President Joe Biden has made the threat that former President Donald Trump poses to democracy a key focus of his presidency, and has hammered it home as a major part of the general election now that Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee.Political strategists have been trying to determine for years how effective that messaging has been — and at first glance, a new poll from Fox News suggests Biden's push has been working.
The survey found that "the future of American democracy" was the most important issue for respondents in deciding their vote for president, edging the economy out of the top spot for the first time since March. In total, 68% of registered voters said they ranked it as "extremely" important and another 20% deemed it "very" important.
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