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applegrove

(118,646 posts)
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 04:46 PM Apr 2020

Republicans In Panic As Internal Polls Show Trump's Support Collapsing In Battleground States

BY SEAN COLAROSSI

Republicans In Panic As Internal Polls Show Trump’s Support Collapsing In Battleground States

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/04/25/republicans-in-panic-as-internal-polls-show-trump-support-collapsing-in-battleground-states.html

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Republican officials are privately panicking over internal data that shows Donald Trump’s support in battleground states collapsing, increasing the likelihood of a Biden victory and a Democratic takeover of the United States Senate.

According to The New York Times, “The election is still six months away, but a rash of ominous new polls and the president’s erratic briefings have the G.O.P. worried about a Democratic takeover.”

The Times notes that the GOP plan for the general election campaign was to run solely on the economy, but that strategy has been completely blown up by the pandemic.

“Glen Bolger, a longtime Republican pollster, said the landscape for his party had become far grimmer compared with the pre-virus plan to run almost singularly around the country’s prosperity,” according to the report.

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BComplex

(8,050 posts)
10. They do. I know they'll hit the airwaves with billions of dollars worth of lies in their ads,
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 05:02 PM
Apr 2020

because they can't afford to all go to jail for what they've been stealing from our government coffers since trump took over.

NotHardly

(1,062 posts)
17. You ain't wrong. I'd be watching the basement doors and tunnels for their schemes now more than ever
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 07:10 PM
Apr 2020

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
7. their panic will never be even NEAR the sense of panic rational people felt
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 04:57 PM
Apr 2020

when learning that piece of SHIT would be installed into the White House

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
8. Great news.
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 04:59 PM
Apr 2020

And they won't be able to fix what's broken in six months. I'm just worried they'll break it even worse.

KICK


ffr

(22,669 posts)
11. When the phones just ring and ring during a pandemic
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 05:18 PM
Apr 2020

You have to suspect your voters may be dying or already dead.

Maybe it's time to listen to Democrats like Nancy Pelosi and begin testing, testing, testing. She has a plan. It's not a secret.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
13. Good, but expect ups and downs. The battle for power is enormous.
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 05:28 PM
Apr 2020

This isn't your father's election. The soul and future of our nation, and of course our own, are on the block.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
19. They gave Trump the nod at the GOP Convention three years ago.
Sat Apr 25, 2020, 08:01 PM
Apr 2020


Now they get what they deserve. Trump only cares about Trump.
They really should know --- never trust a rethuglican.

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