When President Joe Biden’s poll numbers initially began to slip in late August, Democrats insisted to anyone who would listen that this would be a temporary blip.
Yes, they granted, the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan had been a political disaster — making it look as though the President had created more chaos and danger in the region.
And, yes, the Delta variant had caused a surge in Covid-19 cases that had people questioning whether the Biden administration was as on top of this pandemic as it should be.
But those were temporary problems, they said. No longer risking American lives in Afghanistan would soon be seen as a good thing — and there was no way Afghanistan was going to remain top of mind for voters. And the Delta surge was likely the last major surge of the virus — presaging the beginning of the end for the pandemic.
Four months later, that “blip” has become the new normal. Biden’s job approval in Gallup’s December poll was 43%, the fourth straight month it has been at either 42% or 43% in the survey.
Those numbers suggest that job approval ratings in the low 40s are not an exception for Biden at this point but rather the rule.
(Sidebar: The lows 40s were where Donald Trump’s job approval numbers sat for virtually his entire four-year term.)
And there’s little evidence in the political world that would suggest this trend won’t continue.
The Omicron variant has already spread across the country, and most experts are predicting a surge of cases to crest sometime in mid-January or early February. Democrats’ inability to pass the Build Back Better Act has created a very uncertain future for the bulk of Biden’s first-term agenda.
In short: The near future, at least, looks bleak for Biden’s prospects.
The Point: Biden’s early months in office, when his job approval regularly hit the mid-50s, feel like a thousand years ago now. Four straight months in the low 40s should worry Biden, but it should worry Democrats set to be on the ballot next November even more.
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Original Article: Joe Biden’s polling malaise continues (msn.com)
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There is no way that can be accurate. The disaster this country is in, even democrats don’t like Biden. Other sources have him in mid to low 30s. There is NO WAY a little bit less than half the country still thinnks he is doing a good job.
Actually I attempted to verify your statement about low 30’s and could not find a poll. Please list your poll, ie. source where we can read it. I did find several polls that had Biden anywhere from 42 to 52% which says Americans are pretty evenly split on Biden’s overall performance. See https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/
You would think….but remember, there’s no one more stubborn than a liberal.
When they screw up, democrats are silent…. but they would still vote for the fool because they are always loyal to one another
joe biden’s poll, deserve to be in the gutter…with joe!
Wow, why so mean? What did he do to you?
And by the way… about the camps… It’s NOT a hoax! I heard Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC said that she ‘strongly’ supported ‘camps ‘. One set of camps for vaccinated, once set for non vaccinated! Sounds to me like the concentration camps in Germany, where I lost family members! These DEMONICrats are trying EVERYTHING to kill us! Good thing Jesus is coming back REAL SOON, to OBLITERATE satan and his minions! Have a nice trip!
Anyone that believes any poll is a low information voter ,i don’t care who’s giving the poll, you never know who the sheeple communist in training are, just go out on the street corners and ask people who pass ,if you got the guts ask them what they think about the senile fraudulently elected a hole in the White House, and ask them if they were happier under Trump ,or this senile fraudulently elected dictator ,I would poll about 20 people to represent every thousand ,and you’ll get your true answer, that this country violated our constitutional rights, in cooperation with the corrupt FBI, the corrupt doj, and the corrupt post office who destroyed a million of ballots around the country and replace them with fake ballots to give a senile puke the upper hand, who would never and could never win an election without the help of all the Communists in training in this country who need to be removed ,or executed for treason