Amid the chaos of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden’s approval rating slid to just 43% in the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll. That is down 6 percentage points from a survey conducted in July and is the lowest mark for Biden in the poll since taking office. The decline […] Read more »
Biden approval falls to all-time low as Americans turn against his handling of Afghanistan withdrawal
Now that the last U.S. troops have left Afghanistan after two decades of war, an increasing number of Americans say they support the decision to withdraw — yet more say they disapprove of the way the withdrawal was handled, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. As a result, President […] Read more »
Everyone has an opinion on Afghanistan — Do voters care?
… We tend to associate wars with “rally-around-the-flag” effects, in which conflicts lead to popularity bumps for presidents and their parties. Such effects may have been true during WWII, but 21st century military interventions are long, drawn out affairs — and political losers. This is due to what I’ve identified […] Read more »
Americans back end to Afghanistan war but fault Biden’s execution
When President Joe Biden formally announced the end of America’s longest war on Tuesday, he did so with a majority of voters supporting its conclusion, polls show. But those same polls suggest his execution of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is broadly unpopular, which has forced him to absorb a […] Read more »
RIP, rally ’round the flag
Less than 12 hours after Flight 75 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, close to 150 members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, stood together on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to sing “God Bless America.” Unfortunately, that act of bipartisanship won’t […] Read more »
Majority of U.S. public favors Afghanistan troop withdrawal; Biden criticized for his handling of situation
With the U.S. military evacuation of Afghanistan completed – bringing America’s longest war to an end – 54% of U.S. adults say the decision to withdraw troops from the country was the right one, while 42% say it was wrong, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Aug. 23-29. […] Read more »