The public doesn’t understand the risks of a Trump victory. That’s the media’s fault

‘Trump cannot be reelected if you want America to be a place where elections decide outcomes, where voting rights matter, and where politicians don’t baselessly prosecute their adversaries.’ Photograph: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Whatever doubts you may have about public-opinion polls, one recent example should not be dismissed.

Yes, that poll – the one from Siena College and the New York Times that sent chills down many a spine. It showed Donald Trump winning the presidential election by significant margins over Joe Biden in several swing states, the places most likely to decide the presidential election next year.