Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds

[Algernon Moncrieff]

WaPo via MSN

The report, which groups states into ones Trump held versus ones that were flipped, says that voters found Biden more competent to deal with the coronavirus crisis and in both groups gave him higher marks on being honest.

Although Trump “dominated” among voters focused on the economy, according to the analysis, “Biden won Coronavirus voters, which was a bigger share.”

It outlines in specific detail how Trump lost key demographic groups that he needed to win, while lauding some of his gains among minority groups.

“POTUS suffered his greatest erosion with White voters, particularly White Men in both state groups. However, he made double digit gains with Hispanics in both groups, while his performance among Blacks was virtually the same as 2016. POTUS lost ground with almost every age group in both state groupings,” the autopsy reads, adding that the worst loss was among White college-educated voters.

[RockRaven]

1. I'll take "DUH" for $800, Alex.

It's not like America gave up on white supremacy and Xian nationalism some time in the last 4 years.

[David__77]

2. I think it helped and hurt both sides.

I don’t know that Trump would have done better without the pandemic.

[JI7]

4. I agree, There are people who voted for Trump because they didn't want to things to shut down

[meadowlander]

3. Thank God. Even a half-assed competent response and he would have been unbeatable.

[brush]

5. And thank God, as many of us have said, he's a dumb ass.

All he had to do was model mask wearing and social distancing and he would've won in a walk. No problem.

Thank you, Donald, for being the vain dumb ass who couldn't be bothered—the idiot we've always known you to be.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Adding a link:

Politics

Poor handling of virus cost Trump his reelection, campaign autopsy finds

By Josh Dawsey
Feb. 1, 2021 at 11:26 p.m. EST

Former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio.

The 27-page document shows that voters in 10 key states rated the pandemic as their top voting issue, and President Biden won higher marks on the topic. The report also indicates that Trump lost ground among key demographic groups he needed.

The internal report cuts against Trump’s claims that the election was stolen from him and that Biden could not have fairly beaten him — and mirrors what many Trump campaign officials said privately for months.

The analysis by Fabrizio, a Florida pollster who has worked for Trump for years, was shared among campaign advisers late last year and was provided to The Washington Post on Monday night. Politico first reported on the existence of the document.

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Josh Dawsey
Josh Dawsey is a White House reporter for The Washington Post. He joined the paper in 2017. He previously covered the White House for Politico, and New York City Hall and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for the Wall Street Journal. Follow https://twitter.com/jdawsey1

[malaise]

7. Because people are not stupid

This was always going to happen.