72 percent of viewers had positive reaction to Biden speech: CNN flash poll | The Hill
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by Jared Gans - 02/08/23 7:59 AM ET
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More than 7 in 10 viewers of President Biden's State of the Union address had at least a somewhat positive reaction to the speech, according to a CNN flash poll.
The poll found 72 percent of watchers had a positive view of the speech, with 34 percent saying it was very positive. It reported that 28 percent of watchers viewed the speech negatively, with 10 percent saying it was very negative.
CNN noted in a release that presidential addresses tend to attract viewers who are more supportive of the president, and those who watched overall identified as 8 points more Democratic than the general public. But that is still less leaning in favor of one party than the audience that watched Biden's prior two addresses before Congress and several of former President Trump's addresses.
The overall approval number for Biden's speech is in line with the approval for previous speeches, just above the 71 percent positive review he received last year and just below the 78 percent positive review he received in 2021.
But the percentage of people who said they had a "very positive" reaction to Biden's speech was lower than his most recent predecessors.
Still, 71 percent of watchers said the policies that Biden proposed in the speech would move the country in the right direction, while 29 percent said they would move it in the wrong direction. Going into the speech, only 52 percent said Biden's policies will move the country in the right direction.
Pollsters found the largest shift among those who do not approve of the way Biden has been handling his job. Only 7 percent of those respondents said before the speech that Biden's policies will move the U.S. in the right direction, but 45 percent said so after.
Just more than half of viewers said Biden struck the right balance ideologically with his proposals, while 38 percent said they were too liberal and 11 percent said they were not liberal enough.
About two-thirds of watchers said Biden addressed racial injustice in his remarks enough but, notably, more white viewers said this than people of color, 72 percent to 58 percent. A majority of survey takers said he did not address the U.S.-China relationship or inflation enough.
The survey was conducted by text message among 552 U.S. adults who watched the address. The margin of error was plus or minus 5.7 points.
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Contrary to what the gop says Biden did good...
No he didn't. More lies per minute than any SOTU speech in history.
Also the most divisive and incoherent. Even worse than Trump.
72% of Americans disagreed with your view!
Here's a link to the actual poll, not a partisan writeup from a secondary source.
"The 34% who reacted very positively to Biden’s speech is the lowest in CNN’s speech reaction polls dating back to 1998." Every President since Clinton, 30 years ago, has averaged at least 50% very positive.
Play the sad trombone.....
Yet, seventy two percent of respondents rated Biden's speech positively or very positively!
Yes, lower than any other President has averaged for decades.
Sad he can't even live up to Trump despite the media pulling so hard for the shouty old man.
But hey, if you want to celebrate being well below average, go right ahead. Biden wins the participation trophy! Honestly, for him to be standing up at the end of a speech is as much as you can hope for. C
72% of the foxes in the hen house agree that chicken is tasty.
Half of those polled positive also said it wasn't the speech but rather the UK Parliament style of reaction from the GOP to the bullshit that scored major points with them....................