I suppose it’s possible that many of these embarrassed people will vote for Trump anyway, but I’d guess it’s more likely that only a few die-hard tribalists will do so. Many more will either lay out or cross over:
Nearly 7 in 10 Americans say the US response to the coronavirus outbreak makes them feel embarrassed, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, as 62% of the public says President Donald Trump could be doing more to fight the outbreak.
The new poll finds disapproval of Trump’s handling of the outbreak at a new high, 58%, as the share who say the worst of the pandemic is yet to come has risen to 55% after dropping through the spring. And as the virus has spread from the nation’s cities throughout its countryside, the number who know someone who’s been diagnosed with the virus has jumped dramatically to 67%, up from 40% in early June.
And Americans are angry. About 8 in 10 say they are at least somewhat angry about the way things are going in the country today, including an astonishing 51% who say they are very angry. CNN has asked this question in polling periodically since 2008, and the previous high for the share who said they were “very angry” was 35%, reached in 2008 and 2016.
Some of the angry people are almost certainly Trumpies who are following their angry Dear Leader. But there are a whole lot of angry anti-Trumpers out there too. At this point, with over 170,000 people dead and the economy in ruins I think we can assume that most of them are not fans of the man who is responsible for it.