Among right-wingers, there has been some delight about polls showing that Joe Bidenâs popularity at the 100-day mark is the lowest of any president since World War II. Oh, if you exclude Donald Trump. Undaunted by this detail, they note with satisfaction that Bidenâs approval rating, according to multiple polls, is somewhere between 52 and 57%. At this point in his presidency, Trumpâs approval was 40%.
Americans were far less partisan in the era of Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush and even Clinton than they are now. Large numbers of Democrats were willing to give high marks to Eisenhower when the economy was thriving, or to George H.W. Bush when we had just won a quick war, and a not insignificant number of Republicans approved of Clinton when we enjoyed balanced budgets and booming markets. But in recent years, negative partisanship has curdled our perceptions. One symptom of negative partisanship is the sharp decline in ticket-splitting. As the Cook Political Reportâs
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Among right-wingers, there has been some delight about polls showing that Joe Biden s popularity at the 100-day mark is the lowest of any president since World War II. Oh, if you exclude Donald Trump.
Undaunted by this detail, they note with satisfaction that Biden s approval rating, according to multiple polls, is somewhere between 52 and 57%. At this point in his presidency, Trump s approval was 40%.
Americans were far less partisan in the era of Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush and even Clinton than they are now.
But starting with the presidency of George W. Bush, the partisan divide in presidential approval ratings went through the roof. Some 80% of Republicans expressed approval for Bush, but only 10% of Democrats agreed, and it was the reverse for Barack Obama.
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Among right-wingers, there has been some delight about polls showing that Joe Biden’s popularity at the 100-day mark is the lowest of any president since World War II. Oh, if you exclude Donald Trump. Undaunted by this detail, they note with satisfaction that Biden’s approval rating, according to multiple polls, is somewhere between 52 and 57%. At this point in his presidency, Trump’s approval was 40%.
Americans were far less partisan in the era of Eisenhower, Reagan, Bush and even Clinton than they are now. Large numbers of Democrats were willing to give high marks to Eisenhower when the economy was thriving, or to George H.W. Bush when we had just won a quick war, and a not insignificant number of Republicans approved of Clinton when we enjoyed balanced budgets and booming markets. But in recent years, negative partisanship has curdled our perceptions. One symptom of negative
Among right-wingers, there has been some delight about polls showing that Joe Biden s popularity at the 100-day mark is the lowest of any president since World War II. Oh, if you exclude Donald Trump.
Among right-wingers, there has been some delight about polls showing that Joe Biden’s popularity at the 100-day mark is the lowest of any president since Worl