Trump's net approval rating sinks in every battleground state
Source: Axios
President Trump's net approval rating has plunged in every key battleground state since taking office in January 2017, according to Morning Consult's tracking poll.
Why it matters: These are the states that Republicans and Democrats are vying for in 2020, and where, as of now, the campaigns think the presidential election will be decided, according to conversations with several Trump and Democratic campaign staffers.
In addition to the key purple states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that both sides recognize as targets, the Trump campaign has its sights set on Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire and New Mexico, all states Trump lost in 2016, several campaign officials said.
-- "We are trying to actively expand the map aggressively," one official said. "These four states in particular are all areas [Trump campaign manager Brad] Parscale is set on winning."
-- The official added that the campaign, which is planning to beef up its communications and rapid response team with additional hires before the end of the year, will soon be flooding these states with stories that dont get a lot of attention at the national level such as Trump's work on opioids and the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal.
-- "President Trump will again win the states he carried in 2016 and we believe there are a number that he can add to his column in 2020," said Tim Murtaugh, director of communications for the campaign.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-approval-rating-swing-battleground-states-d6ffffe7-07e2-4398-90d6-14c1f97bf62c.html
hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)cratering Trump ratings... (ok, after coffee... )
onetexan
(12,994 posts)i feel like taking an early drink
oh wait, not a good way to start the day. Will save the celebratory drinking for when his ass is beaten next November
Lonestarblue
(9,880 posts)Look for lots of voting day shenanigans and voter purges in some states.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)duforsure
(11,882 posts)Are losing more voters every day they stick with treasonous, corrupt criminals putin and trump. They know it too, and could easily have 5 or more Senators switch parties to force out McConnell if he resists them. Just a matter of time with so many running from them now. They just though the 2018 Mid Terms were bad. 2020 is going to be much much worse for them all.
DownriverDem
(6,206 posts)is not really purple. The Midterms showed that when we voted in Dems for Governor, Lt Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State. Except for the Lt. Governor, they are all women! We will fight for the Dems here!
BumRushDaShow
(127,322 posts)and in Michigan's case, it is GOP-controlled. And here in PA, we had the same thing happen - all the top state positions are Democrats (Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, State Auditor General, State Treasurer) along with Democrats making up the majority of the state Supreme Court. However both chambers of our general assembly are majority Republican (although we made gains in both).
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)that went from a super majority 34R-16D to 28R-22D. In the state house Rs declined from 120-83 majority to 110-93. What's significant about that is that house districts are pretty heavily gerry-mandered.
BumRushDaShow
(127,322 posts)And the 2020 election is going to be major to claw back as many additional seats as we can in advance of the next round of redistricting (notably for the state House/Senate seats since the congressional seats at least have some sort of precedent in their current configuration).
muriel_volestrangler
(101,157 posts)Hillary won New Mexico by 8 points in 2016, but it has Trump at a +17 net approval in January 2017. Trump won Florida by 1 point, but it says +22 for him in Jan 2017.
paleotn
(17,781 posts)I know folks who voted for Clinton, vote Dem sometimes / sometimes not, but just aren't political junkies and were willing to give the idiot 'n chief a chance. They thought I was just being hyper partisan and shrill back in Jan 17. Of course now their reaction is....Jesus H Christ! You guys were right! He's Fing insane!! What seemed painfully obvious to us, some folks just hadn't processed yet I guess.
SKKY
(11,772 posts)...Wisconsin felt the same way and gave Trump a shot. A mistake I hope wont be repeated.
HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)I voted for the first time in PA. last November. Shocked me that you can press to vote straight party line. Too easy to hack and switch to the opposite party. I went straight down the line and pressed for each candidate.
FakeNoose
(32,356 posts)This is awesome news! I wonder what happened to the Governor's plan to replace all the electronic voting machines by next year? Supposedly that's already in the works. I'd much rather go to paper ballots, and I don't care if it takes 24 hours or longer to report the numbers.
jcgoldie
(11,584 posts)djacq
(1,633 posts)By a 53%-27% margin, Virginians DISAPPROVE of Trumps performance as president, with another 17% mixed. Regardless of how the mixed break out, if these numbers are at all accurate, then Trumps basically got no chance of winning Virginia next year.
[link:https://bluevirginia.us/2019/08/roanoke-college-poll-trump-at-53-27-26-pts-disapproval-in-virginia-dems-lead-by-8-pts-for-house-of-delegates-5-pts-for-state-senate|
drray23
(7,587 posts)Strange that this article says he had a +8 approval in Virginia back then.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Alwaysna
(574 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)President E. Coli just keeps hammering our collective gut, over and over, nonstop.
SergeStorms
(18,903 posts)The GOP still has their bag of tricks to steal another election. McConnell put the damper on meaningful election protection. Russia (and who knows which other countries), are still free to hack our electoral system, disrupt through "social" media with their fake news, and use every other tool available to swing the outcome to someone who'll destroy our country from the inside out.
Even as unpopular as Trump is I fear he won't be defeated. Maybe I'm a pessimist, but these people will not go gently into defeat. Money and power are their gods, and these evil bastards will do anything to appease their gods. Anything.
ancianita
(35,816 posts)Rob Porter, the guy testifying to Nadler.
But Parscale, a pal of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, plans to move Porter over to the campaign closer to the election, according to the report.
https://nypost.com/2018/04/04/rob-porter-is-now-working-for-trumps-re-election-campaign/
Brad Parscale --"... Facebook was how Donald Trump was going to win. Twitter is how he talked..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Parscale
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,789 posts)ffr
(22,649 posts)I'll make certain of that.
Nevada is going to stay blue, but we welcome GOP money and resources to a dying cause.
Turin_C3PO
(13,650 posts)my state of New Mexico. The current mood is very much against him.
Aristus
(66,096 posts)are waking up to the fact that "owning the libtards" won't fatten one's bank account.
"Drinking liberal tears" is probably less enjoyable when you haven't got anything to eat to go with it.
Initech
(99,915 posts)Doesn't matter what happens to them in retaliation if it means getting to "own the libs" or "trigger the snowflakes". "Owning the libs" is more important than living a happy and productive life to these scumbags.
Yeehah
(4,524 posts)George AWOL Bush invaded the wrong country and it still worked out great for him!
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)Trump cultist. Parscale can bleat all he wants about facebook ads and twitter, but now that it's out in the open about how people are manipulated on social media, that strategy won't be nearly as effective.
ck4829
(34,977 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)are counted as a Disapproval along with racists mad because he hasnt yet deported millions and shot immigrants at border, war hawks who are mad we havent nuked Iran or North Korea, etc.
Theyll still vote for him when it comes down to it.
klook
(12,134 posts)gldstwmn
(4,575 posts)Those who thought it would be a fun little experiment to try something different in voting for him aren't likely to do that again - ever.