Voters still don't like the GOP's answer to the coronavirus

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Republicans have been hoping to turn the political page from the coronavirus pandemic for over a year now.

We saw then-President Donald Trump try to do it in the lead-up to the 2020 election. It didn't work. In the California gubernatorial recall, we saw Republican Larry Elder try and argue that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's response was too strict. It didn't work.

A look at the polling in California and nationally reveals that Republicans would be wise to come up with a better message on the coronavirus, or else they could be throwing away a clear pathway to a strong 2022 midterm election.

The number one issue for California voters in last week's recall was the coronavirus. Nearly a third (32%) of the electorate said it was the top issue in the exit poll, which was the runaway for most important. The "no" side on the recall -- against the removal of Newsom -- won among these voters by a 81% to 19% margin.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/voters-still-dont-like-the-gops-answer-to-the-coronavirus/ar-AAOBWgS

Cults often have a hard time adjusting to reality.

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1. Republicans have no "answer" to COVID

other than just trying to go on with "life as normal". Unfortunately that stubborn virus just keeps getting in the way of their stubborn denial. Their secondary response is to try to claim that Democrats are just using COVID to distract from......Afghanistan, which stopped being a major news item weeks ago. And still doesn't change anything happening with COVID anyway.

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2. I wonder what the big issue for those in favor of the recall was

Sadly, the story doesn't quite get to that point. It does mention the issue of crime and gun violence, but only 4% of Americans rate that their number 1 issue, and 8% of those in favor of recalling Newsome made it their top priority. I think it's important to keep that in mind when we're told that crime is a hot-button issue for the 2022 election. It simply isn't.

But I wish the story had detailed what the number 1 issue was for those in favor of the recall. Democrats should for sure publicize their efforts to mitigate Covid-19; Democrats are right and people like what Democrats have done, hands down. Ignore the yammering from the anti-vaxx fools.