Yes and no. No doubt Trump's character and antics create a hurdle. On the other hand, as a former president, he has a record to compare directly to the Biden-Harris policies. Secure border v. open border. Abraham Accord v. warring nations in the Middle East. Bankrupted Iran v. Iran bankrolled by the Biden administration. Conditions-based withdrawal from Afghanistan v. marooned citizens and friends bug-out. No territorial incursion by Putin v. Ukraine War. Russia to Europe pipeline stymied v. pipeline green light. Fossil fuel independence v. significant restrictions on same. Little inflation re 20 percent and more. The list could go on. No presidential candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1892 had a prior presidential term to run on, and he won. Jim Dueholm
When Trump left office, his approval rating, according to Gallup, was 34 percent. During his presidency, his average approval rating was 41 percent. That's four points lower than any of his predecessors in Gallup's polling era.
To be fair, Grover Cleveland's presidency was outside that era.
I think Harris and Trump's personal approval rating now is about the same, both up quite a bit from their lows, though I admit traits that depress Trump's personal approval ratings are likely more costly than the ones that keep Kamela under 50 percent. My hope is that policy outweighs personality. It's scary for both camps, for if Harris sweeps the three industrial states she almost certainly wins, and it's likely, though not sure, that Trump will win if he carries any one of the three. That might look like advantage Trump, except that the last time the three didn't vote in tandem was 1988. Jim Dueholm
If she wins it will be SOLELY because she ran against Donald Trump. It was insane of the Republican party to nominate him again. Ron DeSantis would have been a fantastic candidate in every imaginable way and would likely be on his way to a landslide the size of Obama's first election.
Yes and no. No doubt Trump's character and antics create a hurdle. On the other hand, as a former president, he has a record to compare directly to the Biden-Harris policies. Secure border v. open border. Abraham Accord v. warring nations in the Middle East. Bankrupted Iran v. Iran bankrolled by the Biden administration. Conditions-based withdrawal from Afghanistan v. marooned citizens and friends bug-out. No territorial incursion by Putin v. Ukraine War. Russia to Europe pipeline stymied v. pipeline green light. Fossil fuel independence v. significant restrictions on same. Little inflation re 20 percent and more. The list could go on. No presidential candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1892 had a prior presidential term to run on, and he won. Jim Dueholm
When Trump left office, his approval rating, according to Gallup, was 34 percent. During his presidency, his average approval rating was 41 percent. That's four points lower than any of his predecessors in Gallup's polling era.
To be fair, Grover Cleveland's presidency was outside that era.
I think Harris and Trump's personal approval rating now is about the same, both up quite a bit from their lows, though I admit traits that depress Trump's personal approval ratings are likely more costly than the ones that keep Kamela under 50 percent. My hope is that policy outweighs personality. It's scary for both camps, for if Harris sweeps the three industrial states she almost certainly wins, and it's likely, though not sure, that Trump will win if he carries any one of the three. That might look like advantage Trump, except that the last time the three didn't vote in tandem was 1988. Jim Dueholm
If she wins it will be SOLELY because she ran against Donald Trump. It was insane of the Republican party to nominate him again. Ron DeSantis would have been a fantastic candidate in every imaginable way and would likely be on his way to a landslide the size of Obama's first election.