No Post Shooting Bump for Trump in the polls

[JCMach1]

Donald Trump Does Not Get Post-Shooting Poll Boost https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-no-poll-boost-after-assassination-attempt-us-election-1925680

The poll, conducted by Morning Consult of 2,045 registered voters on Monday, reveals that Trump is leading Joe Biden by just one percentage point with 46 percent, compared to the president's 45 percent. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.

The findings also reveal that Trump's lead has narrowed slightly since the firm's previous survey, conducted between July 12 and 14, which put Trump two percentage points ahead with 44 percent to Biden's 42 percent...

Expect Trump to sink more with the Vance pick.

[misanthrope]

1. I think the thing that could do more damage to Trump

is the story about him not calling the widow of the man killed at Trump's rally. Regardless of your political leanings, that is a violation of basic human decency. Would it be enough to switch voters from Trump to Biden? No, but it could make someone disinterested in voting for Trump.

[crimycarny]

2. It has been reported that Trump will go to the funeral

I saw it reported that Trump will attend the funeral, which fits because Trump loves PR.

[Ocelot II]

4. And he will make the funeral into a celebration of himself.

Never mind the guy who was killed and his family. It's like Alice Roosevelt Longworth once said about her dad Teddy: He had to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.

[GaYellowDawg]

7. Great minds LOL

[GaYellowDawg]

6. You know...

He hasn't shown himself capable of being at an event without boorishly trying to be the star of the show. He could make himself look really, really bad by doing that at the funeral.

I'll bet that the media (and almost certainly Republicans) go after President Biden for not attending.

[Quixote1818]

3. K and R

[AnotherMother4Peace]

5. The YouTube, TicToc, Twitter generation strongly suspect that the Slobfather faked his own "assignation attempt"

They, along with the rest of us, know that a convicted felon, pathological liar, rapist, cheat, adulterer, fake Christian Con-man that faked a whole bunch of fake businesses would surely pull such a stunt. Yeah - he's a fake - everyone knows it, yet the mainstream media seems to keep treating him like an honest player.

[JohnSJ]

8. The thing to watch is to see if there is a bump after the republican convention.

[kentuck]

9. Isn't that unusual?

Just about anyone would go up in the polls after being shot? Even Jesse James.

[JCMach1]

10. Yeah, kind of shocking there wasn't something

But, we should always put a disclaimer... Just one of the first polls

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. I think people are sick of the drama. I don't believe the majority of the electorate wants to restart the drama clock.

[Bengus81]

16. Yeah except many people think the events were a bit hinky to say the least.....

No problem though,cover it all up just like JFK when I was 10 years old.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Hence, the resurgence of the "Biden must go" talk.

It will only get worse, and they'll try to take other Dems down, too.

[Johonny]

13. Usually you get a post convention bounce

But Trump is sort of at his ceiling already so bounce might be within margin of error.

[Buckeyeblue]

14. I don't think the coverage and his fist in the air reaction helped him at all

The coverage was weird. And each time he put his fist in the air just showed how unconcerned he was for anyone else. It was the worst way to react, as if the assassination attempt and mass shooting was just a game that he had just won.

Even our very special "undecided" voters would be mostly turned off by that.

And I think the fact that the attempt wasn't part of a grand leftist conspiracy and was just another "thoughts and prayers" mass shooting brought to you by another mentally ill kid with a gun (a policy that Republicans support) keeps the media from being able to do much but repeat themselves.

[shrike3]

15. Not surprised in the least.

Out here in Camp Real World, everybody nodded their heads, and went on.

[Bengus81]

17. So keeping Trump off the campaign trail for ten days after the debate didn't help polling...

Him getting wounded didn't help. So....what's his next act going to be??

I don't think we want to know when you have a NAZI who is desperate enough to get back in the WH and stay out of prison he will do literately anything.

[BWdem4life]

18. I was shot in the ear and all i got was this lousy t-shirt.