Joe Biden Approval Rating Beats Only Donald Trump and Gerald Ford's 100-Day Score: Poll
By: Anders Anglesey (Newsweek)
Well, it seems Joe Biden pandering to liberals hasn't resulted in a ground swell of popular support. Apparently the country isn't nearly as liberal as the media and social elites would have us believe.
Joe Biden receives almost unanimous support among Democrats but that hasn't translated into even an average approval rating. Apparently the country isn't rallying around the Democrat's political agenda.
The strongest signal from the polling results seems to be 'it's the economy, stupid'. Joe Biden hasn't improved the public expectations for the economy. That may be why Biden is throwing boatloads of money around; he wants to avoid the tepid pace of recovery experienced by Obama. But supercharging inflation may yet be Biden's downfall.
These polling results suggest that Joe Biden's Presidency is being greeted by the public with a resounding 'meh'.
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Joe Biden's approval rating after nearly 100 days in office was higher only than that of Donald Trump and Gerald Ford, a new poll suggests, with many voters questioning the president's handling of the border crisis.
According to a Langer Research Associates (LRA) poll, conducted for ABC News and The Washington Post, Biden scored a 52 approval rating after 100 days in office.
The average at the 100-day stage for the 14 presidents from Truman to Biden is 66 percent, according to previous ABC/Post polls.
Only Ford in 1974—whose rating fell to 48 percent following his unpopular pardon of Richard Nixon—and Donald Trump at 42 percent, scored lower than Biden at this stage in their respective presidencies.
President Biden will have been in office 100 days on Friday, April 30.
The results of the latest poll was largely split among party lines: 90 percent of Democrat voters polled approved of Biden, compared to 13 percent of Republicans. Among voters for independents, Biden scored a 47 percent approval rating.
"The intensified partisanship of recent years is a factor in Biden's overall rating," the authors of the poll said. "Just 13 percent of Republicans approve of his work in office, exactly matching Democrats' approval of Trump at 100 days."
The ABC/ Post poll, which spoke 1,007 adults between April 18 to 21, also suggested:
- Biden's pandemic relief package won 65 percent approval
- His handling of the pandemic won 64 percent approval
- Proposal to raise corporate taxes won 58 percent approval
- His $2 trillion infrastructure package won 52 percent approval
- And Biden also won 52 percent approval on his handling of the economy
Biden has, however, won strong approval ratings for his pandemic relief package and of his handling of the pandemic, standing at 65 percent and 64 percent respectively.
But, his support falls into the 50s when it comes to his proposal to raise corporate taxes, 58 percent, and his $2 trillion infrastructure package, which stands at 52 percent.
Among issues dragging down Biden's approval rating was his administration's handling of the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the poll suggested, with just 37 percent of those asked believing it is being handled well.
More than half (53 percent) of those polled were concerned that Biden will increase the size of the government, but the poll also suggested the public's preference for smaller government is at its lowest in nearly 30 years.
The poll also suggested that 40 percent of voters think Biden is "too liberal", more than his Democratic predecessors at 100 days—33 percent said they believed that of Barack Obama and 26 percent of Bill Clinton—according to past surveys. More Americans thought Obama was "too liberal" as his presidency continued.
The poll's authors added: "By contrast, Biden's rating for handling the economy is essentially the same as Trump's in January, marking this as a clear challenge. Indeed, just 42 percent of Americans rate the economy positively, far below its pre-pandemic level, 58 percent instead say it's in not-so-good or poor shape. Presidential fortunes often are closely linked to economic conditions."
Youth support for Joe Biden
President Biden will also be bolstered by a 63 percent approval rating with Americans aged 18 to 29, according to a separate new poll by the Institute of Politis at Harvard Kennedy School (IPHK).
That is the highest of any president since the survey was first carried out 21 years ago.
Biden's support peaked among his own base with 90 percent of Democrats approving and 86 percent of liberals, according to the LRA poll that was conducted March 9 to 22 and spoke to 2,513 young Americans about Biden's first 100 days in office.
It added the president had earned 82 percent of Black people's support and scored well with college graduates and women at 60 percent and 56 percent, respectively.
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Joe Biden isn't a second coming of Franklin Roosevelt. Time will tell if Joe Biden is another Herbert Hoover.
I want Biden to not be as transformative as FDR. The notion that Biden would be a Hoover suggests that Hoover brought on the Great Depression. Pretty unfair on Hoover. In fact, Biden is likely to take actions entirely opposite of Hoover's and try to use the power of the borrowed treasury to fix economic problems (pretty obvious given what is taking place today). So the Hoover comparison is a bit silly.
However, the FDR comparison is not so silly. My ongoing concern with federal politicians is that they are so drunk with spending borrowed money that nothing phases them anymore. What is a few more trillion added to the national debt (in their minds)? It makes me sick. So my hope for Biden is that he is a one-term PotUS (to open the option for younger blood) who focuses strictly on shoring up our nation. That means, first and foremost, getting people vaccinated. On this, I have no complaints. I am also in favor of infrastructure that is actually needed. Yes, fix our roadways, enhance our communications infrastructure, enhance our ability to use renewable energy sources. All good. But what is not good is pork spending under the euphemistic label of 'infrastructure'.
So an ideal Biden administration (to me) would be largely 'meh'. Maintenance and building a foundation for the future is mostly not all that exciting. Good. Let's have an even-keel PotUS who focuses on fixing what is truly broken and modernizing what is truly antiquated (but not obsolescent). Works for me.
Unfortunately, it does not appear that Biden is cooperating with my desires and seems entirely willing to sign multi-trillion dollar checks.
Shame it doesn't hinge on your desires, I guess?
Well we all would prefer the PotUS do as we wish, right? I do not expect it, of course, but I would be overjoyed if he did.
Yes, it's true Herbert Hoover did not cause the Great Depression. The Great Depression was caused by the rich; as are most recessions and depressions.
Hoover adopted a traditional top down approach by attempting to spur private investment using public works which was the equivalent of infrastructure at that time. Hoover demanded businesses maintain wages by sacrificing profits which ignored the demands of the fallen rich to sustain profit models. Hoover either ignored or failed to recognize that the rich had taken a big haircut. Without regulation, the rich will act in their own best interest at the expense of everyone else. Hoover's policy approach in responding to the recession (not yet a depression) was very business oriented; the benefits of reviving business were supposed to trickle down to the public. The traditional top down approach adopted by Hoover was working to some extent until banks began collapsing in Europe and the rich began losing more money.
It's too early to say if a comparison between Herbert Hoover and Joe Biden is apt. Biden seems to be adopting the same sort of top down approach that Hoover utilized by attempting to spur business investment. Biden's advantage is that the rich have become richer so it is easier to attract private investors with promises of profits. But that can change in one trading day.
It's doubtful the Dems will do well in the midterms, especially among younger people
One would expect the midterms to favor the party out of power. However, the Rs better get their act together because a party divided among itself is at a disadvantage. I suggest helping the remaining Trump sycophants to get over their infection and begin healing. Find a decent person who has similar policies of Trump (easy to do, his policies were pretty middle-of-the-road conservative) and rally around that individual (or individuals) instead of Trump. As long as Trump is influential he will continue to damage the R party.
With billions of dollars worth of help from his MSM and that's all he can do.
Imagine his problems if he had to deal with a neutral media?