TRUMP CONTINUES TO DOMINATE:  Despite his indictment in New York, and the probability of more legal troubles, former President Trump continues to improve his status as king of the hill, and the president continues to evaporate.  From Gateway Pundit: 

President Trump is crushing Joe Biden and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) in a new Washington Poll/ABC News poll released at midnight. Trump leads Biden in a head to head match-up 49%-42% among supporters and leaners in the general election and bests DeSantis 51%-25% in a field of six potential GOP primary candidates with the others in single digits. The poll also shows DeSantis beating Biden by a similar margin, 48%-41%.

Biden is profoundly unpopular and is seen as too old and mentally and physically unable to do the job of president by majorities of Americans. Biden’s approve-disapprove is 36%-56%. 68% say Biden, 80 years old now, is too old for another term while 44% say the same for the 76-year-old Trump. Only 32 percent say Biden has the mental sharpness for the job of president, compared to 54 percent who say Trump does. Just 33 percent say Biden is physically up to the job while 64 percent say Trump is. A majority of Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents do not want Biden to be the party’s nominee for president in 2024.

The killer poll number for Biden is on his handling of the economy. Trump is seen as having done a better job on the economy as president than Biden, 54%-36%.

Black and Hispanic support for Trump has increased substantially from 2020, with 27 percent of Black voters supporting Trump, compared to 12 percent in 2020. 43 percent of Hispanics support Trump compared, to 30 percent in 2020.

COMMENT:  Read the rest.   We stress, as we always do, that a poll is a snapshot in time, and that polls can change dramatically.  Also, we note that the nominating conventions are a year off.

At the same time, numbers like Biden's are catastrophic, as the article notes.  They can provide an incentive for factions within the Democratic Party to try to convince Biden not to run.  Or, they provide encouragement for a third-party candidate to emerge.

As for Trump, we have to wonder how long this bubble can last without being burst.  And yet we have to wonder why opponents haven't laid a glove on him.

May 7, 2023