… With 11 months to go before the 2020 election, a polarized electorate is dividing itself by which story line it views as more pertinent — the president’s potential abuse of power, or the comfort of a steady paycheck credited to his leadership.
The Trump campaign is betting that Mr. Trump’s rote denials of pressuring the Ukrainian president to investigate his political foes will eventually sway enough voters to put the entire impeachment issue to the side. …
But Mr. Trump’s presidency is also testing conventional wisdom that a good economy is all voters need to keep the status quo rather than seek out change. CONT.
Annie Karni & Jeanna Smialek, New York Times