Posted on 09/20/2021 12:15:52 PM PDT by American Number 181269513
President Biden and former President Trump are statistically tied when it comes to their favorability among U.S. voters, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey shared exclusively with The Hill on Monday.
Forty-eight percent of respondents say they have a positive view of Trump compared to 46 percent who say they have a favorable opinion of his successor. Biden’s favorability is slightly underwater, however: 49 percent of those surveyed said they have an unfavorable view of the current president, while slightly less — 47 percent — report an unfavorable opinion of Trump.
The findings are a remarkable shift for Biden, who repeatedly outperformed Trump’s favorability numbers throughout the early months of his presidency.
But multiple crises, including a surge in new COVID-19 infections in recent months and the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, have bruised public perceptions of Biden.
Fifty-one percent of respondents now say Trump was a better president than Biden, while 49 percent prefer the White House’s current occupant, the poll shows.
“The mounting issues on all fronts have led to the surprise conclusion that Trump is now seen as good a president as Biden, suggesting the honeymoon is being replaced now with buyer’s remorse,” Mark Penn, the co-director of the Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey, said.
“Since Trump lost the popular vote by 5 points, Trump getting 51 percent as a better president is actually an improvement from Election Day.”
The latest Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey also shows Biden’s overall approval rating under water for the first time since he took office. Forty-eight percent of those surveyed say they approve of the job he’s doing in the White House, while 50 percent disapprove.
That follows on the heels of a July Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey that showed his approval rating sinking to 52 percent from 62 percent in June.
In a sign that the debacle in Afghanistan may be the biggest factor influencing views of his presidency, Biden saw his biggest drops in approval on his handling of foreign affairs and his administration’s efforts to combat terrorism. In both matters, his approval dropped 13 points since July.
Other members of Biden’s administration aren’t faring any better than Biden in the public eye, according to the poll.
Fifty-five percent of those surveyed say that Mike Pence was a better vice president than his successor, current Vice President Harris. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performs even worse, with 63 percent of respondents saying that his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, was the better secretary of State.
Penn said that for Blinken, in particular, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan has proved particularly tough.
“People see Pence as a better VP by 10 points and overwhelmingly see Pompeo as far better than Blinken, who has been out front on Afghanistan,” Penn said.
The Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey of 1,578 registered voters was conducted from Sept. 15 to 16. It is a collaboration of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and The Harris Poll.
Full poll results will be posted online later this week. Respondents are recruited via voter panel providers on a randomized basis, and their responses are then weighted to reflect known demographics. As a representative poll conducted online, it does not report a probability confidence interval.
Probably 5% of respondents were scared to declare any positive attitudes for Trump. This poll is devastating for the Biden Administration and if you listened to Psaki today you would have heard her constantly try to demean the previous administration during her press conference. They absolutely cannot allow the Trump administration to gain any public approval traction since that would result in this current administration constantly operating under the shadow of their predecessor. At this point they have no successes to point to that would indicate they are better than or even equal to the Trump administration.
U T T E R BS.
Who the phuk still gives any credence to the Hill anyways? Not me. Garbo level sh*t.
They have to cover for him circling the wagons covering up disastrous Biden’s disastrous first months as president. Notice the Afghanistan news has disappeared the invasion of the border was covered maybe 1 day tops and forget about the France fiasco. Right now the priority is on the murdered young girl who went missing.
every once in a while, americans have to be reminded how bad things get when they elect a democrat!
‘The Hill’ = a big pile of.....
They have to pump up Biden’s numbers and adjust Trump’s numbers downwards to make that statement true. Even so it’s quite an admission on their part.
It is the same in insane states except for the cities.
Biden must be very popular. He even has his own chant.
The fact that it’s a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll gives Biden a 40% lead from the start of this poll.
good for you! Harvard is getting too big for its britches.
It is losing clout as a viable entity.
I’ll go on record saying “BULL$#!+”.
China Joe is the biggest embarrassment to the US since Bath House and Lurch sent James Taylor to comfort France.
The POS pedophile lying scumbag moron Biden can’t garner an honest 15% approval on his own merit.
He’s a contender for a place on Mt. Rushmore, that’s for sure. He and his big fat mask, and his beady eyes staring with that “..what was the question...?” look.
Another CYA poll for Biden. Trump wins 40 states if he runs today.
President Biden and former President Trump are statistically tied when it comes to their favorability among U.S. voters,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Buahahahahahahaha! A push poll this far out from Nov 3rd, 2022?
I guess both RINOS and the American Marxists of the Dem party are concerned!
Just survey a field consisting of the 80 million Trump voters in teh stolen election, and you will see STILL, 100% fpr Tromp and 0% for Biden.
Thats the problem both Rinos and American Marxist Dems are having right now.They know that 80 million will be enlarged to 130 million by then. Joe Biden is up shitz creek without a paddle.
Do they really think we believe that cr#$?
A load of cow flop.
The hill has turned into a ditch. A left wing rag of a ditch,
Don’t believe anything you read in the democrat media.
ANYTHING !!!!
Yeah, we believe the polls and Joe Biden received 81 million votes.
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