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 »
Trump is losing to Trumpism
… A poll came out last week from NBC News that included an interesting finding. When Republicans were asked whether they considered themselves to be more in support of Donald Trump or of the Republican Party, the GOP won by a 20-point margin. In the abstract, that’s probably what you […] 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 »
D.C. Is a Donut. There Is No Center in Washington Politics
… When it comes to elections—and the politics of the nation as a whole—there is, of course, a center. Look at polling. Look at the “progressive” ideas discussed or supported by Biden—from protecting the climate to providing child care, from better health care to fairer taxation, from gun control to […] Read more »
Midterm meter: Historic trends put Democrats in ‘shellacking territory’ ahead of the midterms
President Biden’s news conference on Wednesday was designed to kick off a second-year reset of his presidency… and our new NBC News poll suggests Mr. Biden needs one. NBC News The OPINION TODAY email newsletter is a concise daily rundown of significant new poll results and insightful analysis. It’s FREE. Sign up here: opiniontoday.substack Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters reluctant to give Biden a second term
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 »