New Poll on Student Debt Bailout and How Biden Tactic Is Backfiring Big Time

Red State ^ | 09/07/2022 | Nick Arama

[SeekAndFind]

We’ve seen Joe Biden and the Democrats throwing a lot of desperate things out there trying to move the needle to help them in the midterms. One of those was the despicable tactic of demonizing millions of MAGA Americans. Biden did it hoping to jazz up the leftist Trump-hating base, hoping that would get them out to vote because of the “threat to democracy.” But, as I reported, that effort to juice the vote may have backfired. A new Trafalgar poll done in partnership with the Convention of States shows what a huge blunder it was. The majority of Americans thought that was a “dangerous escalation in rhetoric” and “most voters were sickened and deeply disturbed by what they saw last week,” according to Mark Meckler, the President of the Convention of States.

Biden’s other tactic — buying votes from the base with student debt forgiveness — may be backfiring on him as well. In addition to the fact that it’s likely going to be found illegal at some point, only about 13 percent of Americans have student loan debt. This giveaway leaves out all the people who didn’t go to college or who have already paid off their debt, which is most Americans. All of us know that Biden is attempting to juice the vote by giving his base a benefit that we aren’t all getting but that we’re going to end up paying for. They don’t even have a real number on what that would cost yet — one count was a trillion dollars at a time when we are already suffering from 40-year high inflation.

While Democrats cite polls claiming student debt forgiveness is popular, a new Cato/YouGov poll shows that the majority oppose it once they understand some of the results of such a move, like higher inflation and rising tuition prices.

Support for student debt cancellation turns to opposition once respondents are made aware of even *one* of the tradeoffs.


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— Jason Sorens (@JasonSorens) September 6, 2022

So what does that mean for trying to use this to buy votes? As I’ve previously observed, I think it’s a horrible move. Once he does it, then the left is going to say why didn’t he just forgive it completely if he says now he can do it? So they still think he’s not going far enough. Then, the rest of the people are going to be angry that a select group got bailed out and that everyone else has to pay for it/suffer the consequences of the bad move. Not a well-thought-out political move either, in keeping with Biden’s tradition of being wrong about everything.

Now the Trafalgar Group is saying this move is having an effect — that there’s a major shift in places like Georgia, Washington, and New York that is directly traceable to this issue.

Folks I know the GA, WA, & NY #poll numbers are surprising but we at @Trafalgar_Group have seen a big shift in favor of non incumbents since #Biden announced his #studentloanforgiveness package. No other issue this cycle has enraged middle and working class voters more than this

— Robert C. Cahaly (@RobertCahaly) September 3, 2022

“Folks I know the GA, WA, & NY #poll numbers are surprising but we at @Trafalgar_Group have seen a big shift in favor of non incumbents since #Biden announced his #studentloanforgiveness package,” Trafalgar’s chief pollster Robert Cahaly. “No other issue this cycle has enraged middle and working class voters more than this.”

Cahaly is confirming that Americans are getting this and are ticked off. They’re going to punish the Democrats for pushing the idea. Now we’re seeing races that one wouldn’t have thought would be close suddenly turning tight like the governor’s race in New York where Republican Lee Zeldin now has a real chance.

Zeldin 43.4% up from Siena July 39% (& Hochul 47.8% down from 53%) in poll by independent & proven accurate Trafalgar Group. This year, Real Clear Politics called Trafalgar “the most accurate pollster of the cycle among those firms that polled multiple senate & governor races.”


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— Ed Cox (@ChairmanEdCox) September 4, 2022

Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) should have had a walkaway but she’s also in trouble.

New @trafalgar_group #WASen #Poll (8/30-9/1) shows incumbent #Murray in a somewhat surprisingly close race w/challenger #Smiley #wapol

49.2% @MurrayCampaign
46.3% @SmileyForWA
4.5% Und

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— The Trafalgar Group (@trafalgar_group) September 2, 2022

Herschel Walker has now moved ahead in the Senate race in Georgia in the Emerson and Trafalgar polls. Stacey Abrams is also in deep trouble in Georgia.

🚨 NEW GEORGIA POLL by Emerson

SEN
(R) Herschel Walker 46% (+2)
(D) Raphael Warnock 44%

GOV
(R) Brian Kemp 48% (+4)
(D) Stacey Abrams 44%

PRES
(R) Donald Trump 51% (+5)
(D) Joe Biden 46%

GEN BALLOT
Republicans 51% (+5)
Democrats 46%

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— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) August 30, 2022

We also see Blake Masters progressively closing the gap in Arizona, only three points back of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) with the momentum in his favor. Kelly is under 50 percent.

Looks like the Biden tactics may be backfiring big time.

[FormerFRLurker]

Even some Rats I know are saying Biden’s bailout is profligate and alienating to those without a college degree or who already paid off their student loans. Good luck getting them to admit it to a pollster though.

[Gay State Conservative]

This will clearly motivate some to vote for Rats and also some to vote against Rats. We'll see just who is who.

[cuz1961]

The bail out makes it hard for the collegates to brag about being collegates and enjoy loading it over others when the reaction they get is that which a theif gets.

Disdain, contempt , bitterness and hostility.

[blackdog]

All the fool needed to do was not a thing.

[IncPen]

They don’t care about the polls.

It’s all about destabilizing and destroying every last vestige of Western culture.

[TonyM]

Sadly those polls are well within the democrat cheating range. We need at least a 20 percent difference to beat the cheat. It amazes me that Americans are so dumb to vote for a senile madman at all. 46%? Really? It should be single digit. Must be the public education system with worthless degree mills that are poisoning our youth. Education should be left to the states and parents who are paying for their kids education should demand more legitimate courses that produce employable graduates rather that stupid gender studies courses and other such useless garbage. Smart parent should be steering their kids towards technical colleges and apprenticeships that produce workers with much needed and well paid trades.

[Alvin Diogenes]

Encouraging news. But…

“…it’s likely going to be found illegal at some point…”

That’s the Democrats’ plan. Then they get to run on the issue again, and they can appeal to their base by railing against the courts yet again (in the process reminding them of the conservative Supreme Court that they hate). Plus they don’t have to deal with the resulting inflation if the courts block the spending.

[joshua c]

the october surprise is coming

and it’ll be a doozy

[joshua c]

im thinking someone with a ton of student debt is already a rat voter

[867V309]

Even some Rats I know are saying Biden’s bailout is profligate and alienating to those without a college degree or who already paid off their student loans.

absolutely right

Student Debt Bailout was vote-buying, pure and simple

only problem is they bought votes already theirs and made poor blacks wonder 'where's ours?'

[Newtoidaho]

Nearly 2 years of this flaming dumpster fire of demonrat policies and demonrat politicians still polling ahead in many areas. Never underestimate the stupidity of the majority of voters. If they had brains there would be no demonrat party.

[Lumper20]

Who gave out handouts during covid and initial shot/shots. Everything Biden and fellow Dems do is give free money, free apartments, plus free healthcare to all illegals too. Our nation is being invaded.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Looks like the Biden tactics may be backfiring big time.”

Let’s pray to God this is true. I hope people are also paying attention to the imminent collapse of the western European economies because of their idiotic “green” energy decisions that past two decades.

[Mark17]

Good luck getting them to admit it to a pollster though.

I would assume they will still vote for Biden, however?

[Adder]

Agreed...they do not need to lead in polls. They just need to be close enough to flip the right precincts.

2 years of majority Republican legislatures and most of the root causes of the steal are still in place.

PA has a stumbling mumbling very sick man running a horrid campaign yet is ahead in polls?
Any fascist dumblecrat running for re-election after the horrid Wuhan lockdowns and vax mandates that are ahead in polls just astound me.
Really? Are our fellow compadres really that stupid? So easily led?

Can we ever heal our education systems so our kids minds are not poisoned further?

[T Ruth]

the despicable tactic of demonizing millions of MAGA Americans. Biden did it hoping to jazz up the leftist Trump-hating base, hoping that would get them out to vote because of the “threat to democracy.” as a signal to Democrats throughout the nation that it is okay to cheat for the sake of "our Democracy."

[Boomer]

Biden did it hoping to jazz up the leftist Trump-hating base, hoping that would get them out to vote because of the “threat to democracy.”

They went for Nazi Brandon.

But got diaperless Brandon instead.

[Mr. Jeeves]

the october surprise is coming

and it’ll be a doozy

We already know what it will be - they will arrest Trump in front of a pre-arranged forest of MSM cameras. This tactic will eventually backfire, too, but if they can restrain themselves from acting until the final weekend the shock may not turn into anger until it is too late.

[FormerFRLurker]

I would assume they will still vote for Biden, however?

You assume correctly.