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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I don't know. The 2018 election showed a lot of states turning back on Trump and I think they'd mostly carry over to 2020.
COVID didn't have to hurt Trump. If he would have handled it somewhat responsibly, it could have boosted his popularity. Instead he politicized it by saying it was just a fake virus that the fake media and democrats are using to hurt him.
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In fact, thinking about this more, COVID could have been the crisis he could have used to turn things around for his popularity.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...s/?cid=rrpromo
His popularity at the beginning of the year is about the same as it is now. He peaked in popularity by end of March when he was having daily conferences with Fauci and letting the experts talk.
He sank himself when he started breaking with the experts, shutting down dr Fauci, taking over the press conferences to stay stupid things, etc. All because he thought the virus was threatening his stock market, and that Fauci was taking over his spotlight.