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Support in the elderly American class for President Donald Trump declines when many feel risky and isolated. A small change in this constituency could threaten your reelection opportunity.
CS Monitor cited Tommye and Rody Johnson as hardworking Republicans who voted for decades. In 2016, the elderly couple in Vero Beach, Florida favored Donald Trump so much that they never thought they would vote for Hillary Clinton.
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| The President of the United States, Donald Trump. (Image: Reuters) |
After nearly 4 years of witnessing Trump’s tweet storms, impeachment scandal, and now how to handle the global Covid-19 epidemic that they consider “catastrophic,” Mr. and Mrs. Johnson said they didn’t imagine it. . I can vote for Mr. Donald Trump again.
Tommye and Rody Johnson are not the only cases. According to a recent Morning Consult poll, the percentage of support for President Trump in the 60-year-old electoral bloc fell to 20 points from mid-March to the end of April, when more and more older people opposed the president’s actions . he is older than any age group except age group 18-29. Much appears to be related to the new strain of the corona virus, which is currently the greatest threat to the health of older people.
And as the debate on removing the blockade has become increasingly hot, the president’s eagerness to quickly revive the United States economy seems to have offended the senior electorate as a top priority for reopening. local schools and businesses.
In the same Morning Consult poll, elders said the Trump administration should focus on preventing the virus from spreading first. Some even said that the United States Commander in Chief did not seem to understand how the crisis made them feel hurt and underrated.
“At this age, we are easily overlooked,” CS Monitor quoted Wendy Penk, a 60-year-old Republican from Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Penk, like Johnson’s partner, voted for Mr. Trump, but is now a member of the Facebook group “Support for the Biden Republic.” She was concerned about her husband’s health and said the way the Trump administration dealt with Covid-19 made her more confident in her decision to switch.
“I have never witnessed this degree of mismanagement in my entire life. The reality of the corona virus is even more powerless. [Tổng thống Trump]Wendy Penk expressed.
Of course, many elders still trust Mr. Trump. Old voters tend to be more conservative politically than the younger generation, and Republicans often win the votes of voters over 65 in the past three presidential elections, even if Democrats expand territory on young voters.
However, a series of recent national polls show that former Vice President Joe Biden is leading Trump in the older voter bloc. Although it’s only 6 months to Election Day, this trend is clearly a warning sign for White House owners, especially when many of the toughest battle states like Florida, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan also appear to be the older.
Unlike young people, the elderly vote very consistently. In 2016, over 70% of older voters participated in the vote, compared to 46% of voters under 30. According to experts, if President Trump lost even a small percentage of the votes in this electoral class, it was enough for him to win the opponent’s bet.
“Mr. Trump cannot win without them,” said Michael Binder, director of the Division of Public Opinion Research at the University of North Florida, affirmatively.
Thanh Hao
