Lynn Schmidt: Why so many Trump voters are sticking with the devil they know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The poll also has Trump ahead of Harris nationally by 2 percentage points: 46% to 44%.
50% : The poll shows Trump with a 52% unfavorability rating.
47% : Only 12% said they needed to learn more about Trump.
43% : But many Americans think back nostalgically on the pre-pandemic economy and absence of wars while Trump was president.
35% : But a majority of the electorate find Trump distasteful, whether it was his actions surrounding the 2020 election, the events around Jan. 6, 2021, his felony indictments, his status as an adjudicated sexual abuser, or even just his obnoxious social media posts.
26% : Of course, the poll has a margin of error, but something has to account for the estimated 6% of voters who view Trump as unfavorable while also saying they'll vote for him.
21% : Trump indicated Sept. 12 he would not do another debate, which would deny voters an opportunity to learn more about Harris.
18% : Not liking Trump the man may not be enough for Harris to beat the former president.
15% : Many observers and pundits though Trump seemed crazy during the ABC News debate when he falsely claimed that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing people's dogs and cats and eating them.

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