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From Scranton and Not Talking about “Democracy”
Eight months really is a lifetime in politics, and the presidential election isn’t till November. And no, Donald Trump’s legal woes aren’t going to suddenly disappear, Still, one wonders, what has Joe Biden been thinking?
Policy Disasters, temporarily financed by taking the U.S. to unprecedented post WWII levels of spending and borrowing, started with unscientific and largely illegal lockdowns, Steve Cortes reminds readers in American Greatness.
Throwing money at people to stay home and businesses that were forced to shutter resulted in runaway debt, (and) rocket-ship inflation, plus a systemic level of fraud thrown in, to boot.
Every major poll has President Joe Biden losing to Donald Trump, reports Jason L. Riley in the WSJ.
- Peak inflation continued to peak until the U.S. hit a 40-year high. Joe, however, has continued to treat sharp price increases as a “transitory phenomenon.”
- Even as border officials reported record levels of migrants entering the country illegally and requesting asylum to avoid deportation, Presiden Joe Biden has insisted the surge in illicit border crossings was seasonal, What’s the worry?
Will Felony Charges Influence Voters
True, Election Day is eight months away, so that may well change. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Democrats can’t keep Mr. Trump’s name off state ballots, but the former president still has plenty of other court battles ahead, and a felony conviction could have an effect on voter attitudes.
Donald Trump may have his own legal worries, but losing his voter base isn’t among his problems.
A new Journal poll shows that the former president maintains the backing of 83% of voters who supported him in 2020, and that support grew as his legal troubles mounted and Republican voters have assumed a defensive posture. Mr. Biden, meanwhile, has retained 73% of his supporters, a 10-point deficit that might not look so bad until you consider which voters have been abandoning him.
According to Mr. Riley, the New York Times and Siena College released polling results last November in six swing states that are expected to determine the election: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The survey indicated that 22% of blacks would vote for Mr. Trump, along with 42% of Hispanics. In 2020 Mr. Biden won the black vote, 92% to 8% and the Hispanic vote 59% to 38%, according to the Pew Research Center. Black and Hispanic voters have been an important part of the Democratic base for decades, but these coalitions aren’t everlasting. In 2016 Mr. Trump won by energizing people who hadn’t been politically active. Now he’s stealing voters from the other team.
Furthermore, Donald Trump support is ticking up (23%), and Mr. Trump is leading Mr. Biden outright among Hispanics, 46% to 40%, continues Mr. Riley.
The liberal press can’t comprehend why nonwhites would back someone who has spread conspiracy theories about Barack Obama’s birth certificate, smeared Mexican nationals and taunted his own former transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, for being Asian.
But it’s not that complicated. According to the survey, more than half of all black and Hispanic respondents rank current economic conditions as “poor,” while 26% of blacks and 37% of Hispanics say they will vote for Mr. Trump because his policies benefited them personally.
Jason Riley writes of savvy voters, who are not ignorant about what they’re in for with a 2nd Trump spin.
Joe Biden won four years ago because voters wanted the Donald Trump economy without Donald Trump. That’s not what Mr. Biden delivered, and he’ll have to do more than call his opponent a threat to democracy if he’s going to win re-election.
Democratic strategist David Axelrod in a recent interview wryly noted, “I’m pretty certain in Scranton they’re not sitting around their dinner table talking about democracy every night.”
