Donald Trump would be on track to win a historic landslide in November — if so many US voters didn’t find him personally repugnant.

Roughly 53 percent of Americans have an unfavorable opinion of the former president. And yet, when asked about Trump’s ability to handle key issues — or the impact of his policies — voters routinely give the Republican candidate higher marks than President Biden.

In a YouGov survey released this month, Trump boasted an advantage over Biden on 10 of the 15 issues polled. On the three issues that voters routinely name as top priorities — the economy, immigration, and inflation — respondents said that Trump would do a better job by double-digit margins.

Meanwhile, in a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, 40 percent of voters said that Trump’s policies had helped them personally, while just 18 percent said the same of Biden. If Americans could elect a normal human being with Trump’s reputation for being “tough” on immigration and good at economics, they would almost certainly do so.

Biden is fortunate that voters do not have that option. But to erase Trump’s small but stubborn lead in the polls, the president needs to erode his GOP rival’s advantage on the issues.

  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
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    Can someone explain to me what would stop dems from infinitely fillibustering any of the Republicans bullshit laws if they got control, similar to how the Republicans have?

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          Democrats run on a platform of “we want to do x, y, and z to make things better. Vote us in and we will do those things.”

          Republicans run on a platform of “we want to destroy things a, b, and c to make things better. Vote us in and we will destroy those things.”

          Filibustering helps destroy things. It does not help to build things.

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      Nothing, though the budget reconciliation process allows for one filibuster-proof bill a year if it primarily deals with the budget.

      That said, the filibuster is just an internal Senate rule. A majority could simply eliminate it at any time, but that of course may come back to bite them when the balance of power shifts.

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        I don’t see this causing real problems. It would make the Senate more democratic if there were no fillibuster.

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      The Republicans will obliterate the fillibuster the day they want to, claiming the Democrats are forcing them to.