Six in 10 voters would back someone other than President Biden if the 2024 presidential election were today, according to a Fox News national survey released Sunday. That makes his current reelection prospects dimmer than they ever were for his most recent predecessors, Donald Trump and Barack Obama. At the […] Read more »
NBC News Poll: ‘Downhill,’ ‘divisive’: Americans sour on nation’s direction
Overwhelming majorities of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, that their household income is falling behind the cost of living, that political polarization will only continue and that there’s a real threat to the nation’s democracy and majority rule. What’s more, the nation’s top politicians and […] Read more »
How Americans think Joe Biden has done on their most important priorities after one year
President Joe Biden entered office promising to end the Covid-19 pandemic, boost a lagging economy, get Americans back to work, restore US credibility abroad and heal a divided nation. After one year, the reviews from the American people in public polling on those topics, in many cases, have not been […] Read more »
An economic muddle
Inflation rose to 7% last month, highs last seen in 1982. This has markets on edge and consumers far less bullish than they were in summer 2021, before the fallout from the Delta and Omicron variants. Yet the overall picture is one of mixed signals. Right now, consumer outlook is […] Read more »
Five Warning Signs for Biden as He Marks First Anniversary in Office
Key Points• As Joe Biden marks a year in office, he has found himself in a perilous position, and there are no obvious signs of improvement.• Among Biden’s challenges is an apparently weakened position among nonwhite voters as well as younger voters, two immensely important pillars of the Democratic coalition.• […] Read more »
Battered White House searches for a Biden comeback scenario
… Weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic, surging inflation and a stalled legislative agenda, Biden’s approval rating has long since dropped into the low 40s danger zone. That leaves him below the level of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama at similar points before midterm contests that dealt them […] Read more »