.... the majority — 78% — remain “very” or “somewhat” concerned about the coronavirus. Nearly 60% said Trump is at least partly responsible for the protracted school and business closures due to the virus, as well as for the high number of coronavirus cases in the United States. More than 6 million Americans have been infected with the virus, more people than in any other country.
As for crime, neither Democrats (62%) nor Republicans (65%) thought crime was rising in their communities.
Only about 8% of American adults listed crime as a top priority for the country, compared with 30% who said it was the economy or jobs, and 16% who said it was the healthcare system.
As for protesters and BLM:
53% of American adults said they remain sympathetic to people out protesting against racial inequality, nearly unchanged from 52% in a similar poll that ran in late July.
... more than half of suburban Americans and more than half of undecided registered voters are still sympathetic to them.
This poll did show one other thing: The convention produced no bounce for Biden either. His lead over Trump is just about the same as it was three weeks ago.
Trump, like Nixon, is a trickster. No one should be complacent. While on the one hand, whatever he pulls as a surprise in October may increase turnout among his supporters, he's unlikely to convert new people at this point.
Everyone knows he lies and has the character of a swamp rat. It's just a question of how many of his supporters think that his lies favor them economically or their values (immigration, race, etc). If the lies align with a supporter's values, it's more likely that person will come out to vote for Trump.
I'm not seeing a groundswell of support yet for Biden from young progressives. Maybe Markey's win in Mass. yesterday is a sign it's not coming. You can disagree but this isn't the time for complacency unless you live in a state where Democratic support is and always has been so high there is no conceivable way Trump can take the state's electoral college votes.
