Biden, Democrats Lose Ground on Key Issues, WSJ Poll Finds
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Source: Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—President Biden and his fellow Democrats have lost ground to Republicans on several of the issues most important to voters, a new Wall Street Journal poll finds, a troubling sign for the party seeking to extend its controlling majority of Congress for another two years.
The new survey showed that 57% of voters remained unhappy with Mr. Biden’s job performance, despite favorable marks for the president’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a recent State of the Union speech, which provided him an opportunity to directly speak to millions of Americans. Just 42% said they approved of Mr. Biden’s performance in office, which was virtually unchanged from the previous Journal poll in mid-November.
Meanwhile, Democratic advantages narrowed over Republicans on issues related to improving education and the Covid-19 response. A 16-percentage-point Democratic edge on which party would best handle the pandemic was down to 11 points, while a 9-percentage-point lead on education issues was down to 5 points.
When asked about which party was best able to protect middle-class families, the 5-point advantage for Democrats four months ago evaporated and left the parties essentially tied on the question.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-democrats-lose-ground-on-key-issues-wsj-poll-finds/ar-AAUVB6n?ocid=msedgntp
Once again, Democrats end up suffering for having to clean up after Republicans inheriting a growing deficit caused by huge tax cuts, gas prices going up due to a combination of fuel efficiency roll backs coupled with deals with the OPEC nations to restrict gas production, and conspiring with Putin to facilitate an invasion of the Ukraine.
Indeed, whether it is trying to undermine Democracy at home, cozying up to tyrants abroad, trying to increase US dependence on fossil fuels produced by autocratic nations, Republicans policies are hurting Americans. However, thanks to multi-billion dollar right wing media infrastructure, millions of Americans remain in the dark in the same manner as Russians who are unaware of the war their country is waging.
The propaganda by itself is bad, but what makes it worse is that many Republicans appear to believe their own propaganda, which just guarantees that the next crisis will be just as poorly handles as Trump's handline of the COVID pandemic where every response to a crisis is to deny that it exists and blame, rather than find solutions.
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