Trump Drives Economic Message as Poll Shows He Has Few Strengths
Trump has long viewed his stewardship of the world’s largest economy as his administration’s defining legacy. With less than six months left to campaign, new polling shows he has few other advantages in his bid for re-election.
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll this week showed voters heavily prefer Mr. Trump to handle the economy despite the recession, while favoring former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on nearly every other matter that the poll measured, including whom they plan to vote for in November.
At this point in the 2016 race, the same poll showed Mr. Trump had an advantage over that year’s Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, in several areas, including handling the economy, dealing with terrorism, changing business as usual in Washington, effectively getting things done and being honest and straightforward.
Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign’s communications director, said the president’s economic argument remains his overriding pitch, but he said voters will favor the incumbent on other issues as the contest unfolds and as he makes his case.
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