Polls: Biden approval rating higher than Trump's ever was
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Via: jbb • 3 years ago • 17 commentsBy: David KnowlesJanuary 26, 2021, 2:41 PM·3 min read (YahooNews)
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David Knowles January 26, 2021, 2:41 PM
President Biden's approval rating in his first days in office is higher than Donald Trump ever achieved during his four years as president, two new polls have found.
A Morning Consult tracking poll published Monday found that 56 percent of voters approve of Biden's job performance, while 34 percent disapprove. At the same early juncture of Trump's presidency, 46 percent of Americans polled said they approved of his job performance, and the polling high point for his term in office came in March 2017, when his approval rating hit 52 percent.
A second poll, conducted by Hill-HarrisX and also released on Monday, put Biden's approval rating at 63 percent, while 37 percent said they disapprove of the job he was doing so far. Trump, by contrast, reached an approval rating high of 52 percent in an April 2020 survey by the same pollster.
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The kickoff to Biden's presidential term has been marked by a series of executive orders that have aimed to either correct or overturn policies put in place by executive orders signed by Trump, including rejoining the Paris climate accord, rescinding a ban on transgender troops from serving in the U.S. military and lifting a ban on travel to the U.S. from several Muslim and African countries.
In part, the swift reversal of controversial Trump policies has solidified Biden's standing with his party. The Morning Consult poll found that 91 percent of Democrats approve of Biden's job performance, compared with just 4 percent of Democrats who disapprove and 5 percent who said they have no opinion. At this same juncture in Trump's presidency, 83 percent of Republicans said they approved of his job performance.
Biden is also doing better than Trump with independent voters, the Morning Consult poll found. While 49 percent said they approve of Biden's early job performance, 34 percent said they disapprove. The approval figure is 8 points higher than what Trump notched four years ago.
Of course, both tracking polls are merely a snapshot at the start of what may prove a difficult year for the country. Biden himself has predicted that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic still lies ahead, with deaths from COVID-19 poised to top 500,000 next month and the economy still crippled due to the pandemic. Biden has used orders meant to address the pandemic, but with the evenly divided U.S. Senate in gridlock, a new stimulus package to help Americans remains elusive.
Executive orders, which have become commonplace in an era of partisan congressional gridlock, go only so far in addressing the big problems faced by the nation. As a result, their impact on a president's approval rating can be short-lived.
When Trump began his term as president in January 2017, Gallup measured his approval rating at 45 percent. In early 2020, shortly after the Senate voted to acquit him on impeachment charges, he hit an approval rating high of 49 percent for his presidency. But the week before he left office, his approval had fallen to just 34 percent, and Gallup noted that "his 41% average approval rating throughout his presidency is four points lower than for any of his predecessors."
Gallup has yet to release its first poll tracking Biden's approval rating.
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Go Joe!
I'm so sure that that pisses trumpturd off to no end!
Expected however. Biden has done more in his 1st week to address the pandemic than Trump did in his last year.
Biden prepared for his position before he was even inaugurated. He came in with a plan and a drive to address various issues. He's being more proactive in addressing the Covid pandemic.
In other words, Biden is being more "Presidential" than Trump has ever been.
He's off to a good start. He gets points for taking Covid seriously and appointing an actual scientist as science advisor (mind blown, right? Lol). But he does have his work cut out for him and it's too soon to determine how his presidency will go. But I remain cautiously optimistic.
And was left with no plan, NO PLAN WHATSOEVER, regarding Co-Vid, and vaccines . . . NOTHING, NADA, ZIP, ZILCH, ZERO, DIDDLY SQUAT. . .
Plus millions of doses of vaccines have gone missing on the former 'president's' watch . . . .
There was a plan. Trump's plan was to ignore it, hope it goes away (which he claimed would be by the summer), let the states handle it, and focus on a much higher priority-his reelection. See, that's sort of a plan, right?
I was referring to President Biden being left with no plan from the former 'president's' 'administration'.
Ah, I see. Well, that goes without saying. It was rather magnanimous of Trump to assist Biden with the transition. Oh wait.... lol
The biggest thing that has impressed me so far, is that he is not waiting for Congress.
I believe he has signed more EO's after 1 week than any other President. He is bypassing Congress to save American lives since he know that going through Congress will allow Republicans to slow down, or even block needed COVID actions.
It's a meaningless measurement, bound to go go down
LOL!
I hope you don't mind jbb
This is ominous. The former 'president's' supporters appear to refuse to accept their loss/defeat:
US issues terror alert over anti-government extremists
The US Department of Homeland Security declared a nationwide terrorism alert Wednesday, citing the potential threat from domestic anti-government extremists opposed to Joe Biden as president.
"Information suggests that some ideologically-motivated violent extremists with objections to the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition, as well as other perceived grievances fueled by false narratives, could continue to mobilize to incite or commit violence," the department said.
The National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin said a heightened threat of attack "will persist in the weeks following the successful presidential inauguration," which took place on January 20.
"DHS does not have any information to indicate a specific, credible plot," it said.
"However, violent riots have continued in recent days and we remain concerned that individuals frustrated with the exercise of governmental authority and the presidential transition... could continue to mobilize a broad range of ideologically-motivated actors to incite or commit violence."
The alert said there had been mounting threats since last year from domestic violent extremists motivated by Covid-19 restrictions, Biden's defeat of Donald Trump in the November election, police brutality and illegal immigration.
DHS said these motivations could remain in place for the coming months and that the January 6 attack by Trump supporters on Congress could embolden extremists "to target elected officials and government facilities."
More than 150 people, including members of armed extremist groups, have been arrested since the attack, which has been branded as an insurrection.
The department urged the public to report suspicious activity and threats of violence.