Just 34% approve of Biden's handling of the economy as he hits the road to talk up 'Bidenomics' | AP News
By: JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON (AP News)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had a tough sell Wednesday: Convincing voters the U.S. economy is flourishing.
With the president set to showcase "Bidenomics" in a speech in Chicago, a new poll finds that only one in three U.S. adults approve of his economic leadership. That 34% figure is even lower than his overall approval rating of 41%, according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Biden's approval figures have barely moved for the past year and a half, a source of concern for a president seeking reelection on his ability to govern and make a positive difference for the middle class and the U.S. economy. He wants voters to connect new infrastructure projects, factory construction and the rise of electric vehicles and renewable energy to the initiatives he signed into law during the first two years of his administration.
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As he was departing for Chicago, Biden said he believes the U.S. will avoid the recession that many economic analysts have been expecting.
"I've been hearing every month there's going to be a recession next month," he said. "I don't think we will."
Indeed, the economy has steadily improved over the past year. Unemployment stands near historic lows at 3.7%. The inflation that has plagued Biden's presidency has fallen to 4% from a peak of 9.1% last June. But prices are still rising significantly faster than the Federal Reserve's target of 2%, a worry for voters and a line of attack for Republican lawmakers and other presidential candidates.
And smoke from Canadian wildfires, evident in Chicago on Wednesday, has added a new cloud for workers and shoppers in the U.S. The White House said it's monitoring the air quality in Chicago but would not cancel the president's scheduled events, which include a campaign reception in addition to the speech on the economy.
The new poll identifies a weakness within Biden's own base. Many of the Democrats he needs to marshal in 2024 are comparatively unenthusiastic about his economic record. Seventy-two percent within his party say they approve of his handling of his job overall, but just 60% say they approve of his handling of the economy.
By comparison, during the depths of the pandemic as unemployment spiked, Republicans approved by overwhelming numbers of then-President Donald Trump's economic leadership. Only about 1 in 10 Republicans now approve of Biden overall or on the economy, a testament to the polarization that defines modern U.S. politics.
Sarah Husted, 40, said she voted in 2020 for Biden, but "I wasn't thrilled with either candidate."
Living in Lincoln, Nebraska, Husted said that she feels as though inflation is getting worse, especially with regard to utilities and housing. But she largely believes the economic turmoil still reflects the disruptions caused by the pandemic.
"I don't think that President Biden is helping the situation as much as he could, but I don't think it's all his fault," she said.
That take was shared by other poll respondents interviewed by AP who voted for Biden in 2020. They generally saw him as a president grappling with partisan divisions, global competition and the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
"He's doing the best he can, but he can't do anything without Congress," said Alice Banner, 86, a retired nurse from Baltimore County, Maryland.
Ben Will, 34, noted the solid job growth during Biden's presidency and said the infrastructure spending that Biden signed into law would help with growth.
"He's doing a fantastic job with the cards that were dealt to him," said Will, a marketing and advertising director from Reading, Pennsylvania.
Overall, 30% of U.S. adults say they think the national economy is good, up slightly from the 25% who said that last month, when the president and congressional Republicans were in the midst of negotiations over raising the nation's debt limit and a historic government default was a risk. No more than about a third have called the economy good since 2021.
Overall, Democrats remain more likely to call the economy good than Republicans are, 47% to 13%.
White House aides believe that Biden's speech on Wednesday can generate greater awareness of his policies and increase Democratic voters' appreciation of the economy. While the president's allies acknowledge that many Americans still hold dim views of the economy, they note that the actual economic data was far worse last November, when Democrats mounted a stronger-than-expected showing in the midterm elections.
Biden aides say they are encouraged by data showing Americans' views can be changed by a consistent message reinforced on multiple fronts, which is what the president and his Cabinet are setting out to do by touring the U.S. over the next three weeks. Their hope is that repetition of Biden's accomplishments, coupled with a contrast to GOP proposals to undo those initiatives, will stick with voters for 2024.
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The poll of 1,220 adults was conducted June 22-26 using a sample drawn from NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.
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AP White House Correspondent Zeke Miller contributed to this report.
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Whatever the teleprompter tells ya right c3PJoe?
The actual text of the article is nowhere near as gloomy as the headline is.
Keep pretending everything is just fine.
People are hurting because of this economy. The poll numbers don't lie.
Democrats won't be able to divert attention away from Brandon the Human Fuck Up Machine this time.
Yes, after being in office for over 2 years, Joe finally got inflation down to just over TWICE what it was when he took office.
Wow, what a record to run on!
No wonder you cheer for him!
It’s all they got …. spin, disinformation and outright lies.
I think it is properly called P, D, and D now.
Or something like that!
Bidenomics = higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher energy costs, higher food cost, higher service costs, higher personal debt, higher costs in general.
The draining of American pocketbooks.
My guess is a large portion of that 34% is on the dole, not earning the money they survive on so they have no skin in the game. Many of whom aren’t smart enough to know they are getting boned by Bidenomics.
"The downfall of democracy begins when the electorate realizes it can vote itself a share of the treasury."
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had a tough sell Wednesday: Convincing voters the U.S. economy is flourishing.
To paraphrase Dana Perino " If the economy was doing well it would not have to be sold at all, people would know".
What Democrats hear:
"We have a branding problem. We aren't selling Joe's fantastical accomplishments enough. The public just doesn't understand and are ignorant regarding economics."
Exactly. It seems the Dems have had one branding problem after another since Joe became president and let the far left out of their cage.
"Stop listening to your wallets; and start listening to us! We know what is best for you!"
They are more than willing to get sycophants to swallow the B.S., and don't mind telling their own base they are just too dumb to understand something complicated like economics.