<p>The New York Times commissioned a focus group of 14 independent voters to get their thoughts on how Democrat President Joe Biden is doing in office, and the results were not pretty.</p>
<p>All of the independents in the group were people who had voted for President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump. The survey comes as Biden&#8217;s approval rating continues to plummet, including a shocking 33% in a left-of-center mainstream poll last week.</p>
<p>&#8220;As is customary in focus groups, our role as moderators was not to argue with or fact-check the speakers, and some participants expressed opinions not rooted in facts,&#8221; the Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/opinion/biden-independent-voters.html">reported</a>. &#8220;The discussions are led by professional focus group leaders; with guidance from Times Opinion, [Frank] Luntz chose the participants and led this discussion. (Times Opinion paid him for the work, and he has done similar work over the years for political candidates and partisan groups.)&#8221;</p>
<p>Findings included:</p>
<ul>
<li>When the participants were asked to describe life in America today, they responded by saying, &#8220;Divided,&#8221; &#8220;Dismal,&#8221; &#8220;Disappointment,&#8221; &#8220;Indescribable,&#8221; &#8220;New normal,&#8221; &#8220;Burned out,&#8221; &#8220;Stressful,&#8221; and &#8220;Lost.&#8221;</li>
<li>When asked if they thought that the country was at &#8220;the lowest point&#8221; they&#8217;ve ever seen, six out of 14 raised their hands.</li>
<li>Twelve of the 14 independents raised their hands when asked if they thought &#8220;the level of crime is up in America today, versus a year ago.&#8221;</li>
<li>Many of the independents blamed local officials, like district attorneys, for the rise in crime.</li>
<li>Six of the 14 raised their hands when they were asked if they were so concerned about things that they were &#8220;literally&#8221; losing sleep at night. Their worries ranged from the pandemic to economic security, and general frustration over the state of politics.</li>
<li>The majority of the independents had a negative view, eight of 14, of Dr. Anthony Fauci, while only 5 had positive views.</li>
<li>When asked to describe Biden, the independents said, &#8220;Complete disaster,&#8221; &#8220;Puppet,&#8221; &#8220;Detached,&#8221; &#8220;Clueless,&#8221; &#8220;Pathetic,&#8221; &#8220;Incoherent,&#8221; &#8220;Out of touch,&#8221; &#8220;Functional adult,&#8221; &#8220;Just calmness.&#8221;</li>
<li>When asked for further thoughts, one independent said Biden was too much of a &#8220;nice guy,&#8221; while another said she had &#8220;questions about his mental health.&#8221;</li>
<li>When asked if anyone thought that Biden had &#8220;exceeded&#8221; their &#8220;expectations,&#8221; no one raised their hands.</li>
<li>When asked about whether Biden could do better in his second year, one person said, &#8220;You can’t really do much worse.&#8221;</li>
<li>Eight of the 14 said they wanted Republicans in control of Congress while only five said that they wanted Democrats in charge. One person said they wanted to send a message with their vote that Democrats were &#8220;nuts at the moment,&#8221; while another said that the far-Left had &#8220;taken over&#8221; the party.</li>
<li>Eleven of the 14 independents said that they did not think Biden could get the pandemic under control, while only two said they thought he could.</li>
<li>When asked how many were &#8220;confident that President Biden and the Democrats have a plan to improve the economy, to deal with inflation,&#8221; no one raised their hands.</li>
<li>When asked what they would tell Biden, they said, &#8220;No vaccine mandates,&#8221; &#8220;Get rid of your staff,&#8221; &#8220;No lockdowns, no more lockdowns,&#8221; &#8220;Fix the crime rate,&#8221; &#8220;Take action and be honest and go for it,&#8221; &#8220;Start regulating the ports,&#8221; &#8220;Get the border under control and take it much more seriously than you are currently,&#8221; &#8220;Please be moderate, like you used to be, and don’t tell me that I have to wear a mask anymore.&#8221;</li>
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