I was reading a Frank Rich essay in New York magazine about Trump voters and how their “movement” existed before him and will continue once he’s gone. In passing, he points out that Democrats still have no coherent message to counter with, and cites these numbers, which ought to scare Democrats into change but probably won’t:
An early November Washington Post–ABC News poll clocking Trump with the lowest approval rating (37 percent) of any president at this point in his term in 70 years also found that he would tie Clinton (40-40) if a rematch were held now. That poll was followed by a CNN survey showing that the Democratic Party’s own approval rating is at its “lowest mark in more than a quarter century of polling.” A Morning Consult–Politico poll marking the anniversary of Trump’s election found that 82 percent of his voters would vote for him again while only 78 percent of Clinton’s would vote for her.
How can anyone from the money-grubbers’ camp see that and claim they are on the right course?