Trump’s negative job-approval assessments for COVID-19 are dragging down all his other numbers, with little time to recover before the election
Trump’s efforts to make the election about the economy or “law and order” or the radical left may be a waste of time. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images Between the plague-of-frogs atmosphere of 2020 so far and Donald Trump’s efforts to make the presidential election revolve around his racist law-and-order campaign and a miracle economic recovery , it’s easy to get confused or conflicted about what will actually decide the fate of the 45th president.
But for Trump, at least, the fight against COVID-19 hasn’t provided the sort of rally-round-the-flag lift that national leaders often get during a war, despite his efforts to personify the virus as a foreign enemy . It’s quite possible to accept that without giving short shrift to other issues, for the simple reason that Trump’s terrible handling of COVID-19 is not just a health-care issue but also an economic issue, a racial-justice issue, and even a rule-of-law issue as the president stumbles around alternating between asserting near-dictatorial authority over national life during the pandemic and sloughing off responsibility on others.
Even if you don’t view Trump’s handling of COVID-19 as his biggest problem now, it’s clear his problems are bigger than his opportunities. Gallup regularly asks people to identify the most important issue at any given moment. As of June COVID-19, poor leadership and racism together accounted for 60 percent of “most important issue” preferences, compared to 19 percent for the economy and 3 percent for Trump’s new favorite, crime/violence.
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