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Working Class Economic Woes Bolster Trump Campaign
“Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump’s Presidency More Positively,” wrote Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik for the New York Times.
“Four Years Out, Some Voters Look Back at Trump’s Presidency More Positively,” Lisa Lerer and Ruth Igielnik broke the bad news to readers of the New York Times on Sunday. “A new poll by The New York Times and Siena College finds that voters think highly of the former president’s record on the economy, but memories of his divisiveness largely remain intact.”
“Views of Donald J. Trump’s presidency have become more positive since he left office, bolstering his case for election and posing a risk to President Biden’s strategy of casting his opponent as unfit for the presidency, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College,” fretted Lerer and Igielnik. “While the memories of Mr. Trump’s tumultuous and chaotic administration have not significantly faded, many voters now have a rosier picture of his handling of the economy, immigration, and maintaining law and order.”
“Ahead of the 2020 election, only 39 percent of voters said that the country was better off after Mr. Trump took office,” wrote Lerer and Igielnik. “Now, looking back, nearly half say that he improved things during his time as president.”