Posted on 08/19/2023 1:25:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
President Joe Biden's approval ratings are especially low when it comes to the economy, according to the latest Associated Press/NORC poll. Just 36 percent of those surveyed said Biden is doing a good job handling the economy.
The Biden administration pushed hard this month to convince voters that his initiatives—termed "Bidenomics"—have positively impacted the economy. Americans aren't buying it.
The A.P./NORC poll was conducted between August 10-14 and surveyed 1,165 American adults.
Overall, 42 percent approved of the job Biden has been doing as president.
"Both figures are close to where Biden's approval numbers have stood for about the past year and a half," notes A.P. "Signs of an improving economic outlook have done little to sway how people feel about the Democratic president as he gears up for a 2024 reelection campaign that could pit him against his predecessor and 2020 opponent, Republican Donald Trump."
For most of his presidency, Trump routinely received relatively good ratings for his handling of the economy, and they often exceeded his overall approval ratings. These numbers did start to slip, however, as the pandemic wore on in 2020.
The worst news for Biden concerns his 2024 presidential bid: Only 24 percent of all poll respondents said they want to see him run for president again. More than half of Democrats surveyed—55 percent—do not want to see Biden run again, though 82 percent said they would support him if he does.
Among Democratic poll respondents, Biden got a 65 percent approval rating on the economy and a 76 percent approval rating overall.
Younger Democrats were more likely to disapprove on both fronts, with only 52 percent of poll respondents ages 18 to 44 approving of Biden on economic issues and 68 percent approving of his job overall.
Around two-thirds of younger Democrats surveyed said they don't want to see Biden run for president again.
In contrast, Trump's presidential run has relatively strong support among Republicans, even after several criminal indictments.
The A.P.-NORC poll found 63 percent of Republicans want to see Trump run for president again, up from 55 percent who said as much in April.
But while Trump may engender more loyalty among the GOP than Biden does among Democrats, 53 percent of people in the A.P.-NORC poll said they would "definitely not" vote for Trump, with another 11 percent saying they would "probably not" vote for him. Only 43 percent said they would definitely not vote for Biden, with another 11 percent saying they probably wouldn't vote for him.
One poll showed Biden’s latest approval rating at 42%. I don’t know whether they polled the wrong people or got the numbers backwards, but have to believe it must be one or the other. Perhaps the media was just conducting business as usual & it would have been suspicious to show what it probably really is. Personally, I’d be suspicious of most any number above single digit; seeing how Bidenomics has NOT worked. If I was Joe Biden,I’d be ashamed to call it Bidenomics. For an example of how I see it working is this...I bought some butter the other day. The price was the same & the container was just half the usual size. Biden says inflation is decreasing. If that’s true , then is this local store the only one ripping the consumer off, because as a general rule I had found prices a little lower at this particular store & that’s why I shop there. By the way, that was the first time I had seen this particular example since the use of the term “Bidenomics” had started being used.
Maybe Uniparty-omics or something more pithy would better describe wrecking the working and middle classes.
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