69% Disapprove Of How Applesauce Brain is Handling Inflation

By the way, the headline for ABC "News'" tweet for this was about approval for Biden's handling of the "economic recovery."

Have you ever seen a poll question about the economy reported that way -- editorialized to be about a "recovery"?

No, you haven't. This is the first time. They always just say "the economy," neutrally. They never editorialize and cast the economy in positive or negative terms when reporting poll findings about approval for the economy.

Until now, of course.

Because Biden asked his media friends to please put a positive spin on his disaster economy, and they complied.

But by the way, the public does not approve of his handling of "the economic recovery."

President Joe Biden is facing significant skepticism from the American public, with his job approval rating lagging across a range of major issues, including new lows for his handling of crime, gun violence and the economic recovery, a new ABC/Ipsos poll finds.

They did it again! They did it again!

More than two-thirds of Americans (69%) disapprove of how Biden is handling inflation (only 28% approve) while more than half (57%) disapprove of his handling of the economic recovery.

And again! Guys, I think they really want us to know that they're classifying this as a "recovery."

Do you feel recovered?

Partisan splits for inflation show expected negativity in Republican views (94% disapproving), but the survey also reveals weaknesses from Biden's own party with only a slim majority of Democrats (54%) approving. Biden's orbit is also hemorrhaging independent voters, with 71% disapproving of his handling of inflation.

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The findings show Biden slightly above water in one sector: his handling of COVID-19. A slim majority (53%) of Americans approve of Biden's handling of the pandemic. Even so, Biden's COVID approval rating is now numerically at its lowest point in ABC/Ipsos polling since he took office, another warning sign for what might be a tough battle to maintain majorities in the U.S. House and Senate.

Only a bare majority -- 51% -- still support his vaccine mandates. Seven in ten allegedly think that mask mandates should remain in place -- or be more strict.

If you don't believe that -- and I don't -- consider what the real numbers should be for the rest of these questions.

Biden also sees lagging support for his handling of rising rates of violence in many places across the county. As the national murder rates see historic jumps, only a little more than 1 in 3 Americans (36%) approve of Biden's handling of crime, down from 43% in an ABC News/Ipsos poll in late October. Similarly, approval of Biden's handling of gun violence is 32%, down from 39% in the October poll. That figure shrinks among nonpartisans with only 1 in 4 independents approving of Biden's work on gun violence.

Note that this poll doesn't even measure his overall job approval -- did they just flinch from even asking the question, or is it so low they don't want to report it?

99 The ABC News report is even more fake news, in one respect. They completely omit the survey's numbers on POOTUS' handling of immigration: Approve 34%/Disapprove 63%. It's actually a little better (?!) than the previous period, which was 31/68, so ABC could have mentioned that, but chose not to. Posted by: Darrell Harris

Biden says the problem with his poll numbers is just covid and misinformation.

Chuck Todd says the problem is the persistence of both covid and Donald Trump, and neither is "Joe Biden's fault."

posted by Ace at 12:34 PM

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