NYT poll: As Trump flails on covid, GOP Senate struggles w/him
COLLINS is down 5 as Biden rolls in Maine
McSALLY and Trump way down in AZ
TILLIS lags Trump in NC, where Biden is up 1
Voters in all 3 states prefer Biden to Trump on covid by double digits
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NC is the strongest battleground for Trump out of the 7 we have polled so far this month. But his vote share there is stuck at 44 percent.
And: he is slightly behind Biden in Maine's 2nd District, w/Electoral College implications.
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nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/…
Ominous for GOP, if Trump does not recover, is lack of voter interest in a checks-and-balances message. Most voters in all 3 states say best for the WH and Senate to be controlled by same party.
Maine looking like exhibit A in limitations of a ticket-splitting strategy ...
But that's also potentially an obstacle for Dems outside the top-top-tier Senate states. The races that would get them not just to 50 or 51 seats, but 52-54, are in states Trump is likely to win.
Even in NC, where Dem is leading in Senate race, plurality prefers GOP Senate ...
Part of the picture you get in this poll is of a president who has tried to shift voters' focus to a number of other subjects – public order, the economy, SCOTUS – with *some* success, but who has not really tried to fix his most fundamental problems. nytimes.com/2020/09/18/us/…
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