Yahoo News/YouGov poll: Most Americans deny Trump virus response is a 'success' — nearly half say Obama would be doing better

aol ^ | May 7th 2020 | ANDREW ROMANO

[MarvinStinson]

Nearly half of Americans believe the US would be faring better in the coronavirus pandemic if Barack Obama were president instead of Donald Trump, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll.

The survey found that a wide plurality of adults (47 percent) think the hard-hit U.S. — where more than 1.2 million COVID-19 infections have been reported and more than 73,000 people have died — would be in better shape under Obama than under Trump.

Only 24 percent of Americans say the crisis would be the same; only 29 percent say it would be worse. And though partisans are predictably split — 79 percent of Democrats say Obama would have made things better while 67 percent of Republicans say he would have made things worse — a plurality of independents (45 percent) side with the Democrats.

The unfavorable comparison between the current president and his Democratic predecessor is one of the clearest signs to date of an emerging dynamic that will define the remainder of Trump’s term and the presidential election.

Americans don’t just disapprove of aspects of Trump’s coronavirus response. Instead, they increasingly blame the size and severity of the U.S. outbreak on Trump himself.

As a result, disapproval of the way Trump has handled the pandemic rose to a new high of 53 percent in the poll. A majority of Americans now say Trump deserves most (35 percent) or some (19 percent) of the blame for the deadly pathogen’s spread in the U.S. — and nearly two-thirds say Trump could have “reduced the damage done by COVID-19” a lot (43 percent) or somewhat (21 percent) “if he had he acted sooner.”

[chuckb87]

Yahoos go to yahoo to get their news and participate in stupid polls. I’m not saying you are a yahoo, just commenting on the sort of people who participate in those polls.

[frank ballenger]

Then nearly half the American people are misinformed, low IQ fools who shouldn’t try to answer questions without their first grade teacher nearby coaching them.

[MarvinStinson]

Andrew Romano

YAHOO West Coast Correspondent

Hi. I report on California and the American West from Los Angeles, where I live with my wife and kids (and play in a band called Massage). Prior to joining Yahoo I covered three presidential campaigns and authored numerous cover stories for Newsweek. I also wrote about television, music and film for The Daily Beast.

[BenLurkin]

The Democrat dominated “news” media would have declared everything the President has done a success — had it been done by any Democrat.

[silverleaf]

Oh man, if that incompetent administration was in charge, we would be DONE as a nation. Inundated with infected Chinese Italians Iranians early on, scrambling to figure out govt run testing, hordes of diseased migrants coming over the southern border

It would simply be horrible.

[immadashell]

Yeah, right!

[HighSierra5]

I like Yoohoos. They’re delicious.

[rktman]

So, like 28% is more than a quarter so must not be much of a stretch to say “nearly half”? I don’t know the numbers they stated but if he were to do as awesome job as he did with h1n1. Or whatever lingered around for 6 months or so.....

[Sirius Lee]

So 47% think President Trump is doing the right thing, and 47% think obama would be better. But the "majority" disagree with Trump while "nearly half" agree with Obama. Got it.

Media bias laid bare.

[immadashell]

OBAMA? Surely you jest! Does anyone remember the registration nightmares for ObamaCare?

[sevlex]

And HRC has 92% chance of victory.

GIGO.

[Bell Bouy II]

AOL.Nuf said, they still have endless banks of dial-up modems in an obscure warehouse fed by copper ?

[Ben Dover]

Obama would be golfing.

[MAGAthon]

first, YOUGOV is the Deep State. they are controlling much of the polling these days, in US as well as UK.

second, Andrew Romano is a weekly correspondent on taxpayer-funded ABC in Australia. from 2015 until Nov 2016, he shilled and shilled and shilled for Hillary Clinton, bad-mouthed Donald Trump, and gave him no chance whatsoever of becoming President.

worse, he has continued to be the ABC’s man - despite being so boring and so wrong - and is now shilling, shilling, shilling for Joe Biden!

he was with Daily Beast, prior to Yahoo.

switch off FakeNewsMSM until the election (and covid) is over. drive them into the ground.

support alternatives you can trust. work on getting out the vote. make sure President Trump gets a second term.

[immadashell]

When Obama was President our worst enemies laid off us recognizing that ZipHead was doing much more damage than they could ever do. Think Benghazi.

[JayAr36]

I wish these polls were printed out on paper. At least I could wipe my a$$ with them.

[sheehan]

Yahoo! news is garbage.

[Carl Vehse]

As ridiculous as the claim that the ChiCom virus came from the wet market.

[MarvinStinson]

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