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This poll number is very ominous for Democrats
CNN ^ | Jan 19, 2022 | Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Posted on 01/19/2022 9:20:49 AM PST by 11th_VA

(CNN) On the eve of his one-year anniversary in office, President Joe Biden finds himself at the lowest polling point of his tenure -- a worrisome omen for Democrats desperately trying to hold onto their House and Senate majorities this fall.

That's according to new poll numbers from Gallup that peg Biden's approval at just 40% with 56% disapproving. It's the lowest measure so far by Gallup and well below his 48.9% polling average over the past year in the organization's surveys. At this one-year mark, that average is about where Bill Clinton was and ten points better than Donald Trump, but that's a very small on-the-bright-side note.

Those numbers are broadly consistent with CNN's poll of polls, which averages the last four national polls to give a better (and broader) sense of where Biden stands. As of last week, Biden approval in the poll of polls was 42% with 53% disapproving.

The top-line numbers are concerning enough for Biden. But, dig into where Biden has lost support and things are even more worrisome.

That erosion has come primarily from political independents, generally regarded as the swing votes in any election. More than six in ten independents approved of how Biden was handling the job in January 2021. Now that number stands at a paltry 33%.

Democrats, too, have soured somewhat from their once stratospheric approval of the President. Biden enjoyed 98% approval among Democrats in the early days of his term but that number has softened -- down to 82% now.

It doesn't take a political genius to understand what's going on here. The combination of the ongoing Covid-19 surges (Delta and then Omicron) has raised questions about the early belief that Biden and his team were bringing the pandemic under control....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024election; chriscillizza; clintonnonnews; cnn; election2022; election2024; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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To: 11th_VA
Bummer.

Never fear. The lamestream media will work tirelessly between now and the election to prop the democrats up. Any negative articles during the past year were just to make sure that the democrats know that they need the media on their side.

21 posted on 01/19/2022 9:32:05 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President!?)
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To: Republican Wildcat
Half of these Democrats only vote Democrat because, "Our family has always voted Democrat."

These completely low-info doofuses have no idea what the Democrat party has become.

22 posted on 01/19/2022 9:32:08 AM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: brownsfan

It isn’t Covid. It is inflation and out of control spending. It is also the hatred being spewed out of this White House.


23 posted on 01/19/2022 9:33:05 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: 11th_VA

the voting system takeover bill will fix this once and for all.


24 posted on 01/19/2022 9:33:31 AM PST by WoofDog123
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Democrats are expert at cheating elections.” - Rod Blagojevich


25 posted on 01/19/2022 9:34:21 AM PST by JJBookman (Cheaters)
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To: 11th_VA
...dig into where Biden has lost support and things are even more worrisome.

"Worrisome"?? For WHO? For all of us on FR, it should read...

...dig into where Biden has lost support and things are even more HOPEFUL.

Hopeful that maybe, just maybe, the nation will come to its senses.

26 posted on 01/19/2022 9:34:36 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: Macoozie
Illegal invaders with paid cell numbers complimented of us! Where do y'all think the trillions went? Just read the other day that a Haitian from the caravan on its way to our border was pissed off because his debit card hadn't been refueled $! How you like them apples 🍎
27 posted on 01/19/2022 9:35:30 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: 11th_VA

Once they pass their voter fraud bill polls won’t mean anything anymore.


28 posted on 01/19/2022 9:35:35 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: 11th_VA

Biden’s poll numbers are about what they TRULY were before the election, and even the election should have reflected 40% (or lower) approval, but, cheating has a way of showing approval numbers above 50% or more.

If democrats and the media were to do the same kind of cheating with the polls as they did during the election, Biden’s approval numbers would be at around 55-60%, but, like Lincoln said: you can lie to all of the people some of the time, you can lie to some of the people all of the time, but, you can’t lie to all of the people all of the time.


29 posted on 01/19/2022 9:37:25 AM PST by adorno
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Joe said it doesn’t matter who votes, but who counts the votes......

That’s what the Rats are counting on from now on.


30 posted on 01/19/2022 9:37:52 AM PST by laplata
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To: alternatives?

“It isn’t Covid. It is inflation and out of control spending.”

I have no way of knowing for sure, but it is my opinion it is covid. I remember around July 2020 I started feeling uneasy about the election. I heard on the radio talk shows and read online, people saying how afraid they were. The media convinced these idiots that Trump wouldn’t save them, and Biden would. (Anyone who voted for Biden is looking for a governmental savior, not an effective manager). Then, when Trump got covid in Sept when Trump got covid, that was the final blow.


31 posted on 01/19/2022 9:38:04 AM PST by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: Macoozie

I’m pretty sure the 40% are those Snowflakes who want the American taxpayers to pay for their worthless, phony “diplomas”.


32 posted on 01/19/2022 9:38:31 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: 11th_VA

I don’t think these poles will mean much if Trump runs. He’s so polarizing all the Dems will have to do is run anyone BUT Biden and they believe they will win.


33 posted on 01/19/2022 9:40:00 AM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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When you have the ink and printing presses…popularity does matter…FRAUD…P


34 posted on 01/19/2022 9:40:15 AM PST by TnTnTn
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To: thefactor

So we should run Yeb!


35 posted on 01/19/2022 9:43:48 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: brownsfan

You’re right. The ramifications of COVID policies have been devastating.


36 posted on 01/19/2022 9:44:31 AM PST by laplata
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To: 11th_VA

That’s why the push for a “voting rights” bill.


37 posted on 01/19/2022 9:47:25 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: laplata
“Joe said it doesn’t matter who votes, but who counts the votes......

I think the direct quote was more like "This is about who counts the votes. Who counts the votes! WHO COUNTS THE VOTES!!!" So yes, that is all they are focused on, trying to keep up "the greatest voter fraud operation in history" that's he's spoken about before too.

38 posted on 01/19/2022 9:47:50 AM PST by Golden Eagle (What's in YOUR injection?)
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To: Macoozie

Do the math; blacks and other minorities with more than half of women voters adds up to over 40%


39 posted on 01/19/2022 9:53:15 AM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: 11th_VA

Not just his numbers his entire party numbers are that low it’ why so many are retiring.

The party died Jim


40 posted on 01/19/2022 9:56:30 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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