On Tuesday, Pew Research Center published a poll that had unhappy news for President Biden. His approval rating had declined from 59 percent in April to 41 percent now, driven lower in large part by a decline in approval from Democrats from 95 percent to 76 percent. And that, in […] Read more »
If history’s a guide, Biden ain’t getting any stronger
President Joe Biden’s weak political standing looks like cement around the feet of the Democratic majorities in Congress. And even though the 2022 midterm elections are still more than 10 months away, history tells us Biden’s job rating isn’t likely to improve and more likely will deteriorate before Election Day. […] Read more »
The NFL is the rare thing that brings all Americans — Democrats and Republicans — together
Almost everything in our world today is divided along political lines. Whether it be something as important as a life saving vaccine or something as simple — and you would think would be non-partisan — as what TV programs people watch or jeans people wear, everything seems to be polarized […] Read more »
Biden’s now losing support from the base
One of the most worrisome political signs for the Biden administration from the latest round of polling is that the president isn’t just losing support among typical swing voters—suburbanites, independents, anti-Trump Republicans—but he’s now starting to take friendly fire from his own base. This vicious cycle is the political version […] 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 »
Only Trump was in worse electoral shape than Biden after his first year as president
President Joe Biden’s administration turned 1 year old on Thursday. He entered the White House by beating a historically unpopular president in Donald Trump. And while Biden started with a lot of promise in public polling data, the results now are anything but good. The President finds himself in a […] Read more »