Donald Trump does not get post-shooting poll boost
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A new poll shows Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by just one percentage point ahead of November's election.

Donald Trump has not received a poll boost in the first presidential election survey conducted since the failed assassination attempt on Saturday.

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 on 46 percent, compared to the president’s 45 percent. The poll has a margin of error of +/- two percentage points.

  • sudo@programming.dev
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    4 months ago

    The shooting changed no ones votes yet it completely demoralized the Dems to the point that their leadership think its over. The reason is they don’t know what to campaign on anymore. They’re too scared to run a negative campaign anymore. But they are also incapable of running any sort of positive campaign.

    • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      That’s why Biden said he would try to put a cap on rent increases. It will never happen, but it gets people’s attention.

      • sudo@programming.dev
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        4 months ago

        Actually promising a better future is a better strategy than listing his ‘achievements’ IMO. Problem is everyone remembers how they didn’t get their 2k covid checks, or how their student loans weren’t forgiven.

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          Problem is everyone remembers how they didn’t get their 2k covid checks, or how their student loans weren’t forgiven.

          And every one of those stupid motherfuckers blames Biden instead of the republicans who stopped them…