When asked about the effects of the coronavirus, 40% of respondents said they think things are getting better, while 42% answered that they believe they are getting worse. In the previous survey, 46% of voters said they believed the situation was improving, while 34% thought it was getting worse.
Voters are most pessimistic in Wisconsin, which has endured a troubling recent spike in infections. In the state, 59% of respondents this week said they think the effects of the outbreak are getting worse.
Swing-state voters continue to give Trump poor marks on how he has managed the pandemic. Only 46% of respondents approve of how he is handling the coronavirus, while 54% disapprove.
A majority — 53% — said they think Biden and Democrats would do a better job handling the virus, versus 47% who chose Trump and Republicans.
The president downplayed the severity of the disease in recent days, even after he received an experimental treatment at the hospital, an outbreak spread among his White House staff and campaign advisors and the American death toll topped 210,000.
In a video posted to Twitter on Monday night, Trump told Americans not to let the virus “dominate” their lives. As he still tries to fight off the infection, Trump claimed he might be “immune” to the disease.
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