{"id":45735,"date":"2020-06-24T12:56:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T19:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45735"},"modified":"2020-06-25T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T15:49:04","slug":"panic-sets-in-as-trump-sees-america-overwhelmingly-rejecting-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=45735","title":{"rendered":"Panic Sets In As Trump Sees America Overwhelmingly Rejecting Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

With just over four months until the 2020 election, Donald Trump is on bunker duty, forlornly devouring Fox News and tweeting frantically as his poll numbers slide ever further into the abyss of ultimate defeat. The stench of a loser emanates from his dialog and demeanor. And his fury is shooting out in all directions – at Democrats, the press, and his cowering staff and family.<\/p>\n

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The best evidence of Trump’s electoral peril is that his once cherished campaign rallies are shadows of the cultish festivals of messiah worship they used to be. In Tulsa, Trump spoke of a million ticket requests, but ended up with a pathetic crowd of only 6,200 (along with other problems<\/a><\/strong>). A few days later he took his traveling revival show to Phoenix, a city with four times the population of Tulsa, but drew half as many Trump-chumps. <\/p>\n

Among the reasons for the desertions of these once rabid fans include the still spreading coronavirus. As infections and fatalities continue to mount, concerns about gathering in large crowds who ignore safety precautions (i.e. face masks) could be taking a toll on attendance. But that factor cannot be separated from Trump’s dismal approval ratings. After all, it is Trump’s negligence, incompetence, and even deliberate malfeasance that is the cause of the current COVID-19 spike. Even his supporters, at some level, have to know this.<\/p>\n

In addition to the attendance decline at Trump rallies, his polling has fallen to new lows. He is losing to Joe Biden by double digits nationally, as well as in the crucial swing states. He is declining in critical demographic groups that he won in 2016 (such as evangelicals<\/a><\/strong> and suburban women<\/a><\/strong>). And Trump cannot whine about “fake”<\/em> news (well, he can and will<\/a><\/strong>, but it doesn’t register as credible with anyone) being against him because his downward spiral is showing across a broad array of media sources, including Fox News (which drives him nuts<\/a><\/strong>). In fact, every one of the ten most recent polls as compiled by RealClearPolitics have Trump floundering with an average in favor of Biden that exceeds 50%:<\/p>\n