“President Trump and the Republican Party got four days of prime time television last month to make the case to the American public for Trump’s reelection. The party’s convention was advertised as a feel-good celebration of America, which is a bit like trying to sell ‘Jurassic Park’ as a movie about the beauty of the natural world. Over and over, convention speakers, including Trump, warned of an ominous dark cloud approaching on the horizon: a Joe Biden presidency, in which the former vice president was both controlled by first-term members of Congress and subjugated to the whims of left-wing protesters. Over and over, scenes of carnage — all occurring recently, under President Trump — were superimposed with warnings about what a President Biden would wreak.”
“This was simply the culmination of this line of attack for Trump. For weeks his campaign had been running ads with a similar message, and Trump, in his off-the-cuff remarks at various events, had been offering similar warnings. And in the first week after the Republican convention, we can now say with confidence that America has identified one of the major-party candidates as more capable of addressing crime and violence at protests. America appears to prefer Joe Biden” – Philip Bump.