Joe Biden's Approval Rating Plummets Internationally: Poll
Early enthusiasm for the president around the world has waned but still remains much higher than Donald Trump's from 2016 to 2020, Pew Research Center finds.
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And this from the NY Times June 22nd:
It’s Wednesday, June 22.
Alex, it is not exactly a secret that Democrats are expected to do quite poorly in this fall’s midterm elections. But the polling can still take your breath away. A few days ago, USA Today asked Americans about their views of President Biden, the face of the Democratic Party, and found that his approval rating was 39 percent.
So less than four out of 10 Americans approve of the president and his handling of the job. And beyond that, seven in 10 Americans — 70 percent — say that the country is on the wrong track. And very alarmingly, if you’re a Democrat, the poll revealed a lot of pessimism among Democrats — not just Republicans or independents. So just a gut check — am I correct in thinking of these numbers as being very bad for the party in control in an election year?
Alex Burns
You’re not wrong, Michael. These are terrible numbers. For an incumbent party heading into a midterm election, that is almost always a referendum on the party in power. Those numbers among Democrats that you cited were — the president’s own base feels so — to use a clinical term — just bummed out about the state of the country. It’s really hard to take that kind of mood and mobilize your own side with the force that you need in order to be truly competitive.
