THREAD: The LINCOLN PROJECT EFFECT, Polling & Townhall update from @projectlincoln Political Ops Directr @LucasHoltz__ & me: Trump's losing GOP support nationwide. The conservative-friendly Rasumussen polling shows that Trump earns only 75% support among his fellow Republicans.
Since ‘Mourning in America’ @projectlincoln has released a stream of ads targeted at the president’s shortcomings w/race relations, betrayal of American servicemen & women & failed response to Covid.
TLP has had a central role in driving 7% spike in Trump's disapproval since May
Trump disapproval’s w/ @ProjectLincoln ad releases. Of course, this isn’t all @ProjectLincoln driving negatives (Covid, economic crash, race relations, etc...) BUT tremendous social media reach is driving a national narrative - That’s YOU LP ARMY!
Battleground state breakdowns have revealed enormous shifts in TLP persuadable voter groups against Trump & towards Biden. Biden’s lead is mostly attributed to a large shift in women, college & non-college white voters, & voters over 65.
Among white voters w/college degrees in battleground states, Biden holds a 55-34 lead, & Trump is losing among white voters in the three Northern battleground states.
Among women, Biden is leading in every battleground state: AZ: +17; FL: +15; MI: +21; NC: +20; PA: +18; WI: +13
Among white women with a college degree, Biden is leading by 39 pts in battleground states. Democrats lost them by 2 pts in 2016.
Among 65+ voters, Biden leads by 6 pts in battleground states. No democrat has won with 65+ voters in over 2 decades. Trump won 65+ by 6 pts in 2016.
Arizona:
B/w the uploads of ‘Mourning in America’ (5/4) & ‘Bounty’ (6/27) to our YouTube channel, Trump’s polling avg fell from 45.1% to 42.9% in AZ
In the Senate race Kelly's lead over McSally solidified at 7-8pts. McSally’s #'s have consistently dropped at below 40% since May.
Michigan:
B/w May & June Trump’s polling avg fell from 42.6% to 39.9%. Biden increased his lead to 10.6pts.
In the Senate race, the same voters who are fleeing Trump -- our target voters -- are giving Senator Peters an advantage. Peters polling b/w 5 & 10 pts ahead of challenger
Pennsylvania:
Between early May and late June, Donald Trump’s polling average has fallen from 43.7% to 42.5%, while Joe Biden’s has increased from 49.5% to 50.5%, stretching his lead in the state to eight points.
Florida:
Between early May and late June, Donald Trump’s polling average has fallen from 45% to 42.1%, while Joe Biden’s has increased from 47.6% to 49.3%, stretching his lead in the state to just over six points.
Wisconsin:
Between early May and late June, Donald Trump’s polling average has fallen from 45.1% to 41.4%, while Joe Biden’s has increased from 47.5% to 49.4%, stretching his lead in the state to about eight points.
North Carolina:
B/w early May & late June, Trump’s avg declined & remained within MOE of Biden’s 3% lead.
In the Senate Race, Tillis has seen his surefooted lean R status evaporate as Trump drags the party down. Cunningham’s average lead since early May has hovered around 3%.
his targeted message away from these overlapping Republican & Ind. voters in order to placate his base. He can no longer go after the middle b/c he is so beholden to the extreme wing of his base. This is, effectively, The #LincolnProjectEffect
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Can’t help but think of a couple days ago and being lectured to by former Republican officials, lobbyists and staffers about how we can persuade extremists through kindness.
Have you figured it out yet? This is radicalized domestic terrorism that your silence is enabling
For the record, I have been speaking out publicly for legislation aimed at protecting elected officials. Violence isn’t coming - it’s here.
The house is literally on fire.
I wrote this article in May of 2020 about the coming threats to local officials at their homes. The signs have been there for a long time - and it’s coming from the right and left californiacitynews.org/2020/05/it’s-time-stop-intimidation-elected-officials.html
There is nothing more disgraceful than watching “conservatives” play the victim card.
“I was too dumb to know the virus was real - don’t shame me.”
“I didn’t know Trump was a con-man, don’t blame me.”
The same people that demonized others are now the ‘victims’ themselves.
The same people who blamed black & brown people for being poor.
“Pick yourself up by your own bootstraps”
“This is America, there’s no excuse.”
“You’re lazy, undisciplined, uneducated - you chose to be this way”
Same people are now playing the victims.
Too ignorant to follow basic science. Too cowardly to defend their vulgar comments. Too lazy to find a job in a different industry. Too undisciplined to kick their opioid addiction.
Too proud to make amends they blame everyone but themselves, too blind to see their own hypocrisy
If you’re interested in understanding why the defeat of Donald Trump marked the ‘end of the beginning’ do yourself a favor and listen to this remarkable discussion between @RonBrownstein & @brianstelter on @ReliableSources This is a master class on understanding America
We are entering a prolonged period of what I call “Two decades of fire” where our politics will be defined by increasing violence, intransigence and zero-sum extremism. It is all undergirded by demographic change - those that fear it and those that welcome it.
The next twenty years will witness the transformation of America from a white majority country to a non-white majority country.This is unprecedented in our 250 year history and will challenge the very notion of American identity.Can America be America if it isnt a white country?
The defeat of southerners in the Confederacy is an apt comparison. Trumpism is the cult of losers - of the defeated, of blame. The danger is it seeks a mythical past & nationalist future (The South shall rise again). Our refusal to eviscerate it for the sake of Union sowed
The seeds of Jim Crow, segregation, and a form of systematic racism that has endured to this day. Abraham Lincoln offered a new nation “With malice towards none and charity for all...”. His goal was the preservation of Union- I’m not sure a Union built with
This racism and white supremacy should be tolerated. My Republicanism has always been more rooted in the ideology of Thaddeus Stevens (radical Republicanism) than Lincoln though I understand the pragmatism.
Donald Trumps campaign is hemorrhaging. His organization is in disarray. The battleground map is expanding. We can see the whites of their eyes. The once reliable GOP base has said enough is enough to Trump:
IN PA: Biden leads 65+ voters 54-42; he has 8% of GOP support; he leads college ed white voters 57-38; he leads Ind 59-34; he leads women 61-35; & he is 1 pt behind Trump among men. Biden has made inroads in suburban and exurban counties throughout the state that Trump swept.
IN AZ: Biden is leading Trump 49-41; Biden leads seniors 48-47 - Trump won them by 13 points in 2016; Biden has 6%+ of GOP support; Biden leads Ind 53-28 - Trump won them by 3 points in 2016. Biden leads college ed white voters 46-45 - Trump won them by 6 points in 2016.
A quick note on Latino voters: Latinos are a notoriously late deciding vote. We are also challenging to poll because sample sizes often aren’t big enough to accurately reflect voter sentiment in baseline polls. The FL polling is instructive but needs to be considered cautiously
Any poll looking at Hispanic voters in Florida with a sample size <200 in a state as diverse as Florida can’t accurately gauge sentiment. Hispanics are 18% of the statewide vote, Cubans are about 1/3rd, Puerto Rican’s about 1/3rd and the remaining is other South & Central Am’s.
That means, if properly weighted, the sample sizes of Cubans & Puerto Rican’s in the poll had sample sizes of 60 people or so - not a good look at all. Having said that I & others who specialize here, have been very vocal about warning signs with the Latino vote all year