… Despite a strong July jobs report, we’re seeing a lot of uncertainty around the economy, particularly over the past three weeks. Inflation, new indoor mask mandates, a changing labor market, rising COVID cases, and the Delta variant all equate to a volatile mix. What do we call this? Virus-based […] Read more »
Biden’s Ratings Slip, But It’s More Than Just Delta Fears
Like Donald Trump before him, President Biden didn’t get much of a political honeymoon. Even before he finished his first full week of work at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, an early February Gallup poll found views of the former Vice President were the most polarized of any first-term president at this […] Read more »
Biden’s Honeymoon Is Over, and He Knows It
The first seven months of the Biden presidency have been easy compared with what’s coming down the pike. … As the 2022 and 2024 elections get closer, Biden is in a race to keep public attention on policies and initiatives favorable to the Democratic Party and its candidates against the […] Read more »
Biden approval ratings on Covid and economy fall in new CNBC All-America survey
President Joe Biden held on to his overall approval rating in the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey but showed weakness in two key areas as the public’s views on the economy and the outlook for the virus soured. In the poll of 802 American adults nationwide, 48% approved of the […] Read more »
President Biden’s Job Approval Bounces, Defying First-Year Obama Swoon
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating bounced back over the past month, reaching a level that President Obama never regained outside the first few months of his presidency, the August IBD/TIPP Poll finds. … The August IBD/TIPP Poll finds that 52% of adults approve of how President Biden is handling […] Read more »
Biden’s Buy American push is good politics but bad economics
With votes in the Senate to advance his bipartisan compromise last week, President Joe Biden took a big step toward upgrading America’s infrastructure. And he took a small step toward ensuring Washington can upgrade less of it. That step backward came with Biden’s move last week to stiffen requirements that […] Read more »