With the Afghan evacuation news fading…..
The President’s numbers have stopped dropping….
Seem’s he could be finished paying for a hasty Afghan drop and run….
President Joe Biden’s approval rating took a bit of a tumble in August and early September, although it appears that it’s stabilized and possibly recovered a bit. The slump began before the collapse of the Afghan government, but after that he dropped from 50% approval down to a low point of 45%, according to the polling average estimate at FiveThirtyEight. Since then, he’s moved back up to 46.1% approval. Overall, the numbers show about a 7-percentage-point drop (and a single point recovery), with about a 5-percentage-point dip that appeared to be associated with the news from Afghanistan….
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The good news here is that events still appear capable of moving presidential approval. Six weeks ago, pundits were amazed at Biden’s public-opinion stability, and in fact Biden is the third consecutive president with relatively stable approval ratings. The possibility was that partisan polarization was so strong that practically everyone interpreted the standard survey question — “Do you approve or disapprove of the way [the current president] is handling his job as president?” — as simply a party identification check…
Note…
Politican’s ALWAYS work for good poll numbers…
Could Biden’s virus actions also be a factor?
jamesb says
Biden polling Update.…
Joe is STILL taking a hit on his polling numbers…..
RCP Average….
Approve. 45.4
Disapprove. 49.5