Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Enthusiasm Gap

Scott Rasmussen does polling for Just The News and he finds a real difference in how Democrats and Republicans view their likely presidential nominee.
Likely Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden faces a daunting enthusiasm gap compared to President Trump, according to the latest Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen.

"Wow! 76% of Trump voters are enthusiastic about their candidate compared to just 49% of Biden voters," Rasmussen exclaimed.

"For the Democrat, nearly as many — 41% — see him as the lesser of two evils," the pollster reports.
Rasmussen also found that registered voters preferred Biden (46%) to Trump (39%) with the other 15% unsure or favoring a third party candidate. The bad news is Trump will need the enthusiasm his folks bring to voting to win in November. The good news is that they are very enthused. Even more good news, Democrats have supermajorities in a few states (e.g., NY, CA, MA), which dilutes their impact on the electoral college.

Biden is as bland as dry toast w/o butter, jam or PB. He's the ideal candidate for those who want to spend the next four years unaware of their president.

I suspect some of those reporting "other" or "unsure" are actually "shy Trump voters." A hat tip to the U.K.'s Tory party which discovered the "shy" voter who plans to go Tory but doesn't want to admit it. Trump appeared to have those in 2016, as noted below.