Will trump lose the election because of Coronavirus?

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I sure hope so!

But I’m North if the border and don’t get to cast a ballot. I did, however, vote for Hillary 3-5 Million times. Might have to pull off the good ol’ fashioned illegal immigrant voting scheme again this November..

Anyways, what’s the Actual sentiment on this in your neck of the American woods? Think trump’s handling of C-19 has cost him votes in your area or nah nothing’s really changed about who people are planning on voting for?

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

There are reasons the pandemic could guarantee his re-election and other reasons why it should make his election impossible. The one way Trump can lose is if those who have always supported him were to become disenchanted. I have yet to see any evidence of this. I have yet to hear of anybody announcing that Trump had lost their support as a consequence of the epidemic. The people talking about how poorly he has led the Pandemic response are people who would have voted against him anyway. It also doesn't help that his Democratic challenger has zero charisma.

In fact, I don't think anybody can predict at this point. Probably the best-case scenario for him to lose is if the economy is in the crapper by that time, the one circumstance that has led to previous incumbent Presidents not being re-elected e.g. Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush. I'll make no predictions, but it seems possible the economy could actually recover rather quickly if businesses are able to re-open quickly (although I wouldn't bet on that). Another thing we can't predict is if in-person voting will be allowed at that time. I happen to believe that Mail-In Voting, which requires much more executive function the usual kind, favors Trump because the groups most likely to make the effort to vote tend to be the same groups that typically vote Republican, and keep in mind that even Republicans who do not support Trump with a great deal of enthusiasm are still going to vote for him and Republican members of Congress, if by not doing they run the risk of a Democratic take-over of the Government.

The economy was the one thing he had going for him, and with the U.S. being in at least a big recession, if not depression, we're probably talking about a Biden presidency in '21.

Hi Goldfish
Considering the devisive nature of American politics and that this thread is pure speculation, did you mean to post this thread in PPR where it would be more aligned with the robust debate that happens there?

Fair enough, seems like a speculative/opinion topic that would bait emotional responses to me.

@MaxE: Interesting that you think republicans will vote by mail more. I’ve read that trump is trying to block mail in voting because he’s concerned that it will enable more people to vote that otherwise might not be able to make it to a polling station (or might avoid one due to covid) & that he knows the more people who actually vote the worse his chances.. hence the voter suppression efforts of attacking mail in voting as corrupt and attacking the post office lately as money losing etc. Seems to me he’s setting up a fight with USPS so he can try to shut it down in time for the election in hopes that more trump supporters show up in person at the polls.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

It's going to ride on the economy and how incompetent Biden comes across as.It's really more Biden's to loose than is it Trump's to win.

Aren't incumbents typically massively favoured when there are ongoing crises (wars, pandemics etc.)?

That combined with his democratic opponent being a complete non-entity, I'm expecting this circus to continue for 4 more years.