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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4598189" data-attributes="member: 48469">From CNN:<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/politics/kenosha-protests-democrats-analysis/index.html" target="_blank">Why Democrats are worried about Kenosha</a>&quot;Former Vice President <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/candidate/biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/candidate/trump" target="_blank">President Donald Trump</a> both recognize the potential political fallouts if protests in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting are seen as peaceful or as violent. Biden benefits if they are seen as the former, while Trump is helped if they are seen as the latter.Following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police in late May, support for Biden against Trump <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/presidential-polls" target="_blank">spiked nationwide</a>. His lead went from 6 points in May to double-digits in June. This occurred as peaceful protests dominated the news, race relations<a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx" target="_blank"> jumped in importance</a> in the voters&#039; minds and support for the Black Lives Matter <a href="https://www.pollingreport.com/race.htm" target="_blank">movement rose to a majority</a>.But as the summer has gone on, Biden&#039;s lead has ebbed. His advantage is down to around 8 points nationally and<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/politics/trump-biden-cbs-yougov-polls-election/index.html" target="_blank"> less in the states</a> he likely needs to take if he wants to win the electoral college.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4598189, member: 48469"] From CNN: [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/29/politics/kenosha-protests-democrats-analysis/index.html"]Why Democrats are worried about Kenosha[/URL] "Former Vice President [URL='https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/candidate/biden']Joe Biden[/URL] and [URL='https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/candidate/trump']President Donald Trump[/URL] both recognize the potential political fallouts if protests in the wake of the Jacob Blake shooting are seen as peaceful or as violent. Biden benefits if they are seen as the former, while Trump is helped if they are seen as the latter. Following the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police in late May, support for Biden against Trump [URL='https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/presidential-polls']spiked nationwide[/URL]. His lead went from 6 points in May to double-digits in June. This occurred as peaceful protests dominated the news, race relations[URL='https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx'] jumped in importance[/URL] in the voters' minds and support for the Black Lives Matter [URL='https://www.pollingreport.com/race.htm']movement rose to a majority[/URL]. But as the summer has gone on, Biden's lead has ebbed. His advantage is down to around 8 points nationally and[URL='https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/09/politics/trump-biden-cbs-yougov-polls-election/index.html'] less in the states[/URL] he likely needs to take if he wants to win the electoral college." [/QUOTE]

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