Disastrous Polls for "President" Biden, as Even the Left-Skewing ABC/Washington Post Poll Finds a Majority Now Consider Him Mentality Unfit to be President

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BREAKING: Economic discontent is hurting Pres. Biden and his party's midterm election prospects, with three-quarters saying the economy’s in bad shape and a nearly 20-point lead for the Republican Party in trust to handle it, new
@ABCNews/WaPo poll finds.

JUST IN: A career-low 37% of Americans approve of Pres. Biden's job performance, with 55% disapproving.

That includes just 30% approval among political independents and 10% from Republicans, all of whom are employed as "conservative analysts" by the Fake News Media.

I added that last part to increase the accuracy of the tweet.

The hits keep coming:

JUST IN: Republican congressional candidates have a 49-42% advantage over Democrats among registered voters, widening to 54-41% among those who say they both are registered and certain to vote in November, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds. http://abcn.ws/3teI4oR

That same ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that a majority of the public believes that Biden is "mentally unfit" to be president.

The recent poll revealed that the "underlying weakness" is to the degree that most adults "have doubts about his personal capacities." When the respondents were asked if he was a strong leader, 59 percent said no, while 36 percent said yes. In fact, those percentages resemble his job approval; 37 percent approve and 55 percent disapprove.

When asked about Biden's "mental sharpness" to serve as president, 54 percent said they do not think Biden is mentally sharp enough, while only 40 percent said he is. When respondents were asked the same question in May 2020, when Biden was only a candidate, 51 percent said he had the "mental sharpness" needed to serve as president, while 43 percent said he did not.

Biden seemed to have lost independents, a critical polling group, on this topic. Fifty-nine percent of the independents gave the president's mental sharpness a negative assessment, a rise of 13 percentage points since May 2020.

Ouch. ABC and the Washington Post cannot have enjoyed that finding.

Another poll finds Brandon at essentially the same place: On Friday, a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll showed Brandon with a new low approval at 38%.

Seventeen percent of registered voters said they "strongly approve" of Biden's job in office while another 21 percent said they "somewhat approve."

Another 39 percent said they "strongly disapproved" of Biden's job, while 16 percent said they "somewhat disapproved."

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"On the eve of his State of the Union, the president has hit a new low as inflation and economic anxiety hit new highs. The president is now underwater on every top domestic and foreign policy issue," said Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey.

The same poll found that 64 percent of registered voters said Biden is "too lenient" with Russia, while 31 percent said he handles Russia "just right." Five percent said he's "too tough."

Last week, a Gallup poll found that Brandon was underwater in all key issues, and that his support with Independents had halved since the earlier days of his "presidency."

The good news? That he's so very unpopular he might finally hit bottom soon.

The most hopeful line in the pollster's analysis is that Biden's ratings are so low, especially with his own party's base and independent voters, that he might soon hit bottom.

"Since the honeymoon phase of his presidency, Biden has seen his support drop among all political groups. His ratings among Republicans cannot go much lower, so further declines in his approval rating depend on whether Democrats' and independents' evaluations of him worsen," said the analysis.

His drop in support from independents threatens to undermine Democrats in 2022 and his own reelection campaign, as it is that block of voters that influences election outcomes.

"Over the course of his presidency, Biden's job ratings have fallen the most among independents, among whom 35% currently approve, compared with ratings in the high 50s to low 60s in his initial months as president," said the polling note.

Biden's latest ratings from Gallup:

Overall job: 41% approve, 55% disapprove
Economy: 37% approve, 62% disapprove
Response to the coronavirus: 47% approve, 52% disapprove
Foreign affairs: 40% approve, 56% disapprove
The situation with Russia: 36% approve, 55% disapprove

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One hope for the White House is that Biden can show firmness with Russia as the Kremlin moves to war with Ukraine.

I guess that's out.

Whoops!

Whoopsie!

posted by Ace at 01:18 PM

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