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| US politics: coronavirus deaths at 1,000 a day as Republicans mull relief bill – live | US politics: coronavirus deaths at 1,000 a day as Republicans mull relief bill – live |
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| With 100 days to go until the elections, the Senate GOP is not rushing to pass a new relief and stimulus package | With 100 days to go until the elections, the Senate GOP is not rushing to pass a new relief and stimulus package |
| In addition to the NBC News poll (see previous post) from Arizona, CNN polls show Biden with leads over Trump in two other battleground states, Michigan and Florida, among registered voters. | |
| The polls give Biden a 51% to 46% lead in Florida, a 49% to 45% edge in Arizona and a double-digit margin in Michigan (52% to 40%). Trump won all three states in the 2016 election. | |
| Trump’s approval ratings were negative on the coronavirus and race relations in all three states, although more voters approved than disproved of his handling of the economy in Florida and Arizona. Biden was seen as more trustworthy than Trump in all three states. | |
| A new NBC News/Marist poll shows the presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden holds a five-point lead over Donald Trump in the key battleground state of Arizona. | |
| The last NBC News/Marist poll in Arizona took place in March, when Biden held a one-point lead. | |
| Biden had leads among Latinos, voters under 45, women, independents, and whites with college degrees. Trump did better among among men, over 45s, whites, and whites without college degrees. | |
| Voters saw Biden as better at handling Covid-19 and race relations, but Trump was seen as better on the economy. Trump also had an edge in enthusiasm from his own supporters. Seventy-four percent of Trump’s backers strongly support him, compared to 61% of those who said they intend to vote for Biden. | |
| It appears the Republicans are in trouble in the senate race too. Voters prefer the Democratic challenger Mark Kelly to Republican senator Martha McSally, 53% to 41%. | |
| Trump won Arizona by a 3.55% margin over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Arizona was last won by a Democrat in 1996, when Bill Clinton ran. | |
| Should anyone not have noticed, two US states, both with Covid-19-related problems, are currently being threatened by hurricanes. | Should anyone not have noticed, two US states, both with Covid-19-related problems, are currently being threatened by hurricanes. |
| Hanna has come ashore in southern Texas, and although it has weakened back below hurricane status flooding could still be a big problem for quite a few people in an area hard hit by coronavirus cases. Likewise northern Mexico. | Hanna has come ashore in southern Texas, and although it has weakened back below hurricane status flooding could still be a big problem for quite a few people in an area hard hit by coronavirus cases. Likewise northern Mexico. |
| Hawaii, meanwhile, has escaped the worst of Covid but suffered economic damage in so going. It is awaiting a cuff from Hurricane Douglas. | Hawaii, meanwhile, has escaped the worst of Covid but suffered economic damage in so going. It is awaiting a cuff from Hurricane Douglas. |
| Here’s the AP report on both storms. | Here’s the AP report on both storms. |
| And here’s Lauren Aratani on Hawaii’s current situation, Covid-wise: | And here’s Lauren Aratani on Hawaii’s current situation, Covid-wise: |
| The Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty has an interesting little tale. | The Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty has an interesting little tale. |
| As she puts it: “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, which runs the 40th president’s library near Los Angeles, has demanded that Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) quit raising campaign money by using Ronald Reagan’s name and likeness.” | As she puts it: “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute, which runs the 40th president’s library near Los Angeles, has demanded that Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) quit raising campaign money by using Ronald Reagan’s name and likeness.” |
| Reagan, who made Jimmy Carter a one-term president 40 years ago, is a modern Republican saint. Trump, down in the polls to Joe Biden, staring at being a one-term president himself, less so. | Reagan, who made Jimmy Carter a one-term president 40 years ago, is a modern Republican saint. Trump, down in the polls to Joe Biden, staring at being a one-term president himself, less so. |
| Tumulty has more: | Tumulty has more: |
| The column is worth a read if you like this sort of schadenfreude-y thing. I do, which is also why I’m currently reading Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, the fourth and final installment in his monumental work on the rise of US conservatism from 1960 to 1980. It’s out next month, by which time I may have finished its 900-plus pages and found where Trump makes his promised entrance. | The column is worth a read if you like this sort of schadenfreude-y thing. I do, which is also why I’m currently reading Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, the fourth and final installment in his monumental work on the rise of US conservatism from 1960 to 1980. It’s out next month, by which time I may have finished its 900-plus pages and found where Trump makes his promised entrance. |
| Portland wasn’t the only city to see confrontations between protesters and law enforcement overnight, as the AP reports from Seattle: | Portland wasn’t the only city to see confrontations between protesters and law enforcement overnight, as the AP reports from Seattle: |
| Chris McGreal will file his latest dispatch from Portland, Oregon later this morning. In the meantime here’s what the Associated Press saw overnight, after, according to practice, peaceful demonstrations earlier in the evening: | Chris McGreal will file his latest dispatch from Portland, Oregon later this morning. In the meantime here’s what the Associated Press saw overnight, after, according to practice, peaceful demonstrations earlier in the evening: |
| The full report is here: | The full report is here: |
| … and welcome to another day of coverage of politics in the US, the protests in Portland, the coronavirus pandemic and more. | … and welcome to another day of coverage of politics in the US, the protests in Portland, the coronavirus pandemic and more. |
| Between Tuesday and Friday, the US saw more than 1,000 deaths each day from Covid-19, with confirmed cases in the mid-70,000s daily. According to Johns Hopkins University there have now been nearly 4.2m cases recorded and more than 146,000 people have died. | Between Tuesday and Friday, the US saw more than 1,000 deaths each day from Covid-19, with confirmed cases in the mid-70,000s daily. According to Johns Hopkins University there have now been nearly 4.2m cases recorded and more than 146,000 people have died. |
| In many southern and western states, most led by Republicans, cases are surging and hospitals filling up alarmingly. Michael Sainato reports on the situation in one Texas hospital, which is now deciding who gets to stay and who gets sent home to die. | In many southern and western states, most led by Republicans, cases are surging and hospitals filling up alarmingly. Michael Sainato reports on the situation in one Texas hospital, which is now deciding who gets to stay and who gets sent home to die. |
| In Washington, Senate Republicans continue to discuss with the administration what will go into the next stimulus and relief bill as the White House looks to kickstart the battered US economy. Democrats, who passed a bill in the House in May, look on in anger as the end of enhanced unemployment benefits approaches – and technically passed on Saturday, due to the way payments are processed – and evictions begin, of Americans unable to make their rent. | In Washington, Senate Republicans continue to discuss with the administration what will go into the next stimulus and relief bill as the White House looks to kickstart the battered US economy. Democrats, who passed a bill in the House in May, look on in anger as the end of enhanced unemployment benefits approaches – and technically passed on Saturday, due to the way payments are processed – and evictions begin, of Americans unable to make their rent. |
| Donald Trump has shifted his messaging to encouraging the wearing of masks, social distancing and other preventative measures – in large part because he is trailing Joe Biden, his challenger for the White House in November, in most national and battleground state polls. Here’s Lauren Gambino’s look at the state of the race, 100 days from the finish line: | Donald Trump has shifted his messaging to encouraging the wearing of masks, social distancing and other preventative measures – in large part because he is trailing Joe Biden, his challenger for the White House in November, in most national and battleground state polls. Here’s Lauren Gambino’s look at the state of the race, 100 days from the finish line: |
| In Portland, Oregon overnight, protesters for policing reform and against systemic racism once again clashed with police and federal agents sent to the city by the Trump White House, as it seeks to focus that election campaign on law and order and therefore seeks confrontation. | In Portland, Oregon overnight, protesters for policing reform and against systemic racism once again clashed with police and federal agents sent to the city by the Trump White House, as it seeks to focus that election campaign on law and order and therefore seeks confrontation. |
| Chris McGreal is in the city for us and he has filed this fascinating dispatch on dynamics within the protests themselves: are white protesters facing off with Trump’s federal “goon squad” eclipsing the message that Black Lives Matter? | Chris McGreal is in the city for us and he has filed this fascinating dispatch on dynamics within the protests themselves: are white protesters facing off with Trump’s federal “goon squad” eclipsing the message that Black Lives Matter? |