Trumpâs Own Pollster Offers Scorching Analysis Showing Why He Lost
Donald Trump's botched response to the COVID-19 pandemic fueled his defeat in the 2020 presidential election, according to an analysis of the results conducted by his own chief campaign pollster.
According to
Politico, the report was compiled by Tony Fabrizio in December after Trump lost to President Joe Biden by a margin he himself once termed a "landslide."
Fabrizio examined exit polling data from five states that Biden flipped after Trump won them in 2016 (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin) and five competitive states Trump held in 2020 (Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas). He determined that the coronavirus pandemic "was the top issue in both state groups â more so in 'Flipped' states â and Biden carried those voters nearly 3 to 1." In both groups, about 75 percent of voters backed public mask mandates to curb the virus' spread, something Trump refused to institute.