New Civiqs Poll Puts Approval for Biden at... 32%

The Putin Effect.

The latest Civiqs approval rating hit 32%, with 56% disapproving of the president. Even Democrats are expressing frustration, with their approval rate at a low 69%, according to the data.

At this stage of his presidency, Donald Trump was in better shape though also underwater with voters in the same Civiqs survey, at 44% approval, 52% disapproval, numbers he rarely broke from.

Recent presidents have all had very temporary low approval ratings below 30%, according to Gallup, but they didn't stay there. Biden's trend line, however, has been steadily down in the Civiqs survey since May 20, 2021.

Hispanic approval is at 41%. White approval is 26% -- all Karens and the Karen-Adjacent -- and black approval is at a weak 59%.

Once again, his best age group is those 65 and over, at 40%. As I think a commenter said here: Partisan loyalties were stronger in the past and weaker now. His higher-than-average approval with those 65+ is probably just due to dyed-in-the-wool Democrats reflexively approving of any Democrat. The very left-leaning 18-34 group only gives him 24% approval, because, while they skew to the left, they don't have strong identification with the Democrat Party.

A new Rasmussen poll finds similar levels of discontent:

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The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters found that just 27% were good with Biden's handling of the economy. Some 71% said his handling was fair to poor.

And when asked who they blame for the poor economy, a majority said Biden, not the many targets of his finger-pointing, including Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some 52% blamed Biden for high gas prices, for example, but just 11% blamed Putin.

Meanwhile, NeverTrump's favorite game show, the January 6th Show and Tell Show, isn't changing people's minds.

Post Politics @postpolitics

The GOP's electoral trajectory remains unaffected by Jan. 6 developments

An NPR article says that the January 6th game show is actually... backfiring:

Tom Bevan @TomBevanRCP

January 6 Committee hearings appear to be backfiring on Dems, making them seem out of touch with voters' main concerns.

From NPR:

Kimberly Berryman lives in the countryside outside Fredericksburg, Va., but drives 20 miles to the suburbs to do her shopping. She keeps a cooler in the trunk to keep her corn cold as she travels from store to store, trying to find the best deals on groceries.

For Berryman, it's worlds away from the hearings about the Jan. 6 insurrection going on at the U.S. Capitol.

"I got other things to do," she said with a laugh.

Berryman, who works with special needs students, said she was shocked and scared by the attack at the Capitol. But she said she's more worried about price hikes and supply shortages than litigating Jan. 6.

"Just move on to something else," she said.

Berryman said she usually votes for Democrats, including Abigail Spanberger, who currently represents the competitive 7th Congressional District in Congress. But Berryman said she'll consider voting for a Republican if they do a better job addressing her concerns about high prices.

"There are people out here that really can't afford it. And I'm one of them," she said.

This guy makes a good point about the Democrats' efforts to suddenly cry that political violence is just turrible, turrible:

Drew @onefiftyfivemm

I can't believe the Mostly Peaceful Riots had consequences in how people relate to organized political violence

posted by Ace at 05:16 PM

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