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Why Trump's approval ratings on economy remain steady amid Covid recession

The president has built an enduring brand with conservative voters, in particular, who continue to see him as a successful businessman and tough negotiator

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Fewer than one in five conservative Republicans worries about losing a job in the crisis, far less than any other ideological group, the SurveyMonkey polling shows.

Jim Tankersley | NYT

9 min read Last Updated : Sep 11 2020 | 7:38 AM IST

It is an enduring political question amid a pandemic recession, double-digit unemployment and a recovery that appears to be slowing: Why does President Trump continue to get higher marks on economic issues in polls than his predecessors Barack Obama, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush enjoyed when they stood for re-election?

Mr. Trump’s relative strength on the economy, and whether Joseph R. Biden Jr. can cut into it over the next 10 weeks, are among the crucial dynamics in battleground states in the Midwest and the Sun Belt that are expected to decide the election. Many of these states

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