Over the past few days the media has incessantly been quoting a Quinnipiac poll that had Biden at 38% approval rating. That sounds really bad. But it was an outlier. It’s not nearly as bad as that.
Here’s the new CNN poll:
Approval ratings at this point in a presidency often tank. I suppose it’s letdown from the high expectations of the campaign once it’s met the sausage factory of legislation. Biden’s had a rough couple of months with Afghanistan, COVID and his own party’s sturm und drang over the big agenda. The economy is still wobbly because of the pandemic and the GOP’s strategy of encouraging its followers to act like a marauding mob of miscreants and refusing to get vaccinated and harassing people all over the country. But all things considered, he’s hanging in there.
If the Democrats can get the Divas off their high horses and get a deal and the January 6th Commission can deliver some high profile results, it’s possible that his approval rating will grow and the Dems can avoid the midterm curse. Maybe …