I think one can overestimate how much "people not knowing things they should know" determines how they vote, but nonetheless the fact that Dem presidents inherit a giant pile of shit that they have to clean up, as every elected Republican is busy adding their number 2 to the pile while blocking the shit-clearing machines, should be a part of the NARRATIVE. At least as much as things like, "Republicans are good for the economy."
About 125K cases yesterday. There's nothing magic that will stop that from being 250K in 3 weeks.