… and don’t think that he’s “mentally sharp”
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The latest Pew poll pegs Biden’s job approval underwater by 9 percentage points … 45% approve of the job he’s doing; 53% disapprove.
Those results are consistent with most other recent polls … and, aren’t really new news any more.
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What is new news is Pew’s diagnostic drill down.
First is the public’s confidence in Biden’s handling specific hot issues.
Joe scores highest on his handling of the pandemic … a narrow majority (51% to 49%) have confidence in his handling of the pandemic.
But, those confidence levels are waning … and, even on the pandemic, he’s 9 percentage points underwater looking at the net of “strong opinions” (“very confident” minus “not at all confident”)
Biden’s worst scores are on unity: “bringing the country closer together”.
In that area, Biden is a whopping 32 points under water in total … and 28 points underwater among those with strong opinions.
In the middle, Joe is substantially underwater on economic policy, foreign policy, use of military force and immigration policy
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Pew also drilled down on Biden’s personal characteristics.
Biden scores highest on “stands up for what he believes in” and “cares about ordinary people”.
He breaks about even on honesty … and is marginally underwater on “good role model” and “takes responsibility”.
The ho-hum crasher (i.e. that which can be counted on to catch a crowd’s attention) is Biden’s score on “mentally sharp”.
On mental sharpness, Joe is 13 percentage points underwater in total (43% to 56%) … and, among strong opinionators, he’s 21 points underwater (14% “very well” to 35% “not at all well”)
Ouch.
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So, in summary:
Pew agrees that a majority disapproves of the job Biden is doing … especially on bringing the country together … and, Pew reports that a majority question his decision-making and his mental sharpness.
Except for that, how did you enjoy the play Mrs. Lincoln?
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