… On Thursday, CNN released a new poll conducted by SSRS that showed Biden’s approval sinking to 41 percent. That helped push his average approval rating lower as well, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight. Biden’s approval rating is now worse than any modern president at the same point according to FiveThirtyEight, save one: Donald Trump. And even in contrast to Trump, Biden is only running about even.
What must be particularly galling about the new CNN poll to Biden’s team is that CNN’s polls had been consistently outperforming the average in recent months. CONTINUED
Philip Bump, Washington Post
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