Red-state Donald Trump voters are now more likely to say they’d be personally “better off” (33%) than “worse off” (29%) if their state seceded from the U.S. and “became an independent country,” according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. It’s a striking rejection of national unity that dramatizes the growing […] Read more »
Voters See a Bad Economy, Even if They’re Doing OK
The fastest inflation in four decades has Americans feeling dour about the economy, even as their own finances have, so far, held up relatively well. Just 10 percent of registered voters say the U.S. economy is “good” or “excellent,” according to a New York Times/Siena College poll — a remarkable […] Read more »
Young Voters Are Fed Up With Their (Much) Older Leaders
… While voters across the spectrum express rising doubts about the country’s political leadership, few groups are as united in their discontent as the young. A survey from The New York Times and Siena College found that just 1 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds strongly approve of the way Mr. Biden is […] Read more »
Americans Divided Over Direction of Biden’s Climate Change Policies
More than a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, the public is divided over the administration’s approach to climate change: 49% of U.S. adults say the Biden administration’s policies on climate change are taking the country in the right direction, while 47% say these climate policies are taking the country in […] Read more »
The weird divergence between views of Biden and support for his party
… Biden’s net approval sits at minus-16 (a figure obtained by subtracting those who disapprove from those who approve). The previous record-holder for lowest net approval 541 days into the presidency was a gentleman named Donald Trump. His net approval at this point was minus-11. … Presidential approval is one […] Read more »
Joe Biden’s presidency is out of gas
President Joe Biden is in trouble, big trouble. When 64 percent of those who said they would be voting in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary want someone new to carry the banner, citing age and job performance, as a New York Times/Siena College survey showed this week, it’s more than […] Read more »