Headline Roundup • July 18th, 2020
Virus, Economy Drive 2020 Election Speculation
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Reason
Voters who can't stand either major-party presidential nominee could be one of the keys to the election—and unlike in 2016, that might be bad news for President Donald Trump.
Four years ago, in a contest between two of the least-liked presidential nominees in history, Trump benefitted from the number of voters who found him slightly less detestable than Hillary Clinton. But a new Morning Consult poll suggests that Trump isn't doing as well with the "haters demographic" this time around. Voters who hold unfavorable views of both Trump and presumptive...
Wall Street Journal (News)
As grim news and bad indicators pile up elsewhere for President Trump’s re-election effort, his promise to lead an economic rebound is growing in importance.
The past week has brought a spate of difficult headlines for the Trump campaign. Polls continued to show him facing a large deficit against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, including a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll that gave Mr. Biden an 11-point advantage.
The summer resurgence of the coronavirus continued, and more school districts around the country showed unwillingness to fully open to in-person...
CNN Digital
With just more than 100 days left before the 2020 election, there are an increasing number of red flags that suggest Republicans are headed toward a disastrous result at the ballot box this fall.
Consider:
* President Trump's ratings on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic continue to collapse. In a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, just 38% approved of how Trump has dealt with the virus while 60% disapproved. Back in March, 51% approved of how Trump was handling the pandemic while 45% disapproved in that same poll. As...
