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.
TOTAL BS!
Still More #ComDem_Insanity!
lmao
Agreed. Harvard is making a bad name for itself with this kind of poll.
Alternate headline - Trump leads Biden in favorability rating, which is what the poll actually indicates.
Well, that is pitiful.
You would think that, by now, Trump would be waaaaaay more popular than Biden.
Funny, I don’t see biden flags, signs and bumper stickers. I see Trump everywhere. But then I stick to mostly sane states like Florida, Texas and South Dakota.
Even after manipulating the polls they can't hide the fact that people prefer Trump. That has got to be a wake up call to the corrupt media and the loser socialist dems.
Well, if the idea is to discourage Trump supporters, it’s working.
That would be the sitting US President, the most powerful man in the world, vs. a washed up TV celebrity who everyone hates? yes /s
Wow too close to call again!
Again, just look at the crowds Trump has whenever he holds a rally.
Whenever Biden or harris show up, they can only seem to gather a few dozen.
However, Biden does seem to create massive crowds at the border, and at Kabul airport.
You know the code. You know the thing...
“Everyone shares guilt in this crisis.”
Translation: Leftist Democrats own this one completely.
“Trump is the leader of a White Supremacist terrorist group.”
Translation: There is no White Supremacist terror group.
” Poll: Biden, Trump statistically tied in favorability.”
Translation: Biden didn’t even place.
OMG, if anyone believes this Poll, you are a Liberal IDIOT!
They already have it.
My X-Son-in-Law is a Harvard Law Graduate. He is one of the few Republicans from there.
He decided he needed a younger woman and ran around on my daughter. My grandson is 14. My only grand child.
I lost my wife of 47 years in 2018. Remarried just over a year ago. My new wife has a 10 year old grand daughter. She stays with us a lot. I claim her too.
The Big Lie
This, after two fake impeachments, 1 lying dossier, assorted bimbos, social media banning, smearing lies from the media, and endless attacks by the media.
LOL
This is nonsence. Still...
Never Trumpers have never been happier...
Great job folks.
Look where we are right now, and look back at what was going
on over the prior four years.
I think some of you finally came around, but you never
fully grasped how much harm you did to our cause. The Left
took off where you folks left off, and our own leaders
adopted your view of Trump and refused to work with him.
I see some of your most prominent leaders prancing around
like they’ve been the best help to Conservatism ever.
Totally clueless what they helped usher in.
Well, congrats. Nice work. The Left still hates you,
but they sure appreciate your help.
It seems Biden can do no wrong. The man is unstoppable. Our foreign friends adore him, our enemies fear him. BEST PRESIDENT EVER! /S
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