With the nation reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, a recession that’s thrown 20 million people out of work, and waves of protests against police violence, nearly every recent poll shows President Donald Trump headed to defeat in November. And Trump’s sparsely attended rally in Oklahoma last weekend did little to indicate those polls are missing a hidden groundswell of support. The RealClearPolitics average of general election polls finds Joe Biden with a commanding lead that’s grown to 9.5 points. A similar polling average from FiveThirtyEight puts Biden ahead by 9.2 points and leading Trump in every battleground state. On June 10, Gallup found that Trump’s approval rating had plummeted 10 points, to 39%. Does this mean Trump is toast? That leads to the second scenario that experts said could fuel a Trump comeback: a rip-roaring economic recovery. Recent days have seen some unexpected green shoots: the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nonfarm payroll employment jumped by 2.5 million in May, while retail sales rose a record 18% as many states eased lockdowns and shoppers returned to stores and restaurants. More positive numbers could be on the way. “If you believe Trump is down in the polls because of unhappiness about the economy, then there’s probably good news for him on the immediate horizon because it seems to be rebounding,” said Jim Bianco, founder and president of Bianco Research. source