Joe Biden’s political honeymoon is officially over
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Published 11:39 AM EDT, Wed August 18, 2021
The shine has worn off Joe Biden.
His average approval ratings is now below 50% in the running averages maintained by 538 (49.3%) and Real Clear Politics (49.6%). (Hat tip to Politico’s Playbook for first noting it!)
While polling averages are less-than-a-perfect measure – they take in lots and lots of polling data, of varying degrees of expertise and rigor – they do make clear that Biden has been on a downward trend. Gallup confirms the erosion in Biden’s support; as of late July his approval rating stood at 50%, the lowest of his term to date.
It also seems unlikely that Biden’s somewhat-freefall has stopped just yet.
Data from an Reuters-Ipsos poll showed that Biden’s approval rating dropped from 53% on Friday to 46% on Tuesday – a dip that seems directly tied to the chaos happening in Afghanistan and the President’s somewhat-slow response to it.
There’s also the ongoing fourth spike of Covid-19 ravaging the country, with new cases up 52% nationally as compared to two weeks ago and deaths up 87% during that same time frame, according to The New York Times.
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