’s been attacking Trump forever, but there’s something markedly different about her tone in the past few days.

Obviously, a big part of the reason is that her efforts to sell her agenda to the public aren’t working. But it goes deeper than that. At the core of this strategy shift is the undeniable reality that Trump is more popular today than he ever has been before, and she’s trying to do something about that.

As CNN’s Harry Enten pointed out Friday morning, “If you believe that Donald Trump has somehow become less popular over time, let me change your mind about that.” He explains that Trump “is more popular at this point in the campaign than he was at this point in the 2020 campaign or the 2016 campaign.”

That’s a concerning reality for Kamala and her team. Despite Trump being underwater with a negative nine-point favorability rating, Enten reminds us, “That is higher than he was in 2020 at minus 12 points when he nearly won.”

That’s an understatement. The election hinged on less than 50,000 votes across three battleground states. Had it not been for the Democrats’ mail-in vote strategy, Trump likely would have won. Democrats can’t rely on the mail-in vote so much this year because there is no pandemic.

Even more alarming for Harris is the fact that in 2016, Trump was at a dismal minus-27 points — yet he managed to secure the presidency. This explains the shift in tone from the Harris-Walz campaign. According to Enten, “I think there’s this real question in Kamala Harris’s mind, in the campaign’s mind: Why is Trump more popular now than he was at this point in 2020 and 2016?”
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The article points out that Hillary Clinton was more popular than Trump and lost.  Biden was much more popular and barely won.  If Harris is more popular it does not ensure that she will win.  The fact is that the Trump presidency was much better than that of Biden and Harris would likely be more of the same.  Even with dementia, Biden is still sharper than Harris.

Trump put together a better team around him and also managed the economy better and national security better.

See also:

Gallup: Majority Feel Worse Off than Four Years Ago

And:

 On National Security, Republicans Have the Advantage

 America’s enemies aren’t afraid of ethical scolding from Democrats, and U.S. allies don’t view it as especially helpful.

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