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Poll: More Than Half Of Voters ‘Definitely’ Oppose Trump In 2020

Poll: More Than Half Of Voters ‘Definitely’ Oppose Trump In 2020

The 2020 election is more than a year and a half away. But already, more than half of adults say they won’t even consider voting for Trump.

According to a new ABC News/Washington Post survey released Monday morning, 55 percent of adults say they will “definitely not vote for [Trump]” — an ominous sign for Republicans this far out from Election Day.

That number is buoyed by both Democrats and independents, with a majority of both groups saying they won’t vote for Trump in 2020. According to the poll, 95 percent of Democrats say they won’t vote for Trump, while 51% of independents say they won’t vote for Trump.

Also problematic for Trump is that only 63 percent of Republican voters say they’ll “definitely” vote for Trump, while 15 percent of GOP voters say they definitely won’t vote for him. Losing that big a chunk of his own party could be devastating for Trump’s re-election bid.

According to the poll, two issues driving opposition to Trump are his cruel policies toward immigrants, as well as his handling of health care. The survey showed that 44 percent of adults said Trump’s handling of “illegal immigration” make them more likely to oppose Trump’s re-election, while 40 percent say Trump’s handling of health care makes them more likely to oppose him in 2020.

Trump’s treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers — including ripping kids from their parents and jailing immigrants in what look like dog cages — have led to a serious outcry from the public. Trump, however, has shown zero remorse for how he has treated this vulnerable population.

And Trump and the GOP’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act — which would remove protections for people with pre-existing conditions — has also led to a serious blowback that helped Democrats win back control of the House in 2018 in a massive wave.

Of course, the 2020 election is a long way away.

But given that Trump has never moderated nor changed his behavior since he announced his first White House bid with a racist speech back in 2015, the results of this new poll should strike fear in those who want to see him re-elected.

Published with permission of The American Independent. 

Poll: Even Many Trump Supporters Don’t Buy His Mueller Report Spin

Poll: Even Many Trump Supporters Don’t Buy His Mueller Report Spin

Reprinted with permission from Alternet.

In conjunction with Attorney General Bill Barr, President Donald Trump has aggressively tried to spin Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report as an “exoneration” of the president — even though it is nothing of the sort.

But a new poll shows that most people aren’t buying it.

Commissioned by the Washington Post and ABC News, the poll found that Trump’s spin about the report hasn’t even convinced the 39 percent of people who approve of him as president.

“Asked their view of whether the report cleared Trump of all wrongdoing, 53 percent of Americans say it did not while 31 say it did,” the Post reported. “Among Republicans, 61 percent say they believe Mueller’s investigation cleared Trump of all wrongdoing, while 87 percent of Democrats say it did not.”

Since the report lays out clear evidence and analysis making the case that the president obstructed justice (without explicitly drawing that conclusion), it’s just contrary to fact to suggest that it “cleared Trump.” Indeed, Mueller explicitly wrote that the report “does not exonerate” the president.

Part of the reason that even many Republicans aren’t on board with the party line of exoneration, however, may be that even Trump hasn’t been particularly consistent about his spin. In addition to saying it totally exonerated him, he also called it “a total hit job.” So it’s hard for his fans to know whether they’re supposed to hate Mueller for going after Trump so hard or to love Mueller for declaring Trump to be “innocent.”

But much of the country does actually have a pretty clear idea about the kind of person Trump is. A strong majority of the public thinks Trump is a liar, the poll found; the country is more evenly split on Trump’s obstruction, though more say he’s guilty than say he’s not.

“And while nearly six in 10 overall say Trump lied, there’s a closer division – 47-41 percent – on whether or not he obstructed justice,” explained ABC News.

Even though nearly half the country believes Trump obstructed justice, there’s significantly less enthusiasm for impeachment than there once was.

“Currently 37 percent of Americans favor starting the process that could lead to impeachment, a slight dip over the past month, while 56 percent say they oppose the idea, about the same as a month ago,” reported the Post.

ABC News noted that support for impeachment peaked at 49 percent in August 2018, despite the fact that the evidence for Trump’s crimes is stronger than ever. There may be two factors that are leading to a decrease in the calls for impeachment. First, Democratic Party leadership has been clear about its reluctance to impeach Trump, and that attitude may affect the views of voters. Second, with the 2018 midterms behind the country and the 2020 campaign revving up, many voters may have concluded that voting Trump out of office is a better solution than impeaching him.