So much for Trump's polling bump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Whatever small bump in the polls President Trump received at the onset of the covid-19 calamity was minuscule in comparison with the surges of support for previous crisis presidents, and puny compared with the lift other world leaders were receiving for their efforts. And even by those standards, over the past couple of weeks, much has changed. The national death toll soared past 7,000. More than 10 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits in March. And Americans have seen the contrast between Trump and their far more competent governors.

While American manufacturers are trying to help out, whatever materials they produce for health-care workers likely will be too little and too late. In light of all this, it’s no surprise that the Trump bump may well have dissipated.

The latest ABC/Ipsos poll shows Americans understand this crisis is not going to be over soon. Rather, “just over nine in 10 Americans now say that the outbreak has disrupted their daily routine. … Among those saying this, 44% said they think they will be able to resume their regular routine by June 1, including 13% who said by May 1, while a combined 84% believe that will happen by the end of the summer.” Moreover, “89% of Americans now saying they are concerned that they or someone they know will be infected with the virus, compared to 79% in a poll conducted from March 18-19 and 66% in a poll in the field from March 11-12.”

The perception of Trump’s performance has changed dramatically. “Trump’s approval for his management of the coronavirus is now under-water, 47-52%. Approval is down from 55% in the poll released on March 20, and closer to where it was in the March 13 poll, when it was 43%.”

Trump’s approval may well decline even further as he weirdly seeks to avoid taking decisive action.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/05/so-much-trumps-bump/

[Blue Owl]

1. I don't understand how it takes so long for a sack of hammers to sink

Maybe the Mayor of Science can explain it to us?

[riversedge]

4. folks do not like to

admit they made bad choices. stubborn. ego. whatever!

[Under The Radar]

2. People change quickly when they start feeling the pain themself.

And there is more of that to come. The president daily presser is spouting bullshit. The Surgeon General seems to have developed more of a honest bone and is telling a different story than the task force. There are not enough test, there are flaws in the test if you view the John Hopkins charts we will not see a reduction in infections and deaths until the end of May. $1,200 will not buy groceries to the end of April, and another stimulus bill isn’t going to pass very easily. Which all of that only increases the severity of the crisis.

[Cha]

3. KR!

[riversedge]

5. They have listed a few of Trumps misses.......

..............Trump’s approval may well decline even further as he weirdly seeks to avoid taking decisive action.
Opinion | Trump fans believe him over the media on coronavirus. This is dangerous.

Trump may think he can sugarcoat coronavirus, but media critic Erik Wemple says it is time for the government to speak with one clear voice about public health. (Video: Erik Wemple/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

He announces the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that Americans wear masks in public, but declares he will not wear one.

He insists the national stockpile is a backup, effectively demanding states fight among themselves for scarce supplies and thereby bid up the price.

He shamelessly tries to blame the Obama administration for the testing debacle, though he has been president for over three years; he dissolved the National Security Council position on pandemics; and he disregarded his own experts’ warnings, thereby losing weeks to prepare for the virus’s onslaught.

[CaptYossarian]

6. Does this mean that the deplorables are also teachable?

Maybe the hoax killed a loved one and the alarm just went off.

"Alas, poor Cletus. I knew him well."