trump's own polling shows him losing to Biden by a double digits among seniors.

[denem]

Anxious About the Virus, Older Voters Grow More Wary of Trump

WASHINGTON — The coronavirus crisis and the administration’s halting response to it have cost President Trump support from one of his most crucial constituencies: America’s seniors.

For years, Republicans and Mr. Trump have relied on older Americans, the country’s largest voting bloc, to offset a huge advantage Democrats enjoy with younger voters. In critical states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Florida, all of which have large older populations, Mr. Trump’s advantage with older voters has been essential to his political success; in 2016, he won voters over the age of 65 by seven percentage points, according to national exit poll data.

But seniors are also the most vulnerable to the global pandemic, and the campaign’s internal polls, people familiar with the numbers said, show Mr. Trump’s support among voters over the age of 65 softening to a concerning degree, as he pushes to reopen the country’s economy at the expense of stopping a virus that puts them at the greatest risk.

A recent Morning Consult poll found that Mr. Trump’s approval rating on the handling of the coronavirus was lower with seniors than with any other group other than young voters. And Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the presumptive Democratic nominee, in recent polls held a 10-point advantage over Mr. Trump among voters who are 65 and older. A poll commissioned by the campaign showed a similar double-digit gap.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/09/us/politics/trump-older-voters-2020.html

[Raven]

1. Well then, there's only one solution for Trump...

make sure they end up "deceased" on the voting rolls.

[denem]

2. Yeah.

Minority voters end up presumptively deceased on the rolls, when they are alive.

[KPN]

6. Exactly. That's part of his strategy -- he's betting more of his detractors will die than his

supporters. He's already lost the seniors, so "screw 'em". Same with POC. And the white poor? Are there numbers/polls showing that?

[Indykatie]

3. Turns Out Old Folks Don't Like Hearing Trump is OK with Them Dropping Dead

If Biden wins seniors the race is over. If he wins them by double digits we're talking a Blue Tsunami which should deliver the Senate easily.

[denem]

5. I'm not satisfied with a Blue Tsunami anymore.

I'm thinking an ELE - End of Live Event for trump's version of the Republican Party.

[malaise]

4. Some of us told everyone that seniors would choose their own lives over

Don the criminally negligent Con.

Fuck that mass murderer

[ooky]

7. Pretty soon I expect the "soon to be seniors" start joining them.

The group between say, 50-65, that were still working when they lost their income and are trying to live on Mnuchin's $120/week for 10 weeks. These are now obliterating their 401ks and/or are the new participants waiting hours in food bank lines. They suddenly lost their great employer health care. Now they are sitting home watching Moscow Mitch and President Fraud talk about "taking a pause" in stimulus. My guess is they won't have much patience with that talking point as their $120/week crumbs from the White House dinner table runs out, and will ultimately start to peel away from their glorious leader they can see doing nothing to help them. Happy talk and flag waving tend to lose appeal when you suddenly have nothing to eat. Hope they are enjoying "small government" now.