Trump Campaign Looks at Electoral Map and Doesnt Like What It Sees - RC Groups
Summary
President Trump is facing the bleakest outlook for his re-election bid so far, with his polling numbers plunging in both public and private surveys and his campaign beginning to worry about his standing in states like Ohio and Iowa that he carried by wide margins four years ago. Over the past few weeks, the presidents operation has spent about $1.7 million on advertising in just three states he carried in 2016 Ohio, Iowa and Arizona that it had hoped would not be competitive at all this year. The spending in Ohio startled many Republicans, given that four years ago Mr. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton there by eight percentage points. Polls released on Wednesday show another troubling sign for Mr. Trump: His numbers have flagged recently among white voters, driven by a continued erosion of support from those with college degrees. The latest Monmouth survey found Mr. Trump with the support of just 52 percent of white voters nationwide five percentage points lower than his share in 2016, according to exit polls.