Most of the country saw modest shifts in vote margin from 2016 to 2020. The Texas border stands out for the intensity and breadth of the pro-Republican shift. Miami is also attention getting, but here we focus on Texas. It isn’t that the Texas border counties gave majorities to Trump. […] Read more »
Trust in Biden on COVID erodes
… Anyone else feeling a sense of déjà vu? Yet another poll, this time with ABC News, finds that approval of Biden’s handling of a slate of issues – from COVID to the economic recovery – has taken a hit. Being a president is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately job. This is yet […] Read more »
Biden’s Slide With Key Voters: Momentary Blip or Danger Sign?
President Biden’s approval rating among key Democratic constituencies has declined considerably in recent months, eroding or even reversing decades-long patterns in public opinion. The as-yet-unanswerable question is whether that slide is a momentary dip — a fluke of a tough run of headlines — or a warning sign of even […] Read more »
Biden’s job approval on the decline among several groups
Half of Americans approve and about half disapprove of how Joe Biden is handling his job as president, a significant drop from the president’s approval rating earlier this year. Just 34% of Americans say the country is headed in the right direction, down from about half who felt that way […] Read more »
Democrats Could Be Damned if They Do, Damned if They Don’t
… Democrats are correct when they say that many of the individual elements in the pair of spending packages—the more traditional, physical-infrastructure bill, and the expansion of the social safety net via reconciliation—score well when tested in polls. If enacted, they’ll surely prove as popular as Obamacare. After all, while […] Read more »
Three-quarters of Americans believe things in this country are off on the wrong track
Only a quarter of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction as the economy and public health remain the top concerns. … The proportion of Americans who disapprove of President Biden’s performance in office remains higher than those who approve this week, with 50% disapproving and 46% […] Read more »