A year before the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans hold a clear early lead on the congressional ballot as President Joe Biden’s approval rating sinks to a new low of 38%. A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, taken Wednesday through Friday, found that Biden’s support had cratered among the independent voters […] Read more »
Virginia and New Jersey Elections in National Context
Elections for state offices reflect state-specific issues, the personalities and backstories of the candidates running for office, and the dynamics of the campaigns. State elections can also reflect trends and circumstances occurring at the national level. This last point is important, given the tendency of many observers to use the […] Read more »
Biden Job Approval Slides As Presidency Arrives At Key Turning Point
President Joe Biden’s job approval rating has gone from honeymoon heights to underwater in just three months. The November IBD/TIPP Poll finds Biden’s approval rating sinking 5.3 points to 46.9, after topping 60 at the start of August. That 46.9 rating reflects Biden’s net 5% disapproval rating: 40% of adults […] Read more »
Biden’s job rating sinks to 42% in NBC News poll a year from midterms
A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Joe Biden’s job performance, while half give him low marks for competence and uniting the country, according to results from the latest national NBC News poll. What’s more, the survey finds that 7 in 10 adults, including almost half of Democrats, believe […] Read more »
Voter frustration fuels sharp drop in approval for Biden and both parties in Congress
Voter frustration and a growing sense that the country is headed in the wrong direction is resulting in a sharp decline in approval ratings for President Biden and both parties in Congress, according to the latest Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy […] Read more »
44% approve of the way President Biden is handling his job
In the latest edition of the Ipsos Core Political, most Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction. The economy and jobs continues to be the most important issue for about one in five Americans, followed by public health, immigration and the healthcare system. Three in five Americans […] Read more »