New YahooNews/YouGov poll: Trump’s ‘culture war’ on Biden isn’t winning voters to his side via AndrewRomano
With the coronavirus surging and the economy in tatters, President Trump seems to have decided that his surest path to reelection lies in portraying Joe Biden, his Democratic rival, as a “puppet of the militant left” who will allow “thugs” and “angry mobs” to “tear down” monuments to “our heritage” — including Confederate symbols and statues of early slaveholding presidents.
The survey, which was conducted between July 11 and July 14, did show that many Americans disagree with those who seek, for instance, to topple the equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House or rechristen U.S. Army bases that bear the names of Confederate generals. Story continuesOverall, Biden leads Trump by eight percentage points among registered voters. Biden’s support is actually firmer than Trump’s, with 55 percent of Biden voters saying their mind is made up versus only 45 percent of Trump voters. By the same token, 90 percent of Biden voters care a lot about who wins. Just 79 percent of Trump voters say the same.
Yet when asked if they know the meaning of “cancel culture,” 58 percent of Americans say no or they’re not sure. After being read a definition of the term, only 28 percent describe it as “a very big problem.” That number rises to 49 percent among those who already plan to vote for Trump. But across every other significant demographic — white Americans , independents , suburban residents , even Republicans — few describe cancel culture as a very big problem.
On both issues, voters vastly prefer Biden, saying the former vice president would do a better job handling COVID-19 by a 48 percent to 34 percent margin and a better job handling race relations by a 51 percent to 29 percent margin. Overall, only 41 percent of voters approve of Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic; 57 percent disapprove.
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