- More voters believe President Donald Trump is a better leader during the novel coronavirus outbreak than those who support former Vice President Joe Biden, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll found.
- According to the survey, 44% of voters believe Trump has shown better leadership, compared to just 36% who chose Biden.
- Trump fared less favorably against former President Barack Obama in the poll: 52% of voters said Obama would be a better leader during the crisis, compared to 38% who said Trump would be the stronger of the two.
- Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Wednesday after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 race.
- His campaign released a detailed plan for how he would address the coronavirus crisis, but he's drawn some criticism for staying off the public stage as Trump bungles the federal government's response.
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More voters believe President Donald Trump is a better leader during the novel coronavirus outbreak than those who support former Vice President Joe Biden, a new Politico/Morning Consult poll found.
According to the results, 44% of voters believe Trump has shown better leadership, compared to just 36% who chose Biden.
Trump fared less favorably against former President Barack Obama in the poll: 52% of voters said Obama would be a better leader during the crisis, compared to 38% who said Trump would be the stronger of the two.
Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Wednesday after Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the 2020 race.
The former vice president spoke briefly with Trump by telephone on Monday about the US's response to the disease. Biden's campaign also released a detailed plan for how he would address the coronavirus crisis, but he's drawn some criticism for staying off the airwaves and the public stage as the US grapples with the outbreak.
The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus, which causes a disease known as COVID-19, a pandemic on March 11. The US is currently the global epicenter of the outbreak, with nearly 400,000 cases and 12,912 deaths.
The Politico/Morning Consult poll, which was conducted from April 3-5 found that a majority of voters, 54%, said Trump's handling of the outbreak has been "poor" or "just fair," while 40% said his response has been "excellent" or "good."
Fifty percent of voters feel Trump's administration isn't doing enough to curb the outbreak, while just 38% feel the administration is doing the right amount, according to the poll.
A majority of voters - 54% - disapprove of Trump's overall performance as president, while 44% approve.
The Politico/Morning Consult poll came on the heels of a CNN survey in which 55% of Americans say the federal government has done a poor job of preventing the spread of the virus. Fifty-five percent of Americans also feel Trump could be doing more to fight the pandemic, the CNN poll found.
The president and his political allies have insisted he's done a "great job" in responding to the virus. Trump has also fixated in recent days over the high television ratings his daily coronavirus news briefings have received.
"The Radical Left Democrats have gone absolutely crazy that I am doing daily Presidential News Conferences," he tweeted on Wednesday. "They actually want me to STOP! They used to complain that I am not doing enough of them, now they complain that I 'shouldn't be allowed to do them.'"
"They tried to shame ... the Fake News Media into not covering them, but that effort failed because the ratings are through the roof according to, of all sources, the Failing New York Times, 'Monday Night Football, Bachelor Finale' type numbers (& sadly, they get it $FREE). Trump Derangement Syndrome!"
But despite Trump's assurances about the government's response, a deeper analysis shows that the Trump administration's missteps and oversights - many of which began years ago when he first took office - set the stage for a disastrous and inadequate federal response to the outbreak.
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