Biden and the polls: He's fallen and he can't get up

[SugarDaddy1]

BIDEN AND THE POLLS: HE'S FALLEN AND HE CAN'T GET UP. In an interview with the Financial Times, the longtime Washington political analyst Charlie Cook noted that President Joe Biden's job approval rating has been stuck below 50% for a long time, 2 1/2 years, and shows no signs of rising above 50% anytime soon. "There seems to be virtually no elasticity there," Cook said. "I wonder whether people have just changed the channel — they've just written him off."

To understand what Cook said about "elasticity," look at the Gallup Presidential Job Approval Center. Biden started his presidency, in January 2021, with a 57% approval rating. He stayed around that level until the beginning of the summer, and then the slide began. By July 2021, Biden fell below 50% for the first time and has never returned. He fell below 40% in July 2022 and is at 39% today.

Everybody knows the reasons for Biden's unpopularity. Majorities in both parties think the 81-year-old president is too old for a second term. Biden-era inflation has made going to the grocery store an ordeal for millions of people. The world seems to be blowing up — Ukraine, the Middle East — which has many people worried that more might be on the way if Biden remains in the Oval Office.

Finally, the one thing that Biden absolutely, positively, unquestionably cannot do is get any younger. Voters have watched in real time as the president slowed down in front of them. He shuffles. His voice sounds weak. He becomes confused and can have difficulty completing thoughts. Anyone who has ever had an elderly relative — and that is about everyone — knows what is going on.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-and-the-polls-hes-fallen-and-he-cant-get-up

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

I imagine he’s crush Trump in November because the economy is better than it’s ever been in the history of the country.

 

[ll74]

Always fun when people need to create new threads to brag about polls they like.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-and-the-polls-hes-fallen-and-he-cant-get-up

awww time for a bump in your other thread, the one you're running away from. But hey this is a nice try at deflection....6 out of 10 for you. You do understand that 6 out of 10 is 60%, not 80%, right? 80% would be 8 out of 10.

 

[SubzeroGirl]

Time for some new shoes.

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Time for some new shoes.

You thinking on getting heals or flats?

 

[pocjet]

Time for some new shoes.

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[John_von_Neumann]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-and-the-polls-hes-fallen-and-he-cant-get-up

Hey, look, miles is sharing an elderly joke!

 

[RoryN]

As per usual re: the thread title, the GOP's cultural references are ancient. That is because they're out of touch with society.

(It's also why their humor generally sucks.)

 

[SugarDaddy1]

HE'S FALLEN AND HE CAN'T GET UP, PART 2: BIDEN'S DARK CAMPAIGN. Yesterday's newsletter, "Biden and the polls: He's fallen and he can't get up," described the deep trouble President Joe Biden is in as he seeks a second term at age 81. Not only do voters of both parties believe he is too old to continue as president, but majorities disapprove of virtually everything he has done in the White House, from his handling of the economy to the border to crime to foreign affairs. Even on traditionally strong Democratic issues, such as healthcare and education, Biden's job approval rating is startlingly low.

Fast forward 24 hours. On Wednesday morning, a number of news organizations reported that Biden will begin his 2024 campaign with two speeches. One will mark the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot with an appearance at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The other will take place at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where a white gunman murdered nine black parishioners in 2015.

That says a lot about the coming Biden campaign. "Biden's kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country's darkest moments rather than an upbeat affirmation of his record is meant to clarify for voters what his team sees as the stakes of November's election," the Associated Press reported. "During both events, he will characterize [former President Donald Trump] as a serious threat to the nation's founding principles, arguing that Trump — who has built a commanding early lead in the Republican presidential primary — will seek to undermine U.S. democracy should he win a second term.

It's quite a choice for voters. Say you're one of those who is concerned about Trump's actions in the weeks following the 2020 election. "Everything he did after Nov. 3, 2020, Election Day, was a disaster, both for himself and the country," this newsletter wrote back in 2022. At the same time, you are satisfied with many of the results of Trump's presidency, both in what happened, including a strong pre-COVID economy, solid business deregulation, sound energy policy, and judicial appointments, and in what did not happen. This is from one of Trump's most indefatigable critics, Robert Kagan: "On Trump's watch, there was no full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no major attack on Israel, no runaway inflation, no disastrous retreat from Afghanistan. It is hard to make the case for Trump's unfitness to anyone who does not already believe it."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/hes-fallen-and-he-cant-get-up-part-2-bidens-dark-campaign

 

[Fuzzy1975]

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/hes-fallen-and-he-cant-get-up-part-2-bidens-dark-campaign

Oh look a part deux. Is this going to be as funny as part one?

Ahhh time to go revisit that old math problem you are having I guess.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

https://x.com/iapolls2022/status/1742954085345611860?s=46&t=D4wPadUSm31flBzHVSwUxA

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

https://x.com/tombevanrcp/status/1752323135192375565?s=46&t=D4wPadUSm31flBzHVSwUxA

 

[Sean Renaud]

I imagine biden and the dems could care less about how terrible their polling numbers are when they can blatantly cheat and get away with it (we all know it was stolen) lets stop bs'ing it.

The election was not stolen.