The Teflon Campaign

Matthew Continetti: “When the crisis began, Trump’s approval rating was 44% in the RealClearPolitics average. On May 14, it is 46%. A social and economic calamity befell the country, and Trump’s approval ticked up. Not enough for him to win, necessarily. But enough to keep him in contention…”

“What gives Biden the upper hand is that there are more people who feel negatively than positively about Donald Trump. What gives Trump a chance is the uneven distribution of these people across the country. That was the case before coronavirus. It is still the case today.”

“Watching the numbers hardly budge over these past months, I have sometimes wondered what could move them. War? Spiritual revival? Space aliens?”

“Don’t think so. Throw anything at it. Nothing adheres to this Teflon campaign.”