Week after week, we’ve continued to see new record high disapproval of President Biden and his handling of the country. You’d think, as I say frequently, we will hit a floor at some point. That floor seems to be pretty far away as independents and Democrats continue to split from the President while the country continues unraveling on several fronts.
The biggest loser, as it has been for months, is the economy, which continues to languish due to inflation and rising costs of household goods. Not to mention Covid causing problems in the labor market, and a general understanding among everyone that Biden has no real vision for where he wants to take the country.
The latest numbers, from a new CNBC/Change poll, give Biden record low approval, and terrible numbers when it comes to handling the economy, which people are generally queasy over:
President Joe Biden’s disapproval rating hit a new high in December as more voters signaled their unhappiness with his administration’s supervision of the economy and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fifty-six percent of voters now say they disapprove of the job Biden is doing, the worst such reading of his presidency as he approaches the end of his first year in office, according to new CNBC/Change Research polls. Prior polls in the series showed Biden’s disapproval rating at 54% in early September and 49% in April.
Biden’s approval rating is now at 44%, down from 46% in September and 51% in April.
The inflation monster is still haunting the White House and Biden’s crack economic team of advisors who were “caught off guard” by the November report still don’t know what to do about it.
With the Build Back Better agenda gutted by Sen. Joe Manchin, there isn’t much positive news for the Biden-Harris administration to hang its collective hat on. They’re trying, though, with Sen. Chuck Schumer saying he’s going to push something to the floor this month, or next month, or at some point, maybe. It’s a difficult field for Democrats heading into the midterm election cycle with no real accomplishments to speak of.
Oh, wait, the infrastructure bill! That’s the legislation that dropped a trillion dollars on the Department of Transportation for projects that will take years to materialize for the average voter. It’s kind of like the “shovel-ready jobs” Obama promised after the 2008 housing meltdown. Most people are still waiting for their shovels.
Once again though, it’s the kitchen table economic issues driving the negative sentiment against Biden:
Sixty percent of the survey’s 1,895 respondents said they disapprove of Biden’s handling of the economy, marking a six-point decline in approval from September.
On personal economic issues, voters are even more likely to criticize the president. Some 72% disapprove of his handling of the price of everyday goods, while 66% disapprove of his efforts to help their wallets.
That’s bang-up job Biden’s got going there. No matter how many times he tells people that they have more money in their pockets to spend on his ridiculous inflationary prices, no one seems to be buying it, so to speak.
But wait, the stock market is good! That’s the rebuttal for everything right now. Never mind that during the Trump years when the stock market was good, the media and Democrats lectured everyone on how that didn’t matter for Main Street. Here we are, roles reversed, suddenly Main Street doesn’t matter, it’s Wall Street that matters.
Democrats better hope for something to turn around their dimming prospects in November. There isn’t much on the docket, though, that looks like it could dig them out from the hole Biden put them in.
Month after month, Biden’s bad poll numbers get baked in across the board, and he continues losing more support. By the time Election Day rolls around, his approval could be in the thirties and Democrats could be looking at monumental losses in the House and Senate.
