* Setup…

Just putting this here:
“Most voters said they prioritized battling the coronavirus over reopening the economy, even as the president put a firm emphasis on the latter. And roughly 75% of voters — most of whom favored Biden — said they favored public mask-wearing mandates.” https://t.co/U86Rb8Hfs5

— Anne Caprara (@anacaprana) February 2, 2021

* Trump’s pollster looked at exit polls from five states that flipped to Biden (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) and the five most competitive states won by Trump in 2016 and 2020 (Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas). “Voters prioritized stopping the spread of coronavirus over reopening the economy in both groupings, larger in the states that flipped”…

* “Three quarters of voters favored mask mandates both in the Flipped and Held groups. Biden ran up the score with this large majority of voters, especially in the states that flipped”…

* OK, now let’s look at some of the Illinois exit poll results compiled by the Tribune…

* Approve/disapprove on handling the pandemic..

Trump’s “strong disapprove” level was an astounding 57 percent. The Trib didn’t report on a mask question.

There are two polls here. So, read the rest for the methodologies.

* As an aside, the poll found that Biden lost whites nationally 46-52, but he won white Illinois voters 52-45. Biden also won non-college graduate men 51-44 in Illinois, while losing that demographic nationally 46-51. His margin here among women, Latinos and Black voters was larger than it was nationally. He also won urban and suburban areas by more than he won nationwide. Biden’s loss among small town/rural voters was actually 2 points larger here than nationally - the only tiny bright spot for Trump in Illinois.