Biden slips again in polls
President Biden’s approval rating keeps dipping — and Americans are also becoming jittery about the economy.
That’s a bad combination for any boss.
A Rasmussen Reports poll has Biden’s approval rating at 46%, down a point from other recent polls. CNN has him breaking even at 50% up or down, according to Real Clear Politics.
But it’s another CNN poll that is worrisome.
About 69% think the country is heading in the wrong direction, the poll states. That’s very telling, considering the source is a left-leaning cable station.
“The tentatively positive public outlook that marked the first months of the Biden administration has faded,” CNN writes.
The poll states:
■36% say the COVID pandemic is the top issue
■20% the economy
■9% select immigration as a top worry
■7% called out “division” in the country
■5% foreign policy, a Biden sore spot
■5% government spending, no surprise
■5% racism and racial issues
■5% government
•4% the rain-soaked environment “The rising pessimism about the trajectory of the US and its economy comes across party lines, but the rise in Biden’s disapproval appears concentrated among independents,” CNN says.
That can’t be good news for the midterms, with independents usually the swing votes.
August and early September have not been good months for the Biden team. The botched pullout from Afghanistan cost 13 soldiers their lives and left some evacuees behind. The nagging variants and infection rates also dog the president. Wildfires and flash flooding has left many struggling.
It’s too soon to tell if Biden’s vaccine mandates will help or hurt him. Those polls will take a week to surface.