The Joe Biden presidency has, so far, conformed to the iron law of presidential approval polling: A newly inaugurated president starts out strong in the polls but inevitably drifts lower in his first term. The only unique thing about Biden’s decline is how quickly he burned through his post-inaugural popularity. …
The press has gathered to sing in full chorus about the Biden presidency hitting a new low, slumping, collapsing in free fall, just plain falling and plummeting. Why has his popularity tumbled into the sub-basement? What, if anything, can he do to improve his ratings? And should his popularity in polls really matter to him or to us? CONTINUED
Jack Shafer, Politico Magazine
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