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AP-NORC Poll: Trump Adds to Divisions in an Unhappy Country

Associated Press

   Americans are deeply unhappy about the state of their country -- and a
   majority think President Donald Trump is exacerbating tensions in a
   moment of national crisis, according to a new poll from The Associated
   Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

   With less than five months until Election Day, the survey offers few
   bright spots for a president confronting a historic pandemic, a sharp
   economic decline and national outrage over police brutality against
   black people. Most Americans -- including 63% of Republicans -- say the
   country is heading in the wrong direction. And close to two-thirds --
   including 37% of Republicans -- say Trump is making America more
   divided.

   "Instead of bringing us all together, he's pulling us all apart," said
   Donna Oates, 63, a retiree from Chino, California.

   Oates said she was a Republican until March, when her mounting
   frustration with Trump and the GOP prompted her to change her voter
   registration to the Democratic Party. Trump's tenure, she said, has
   made her "dread getting up to turn on the TV and see any of the news."

   That pessimism poses reelection challenges for Trump in his face-off
   against Democrat Joe Biden. Presidents seeking four more years in
   office typically rely on voters being optimistic about the direction
   the country is headed in and eager to stay the course -- a view most
   Americans don't currently hold.

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