… After an initial burst of support, Biden has seen his approval ratings fall significantly in recent months. A Washington Post average of polls since the start of September shows 44 percent of Americans approve of Biden’s job approval, while 49 percent disapprove. And polls suggest support for Biden has […] Read more »
What’s in Democrats’ Build Back Better plan? A lot of Americans don’t know
While congressional Democrats negotiate within their ranks over the “Build Back Better” plan, the public is more likely to have heard about what it would cost than about the specific policies that would be in it. Despite the popularity, in principle, of these program ideas, some of the very popular […] Read more »
The Democrats Don’t Appear Doomed, Unless Losing Half the Time Means Doom
… On Friday, the New York Times published a column by liberal journalist Ezra Klein profiling the Democratic political strategist and data analyst David Shor. … We are, of course, currently in a moment of what history tells us is a rare and temporary period of unified Democratic rule, likely […] Read more »
Independents have turned on Joe Biden
President Joe Biden won the 2020 election in large part because he was able to win the center. He emerged with a 13-point win with independent voters, a group that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton lost by 4 points in 2016. (House Democratic candidates, for their part, took independents by […] Read more »
David Shor Is Telling Democrats What They Don’t Want to Hear
President Biden’s agenda is in peril. Democrats hold a bare 50 seats in the Senate, which gives any member of their caucus the power to block anything he or she chooses, at least in the absence of Republican support. And Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are wielding that leverage […] Read more »
President Biden’s approval rating creeps up to 48%
Americans are not in agreement on the most important issue facing the country, but the economy and unemployment is cited most frequently. … President Biden’s approval rating stands at 48%, up four points from the lowest point of his presidency in mid-September (44%). Republicans continue to be very critical of […] Read more »