… 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, […] Read more »
CNN Poll: Most Biden detractors say he’s done nothing they like since becoming president
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of how Joe Biden is handling his presidency, with most of that group saying there’s literally nothing Biden has done since taking office that they approve of. The finding, from a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS in January and February, highlights the entrenched politics […] Read more »
Increasing Public Criticism, Confusion Over COVID-19 Response in U.S.
Nearly two years after the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the United States, Americans are increasingly critical of the response to COVID-19 from elected officeholders and public health officials. Amid debates over how to address the surge in cases driven by the omicron variant, confusion is now the most common […] Read more »
Most Americans and Republicans side with Pence over Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence has caused an uproar by saying he did not have the lawful ability to overturn the 2020 election results on January 6, 2021. Pence has argued correctly, according to almost every single legal scholar, that his role as president of the Senate was largely ceremonial […] Read more »
Slightly over half of Americans disapprove of President Biden’s performance in office
This week’s Ipsos’ Core Political shows that Americans remain mostly disapproving of President Joe Biden’s performance in office. Twenty-six percent of Americans believe the economy is the most important problem facing the country today, this is up four points from early January when it was 22%. … After a steep […] Read more »
Americans Are Frustrated With the Pandemic. These Polls Show How Much.
A wave of polls taken as the Omicron variant crested across much of the United States shows new signs that the public’s resolve to combat the coronavirus pandemic is waning. The surveys depict an increasingly frustrated and pessimistic nation that is as worried by the specter of an endless pandemic […] Read more »