Comedian and political commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bill-maher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Maher</a> said on Friday that President Joe Biden is suffering poor approval numbers because Americans are “living with their head in the toilet.”
Maher lectured Americans during his monologue on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night, saying that “things are generally pretty good,” adding, “wages are rising, unemployment is negligible, the stock market is soaring, we somehow brushed off both the Trump presidency and the pandemic.”
Maher, who <a href="https://www.financialtechwiz.com/post/bill-maher-net-worth/#:~:text=Bill%20Maher's%20Career%20and%20Earnings&amp;text=As%20the%20host%20of%20the,his%20career's%20significant%20financial%20rewards." target="_blank" rel="noopener">earns</a> around $10 million per year from HBO, acknowledged that inflation continues to hurt American families, but said that modern conveniences, such as the low price of a TV and next-day shipping should cheer up Americans who are complaining about the state of the economy under Biden.
“You’ve got next-day shipping, stuffed-crust pizza, legal weed, GPS, and porn on your phone,” Maher added. “Cheer the f*** up. Stop acting like life in America in 2024 is unbearable. Biden’s ratings are in the toilet not because he’s doing a bad job, but because many Americans like living with their head in the toilet.”
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Stop acting like life in America in 2024 is unbearable. Biden’s ratings are in the toilet not because he’s doing a bad job but because many Americans like living with their head in the toilet. <a href="https://t.co/48HkQMVNnP">pic.twitter.com/48HkQMVNnP</a>
&mdash; Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/billmaher/status/1768842554991386706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Biden’s approval rating continues to suffer amid multiple foreign and domestic crises, including the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and the record number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. southern border. According to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/joe-biden/approval-rating" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics average</a>, the president’s approval rating is underwater by more than 15 points as some recent polls show his disapproval numbers reaching nearly 60%.
Polls also <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show</a> Biden consistently trailing former President Donald Trump in vital swing states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin ahead of the 2024 election. Both Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, have secured their respective parties’ nominations, setting up a rematch of the 2020 presidential match between the two candidates.
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Later in his monologue, Maher connected those who complain about the country under Biden to the the rise in depression and anxiety in the U.S. in recent years, saying that while “depression is of course a very real thing … earlier generations never suffered from the expectation that you’re supposed to feel good all the time.”
Many Americans blasted Maher&#8217;s monologue on social media.
&#8220;Sounds like Bill is doing ok cause everyone can buy a cheap tv to watch him!&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/kayceeinva/status/1768996769331879998" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Karen Cook.
&#8220;For him, I’m sure things are fine. The Left hates the peasant class,&#8221; another person <a href="https://twitter.com/KimAJ1998/status/1769004603972911266" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> on X.
&#8220;You can get a tv for $60 so don’t worry about your skyrocketing rent and grocery bill L O L,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeswriting/status/1769032213981765864" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Western Journal reporter Michael Austin.

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Bill Maher Blames Americans For Biden’s Dismal Approval Ratings: ‘Stop Acting Like Life In America In 2024 Is Unbearable’

Bill Maher Blames Americans For Biden's Dismal Approval Ratings: 'Stop Acting Like Life In America In 2024 Is Unbearable'

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Nearly 60% of Americans disapprove of President Joe Biden&#8217;s performance while nearly 70% disapprove of his handling of immigration, according to recent polling. 
In <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/610988/biden-job-approval-edges-down.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">polling</a> conducted from February 1-20, Gallup found that 59% of Americans disapprove of Biden while just 38% approve. The polling found that he is underwater on key issues like immigration, foreign policy, and the economy as he mounts a re-election campaign. 
“Americans’ approval of President Joe Biden’s job performance has edged down three percentage points to 38%, just one point shy of his all-time low and well below the 50% threshold that has typically led to reelection for incumbents,” Gallup reported on Friday. “Biden’s approval rating has not risen above 44% since August 2021, and his 39.8% average rating for his third year in office was the second worst among post-World War II presidents elected to their first term.”
Only 40% of Americans approve of his handling of Ukraine, while 53% of Americans disapprove. Biden has staked a large part of his campaign on saying he will continue to prioritize aid to Ukraine in contrast with former President Donald Trump. Trump has said that he would bring peace between Ukraine and Russia within days of coming into office. 
Just 36% of Americans like Biden’s approach to the economy, which has seen rising inflation impact everyday items like food, gas, and housing. According to the poll, 61% of Americans disapprove of how he has handled the economy.
The president&#8217;s lowest areas of approval are on the Israel-Hamas conflict and immigration. Sixty-two percent disapprove of his handling of Israel and Hamas. Biden has faced criticism from some Republicans for his comments toward Israel while some Democrats have said he has been too favorable. 
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Just 28% of Americans approve of his handling of immigration while 67% disapprove. There have been millions of illegal southern border crossings under Biden, who has claimed he cannot do anything to stop the surge. Recent Democratic messaging has attempted to pin blame for the border on Republicans after they shot down a bill that provided some funding for immigration security but Republicans argued would only make the problem worse. 
Despite speculation that Biden might be replaced as the Democratic nominee, his approving among the party has remained relatively steady.
&#8220;Democrats’ latest overall job rating of Biden is steady at 82% — higher than they give him for any specific issue. However, the 82% overall approval is far from the nearly unanimous approval he earned from his party during his first 11 months in office, but it is unchanged compared with November, even as his issue ratings are mostly down,&#8221; Gallup found.

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Biden Job Approval Nears Record Low As Nearly 70% Of Americans Disapprove Of His Handling Of Immigration: Poll

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval rating among Democrats sank to a new record low last week in a recent <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/513305/democrats-ratings-biden-slip-overall-approval.aspx?utm_source=GeorgiaLogCabin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gallup poll,</a> which analysts suggested was driven by his unwavering support for Israel following the terrorist attacks by Hamas earlier this month.
According to the poll released Thursday, approximately 75% of Democrat respondents approve of Biden&#8217;s presidency — marking an 11-point drop from last month&#8217;s poll. Meanwhile, responses from Independents dropped 4 points from September, giving the president approximately 35% approval from the surveyed group.
Republican respondents, however, remain unchanged about Biden&#8217;s leadership, showing only a 5% approval rating, according to the poll.
Overall, Biden&#8217;s approval rating dropped to 37% — a 4-point decrease from the previous poll.
Megan Brenan, a Gallup research consultant, wrote of the poll results that the president&#8217;s &#8220;immediate and decisive&#8221; support displayed for Israel resulted in &#8220;Democrats&#8217; worst assessment of the president since he took office&#8221; and likewise matches an overall personal low for Biden.
&#8220;The Israeli-Palestinian conflict comes at a time when Americans remain pessimistic about the economy, the Biden administration is struggling to deal with increasing numbers of migrants attempting to enter the country, and debate continues about how much aid to provide to Ukraine in its war with Russia,&#8221; Brenan wrote. &#8220;As events in the Middle East continue to unfold and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, Biden&#8217;s guidance on Israel could affect not only the outcome of the war but also how he is viewed at home.&#8221;
Gallup published the poll after surveying 1,009 respondents with a margin of error of 4 percentage points. The results came two weeks after Hamas launched a deadly terrorist attack on Israel that left more than 1,400 dead, 5,200+ more wounded, and 200+ people kidnapped, according to reports.
Biden aligned himself with roughly 68% of U.S. citizens who still largely support Israel, according to the poll.
The GOP-led House got back to business under the leadership of new Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Wednesday by overwhelmingly approving a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johnson-led-house-passes-resolution-in-support-of-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> in support of Israel in its war on Hamas, which passed by a 412-10 vote in a show of bipartisanship.
Nine Democrats, including members of the leftist &#8220;Squad,&#8221; voted against the resolution.
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the sole Palestinian-American member of Congress, claimed the resolution &#8220;is not a serious examination of the root causes of the violence we are witnessing and doubles down on decades of failed policy.&#8221;
She called on the House to pass her &#8220;Ceasefire Now Resolution,&#8221; supported by other leftist members who opposed the measure.
Lydia Saad, the director of U.S. social research at Gallup, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/bidens-approval-rating-drops-as-white-house-support-for-israel-divides-democrats/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> wrote about the poll that &#8220;regardless of the reasons that Democrats&#8217; (and, to a lesser extent, independents&#8217;) views have changed on the conflict, majorities of all generational and party groups still view Israel favorably and look more favorably on Israel than on the Palestinian Authority.&#8221;
&#8220;This suggests that while rank-and-file Democrats may want Palestinians&#8217; needs addressed, they will want solutions that respect Israel&#8217;s needs as well,&#8221; Saad added, according to the National Review.
Biden&#8217;s latest approval rating more or less matches former presidents Donald Trump&#8217;s 40.7% and Barack Obama&#8217;s 41% approval rating during the 11th quarter into their respective terms in the White House.
 Daniel Chaitin contributed to this report.

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Democrats’ Approval Rating Of Biden Sinks To Record Low As White House Supports Israel

Democrats Pull Biden's Approval Rating Down To Record Low As White House Supports Israel

First Lady <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jill-biden">Jill Biden</a> hit her lowest approval level since President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> took office, dropping 24 points from last year, according to a new poll.
In a survey for <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22088874/cnn-poll-biden-approval-rating.pdf">CNN by SSRS</a> released Monday, a random sample of 1,459 adults were asked for their &#8220;overall opinion of some people and groups in the news.&#8221; For each person named, they were to say whether they had a &#8220;favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people or groups&#8221; or if they &#8220;have never heard of them.&#8221;
When Jill Biden&#8217;s name came up, 34% of those polled had a favorable opinion while 29% had an unfavorable one. Another 37% said they were unsure. FLOTUS&#8217; likeability dropped 24 percentage points since January 2021, when her likeability was at 58%.
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&quot;Meanwhile, the public’s view of first lady Jill Biden is mixed: 34% have a favorable opinion, 29% unfavorable and 37% are unsure how they feel about her.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/a8sISoXv39">https://t.co/a8sISoXv39</a>
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The drop in her poll numbers comes on the heels of the first lady comparing Hispanic Americans to breakfast tacos during a &#8220;Latinx&#8221; luncheon speech. She has since issued an apology to the Latino community.
During her speech, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-first-lady-compares-hispanic-people-to-tacos-at-latinx-incluxion-luncheon">said</a> at the &#8220;Latinx IncluXion Luncheon” that the diversity of the Hispanic community was &#8220;as distinct as the bodegas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami, and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.&#8221;
Following the backlash, Michael LaRosa, press secretary to the first lady and special assistant to the president, tweeted that &#8220;the First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community.&#8221;
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The First Lady apologizes that her words conveyed anything but pure admiration and love for the Latino community.
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In the survey, those polled also had an overall unfavorable opinion about the president and Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden&#8217;s likability has gone from its high a year ago at 59% to 36% in the current poll. Harris&#8217;s favorability has dropped 19 percentage points to 32% from 51% when the poll was conducted in 2021.
When asked if they &#8220;approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president,&#8221; the survey found that 62% of those polled disapproved, while 38% approved.
The poll was conducted via mail or phone between June 13 and July 13. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points.

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First Lady Jill Biden Hits Lowest Approval Since Biden Took Office

First Lady Jill Biden Hits Lowest Approval Since Biden Took Office, Drops 24 Points In One Year

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval has hit a new low of 38% as Americans lose faith in his ability to handle soaring inflation, according to a new survey.
The new CNN/SSRS <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/politics/cnn-poll-joe-biden-economy-us/index.html">poll</a> found that nearly 7 in 10 (68%) disapprove of Biden&#8217;s performance, a new high. Only a quarter of those surveyed approves of how Biden handles inflation.
The poll, conducted from June 13 to July 13, comes shortly after the Biden administration released the latest Consumer Price Index report last month showing inflation soared 9.1% from a year ago, the biggest hike since 1981.
Americans are losing faith in the president, with the poll finding that nearly 8 in 10 (79%) think things are getting worse, a level not seen since February 2009. And just 31% think the president &#8220;has had the right priorities.&#8221; Plus, 68% said Biden is not even paying attention to the worst problems in the country.
It all gets worse. Biden&#8217;s approval ratings for handling the economy stand at 30%, and 25% support his efforts to hold down inflation. What&#8217;s more, 75% say inflation and the cost of living are the most important economic problem facing their family, a jump from 43% last summer.
The new poll comes after another earlier this month by Gallup that found Americans&#8217; confidence in &#8220;the presidency&#8221; as an institution has dropped to 23% from 38% in 2021 — a record low since the survey began in 1973.
But it wasn&#8217;t just the presidency that took a hit. The <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/394283/confidence-institutions-down-average-new-low.aspx?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_term=gallupnews&amp;utm_content=98a3d355-7a03-4603-910b-038af74c7e05&amp;utm_campaign=gallup_news" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">survey</a> found that an average of just 27% of those polled had either “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in 14 major institutions that Gallup has measured for decades: the church/organized religion, the military, the Supreme Court, banks, public schools, newspapers, Congress, organized labor, big business, television news, the presidency, the police, the medical system, and the criminal justice system.
The new confidence level in the 14 sectors is down from 32% in 2021 and even plunged below the previous low of 30% in 2014.
&#8220;Americans are less confident in major U.S. institutions than they were a year ago, with significant declines for 11 of the 16 institutions tested and no improvements for any. The largest declines in confidence are 11 percentage points for the Supreme Court — as reported in late June before the court issued controversial rulings on gun laws and abortion — and 15 points for the presidency, matching the 15-point drop in President Joe Biden&#8217;s job approval rating since the last confidence survey in June 2021,&#8221; Gallup wrote.
The Gallup survey follows <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/bipartisan-dissatisfaction-with-the-direction-of-the-country-and-the-economy/">another</a> by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that found that 85% of U.S. adults believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.
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Biden’s Approval Plunges To 38%; Just 25% Think He’s Handling Inflation Well

President Joe Biden's Approval Plunges To 38%, Just 25% Think He's Handling Inflation Well

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It’s not just Republicans who want President Joe Biden out of office.
A new poll found that 64% of Democratic voters want someone else to run in the 2024 presidential campaign. Biden’s approval rating is down to a third of all Americans, <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://dnyuz.com/2022/07/11/most-democrats-dont-want-biden-in-2024-new-poll-shows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the New York Times/Siena College poll. Just 26% of Democratic voters said the party should renominate Biden.
The Times wrote that public concern about the economy and inflation “helped turn the national mood decidedly dark” both on Biden and the direction of the nation. The findings showed that the nation’s growing pessimism “spans every corner of the country, every age range and racial group, cities, suburbs and rural areas, as well as both political parties,” the Times wrote.
The poll also found that just 13% of those surveyed think the nation was on the right track. That’s the lowest point in Times’ polling since the financial crisis of 2008.
In addition to Democrats, independents have also soured on Biden. More than two-thirds (69%) of independents disapprove of Biden’s job performance — with nearly half (48%) disapproving “strongly.”
The bad-news poll followed another <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/07/09/nyt-biden-had-to-rest-with-wh-concerns-about-his-age-and-incoherence-n591987" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> in the Times that scrutinized Biden’s age and lucidity in a way the liberal news outlet has hitherto avoided.
The piece pointed out that Biden, at 79 years old, is already older than Ronald Reagan was when he left office. And the paper said Biden would be 86 at the end of his tenure,” ‘testing the outer boundaries of age and the presidency.’”
The paper tried to run some cover for the beleaguered president, who often misspeaks in speeches and looks frail. The piece cited sources saying he” ‘remained intellectually engaged, asking smart questions at meetings, grilling aides on points of dispute, [and] calling them late at night.’”
Yet there was one very uncharacteristic paragraph. “‘But they acknowledged Mr. Biden looks older than just a few years ago, a political liability that cannot be solved by traditional White House stratagems like staff shake-ups or new communications plans. His energy level, while impressive for a man of his age, is not what it was, and some aides quietly watch out for him. He often shuffles when he walks, and aides worry he will trip on a wire. He stumbles over words during public events, and they hold their breath to see if he makes it to the end without a gaffe,’” the article said.
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as a White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

Most Democrats Don’t Want Biden To Run In 2024, New York Times Poll Shows

Most Democrats Don’t Want President Joe Biden In 2024, New York Times Poll Shows

New York Times

On Wednesday, President Biden plunged to his all-time low in the RealClearPolitics average, sinking below 38% for the first time in his presidency.
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Another day, another fresh all-time low for Biden job approval on RCP, under 38 for the first time. <a href="https://t.co/EIJMMNucHb">pic.twitter.com/EIJMMNucHb</a>
&mdash; Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) <a href="https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1542151078300491777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Biden’s plunge to his lowest point yet came five days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which Democrats have hoped would catalyze a resurgence of support for Democrats.
Biden, in a desperate effort to boost his flagging support, resorted to another hyperventilated, hyperbolic attack on conservatives.
“Folks, let&#8217;s get one thing straight: The ultra-MAGA agenda has always been about taking away women’s rights, in every single state,” he tweeted.
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Folks, let&#39;s get one thing straight: The ultra-MAGA agenda has always been about taking away women’s rights, in every single state.
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1542142703491850241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Sonia Ossorio, the president of the National Organization for Women in New York, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/25/democrats-abortion-roe-v-wade-november-midterms">breathed</a> after the SCOTUS decision, “I don’t see how this cannot energize voters. Women are fed up.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/with-roe-overturned-us-democrats-turn-abortion-battle-november-midterms-2022-06-24/">ranted,</a> “&#8221;Elect more MAGA Republicans if you want nationwide abortion bans, the jailing of women and doctors and no exemptions for rape or incest. Or, elect more pro-choice Democrats to save Roe.&#8221;
Biden has grown fond of the term “Ultra-MAGA.” In early May, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/13/biden-ultra-maga/">during a speech</a> on the economy, Biden whined, “Let me tell you about this ultra-MAGA agenda. It’s extreme, as most MAGA things are.”
“The White House works aggressively to paint Republicans and their policies as an ‘ultra MAGA agenda’ in a push to overcome the president&#8217;s <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/11/biden-blame-republicans-strategy-inflation/9729577002/" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}">brutal approval ratings and voters’ frustration</a> with high inflation to help Democrats maintain control of Congress,” <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/14/ultra-maga-biden-new-midterm-strategy/9716841002/?gnt-cfr=1">USA Today</a> pointed out.
Former White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, when asked how Biden&#8217;s attacks aimed at “Ultra-MAGA” Republicans would “jive” with his promise to bring unity, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2022/05/09/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-may-9-2022/">answered</a>, “The President&#8217;s view is you can do both. He believes that there is work we can continue to do together&#8230; He is also not going to stand by and not call out what he sees as &#8216;Ultra-MAGA&#8217; behavior, &#8216;Ultra-MAGA&#8217; policies that are out of the mainstream of the country and are not in the interest of the American people.”
“It’s the president’s phrase and the president made those comments himself just last week as you know,” Psaki <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/wh-explains-biden-recent-term-221926608.html">acknowledged</a>. “I think what has struck him is how extreme some of the policies and proposals are that a certain wing of the Republican Party — that is taking up too much of the Republican Party — are for&#8230; So to him, adding a little &#8216;Ultra&#8217; to it gave it a little extra pop.”
Fox News anchor Dana Perino <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-gross-to-me-dana-perino-has-had-about-enough-of-bidens-ultra-maga-claims/">commented</a>, “Just because he comes out and says &#8216;Ultra MAGA&#8217; 20 times it&#8217;s not going to make inflation go away.”
“If it’s a choice between Biden or Trump, that’s what the team wants — that’s what the Biden team wants,” she added. “But everybody is dealing with inflation every day. It’s a referendum on the president. That’s what the mid-terms are about.”

Dems’ Nightmare: 5 Days After SCOTUS Overturns Roe, Biden Hits His Lowest Approval Ever

Biden Hits His Lowest Approval Ever 5 Days After SCOTUS Overturns Roe

Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

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Three-fourths of Americans say the country is on the wrong track, according to a new poll.
The <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22014966-nbc-news-may-poll">NBC News poll</a> of 1,000 U.S. adults, conducted between May 5-7, found that 75% of Americans said the country was &#8220;off on the wrong track,&#8221; while just 16% said the United States was &#8220;headed in the right direction.&#8221;
NBC noted that the poll is the fourth consecutive survey where the &#8220;wrong track&#8221; figure was above 70 percent and only the fifth time in 34 years that the &#8220;wrong track&#8221; number reached 75%. The last time it was that high was during the Great Recession in 2008, followed by the 2013 government shutdown.
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NBC NEWS POLL: Just 16% say the country is headed in the right direction, while 75% say we&#8217;re on the wrong track.
It&#8217;s a truism that voters&#8217; views about the economy begin to harden in May.
If that theory holds, the Democrats are in serious trouble right now &#8230; (1/4) <a href="https://t.co/lv68NprieJ">pic.twitter.com/lv68NprieJ</a>
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1525818728042094601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
“It is a flashing red light when you see a number like this,” Republican pollster <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/support-abortion-rights-hits-new-high-midterm-outlook-stays-mostly-unc-rcna28869">Bill McInturff</a> told NBC News.
McInturff&#8217;s firm, Public Opinion Strategies, conducted the poll for NBC News in conjunction with Democratic polling firm Hart Research Associates.
“Americans are telling us this is as bad as 2008,” McInturff added.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s job approval rating also hit his lowest-ever mark in NBC News&#8217;s polling, falling to just 39%, with 56% disapproval.
Biden&#8217;s approval was even lower on individual issues: just 33% of adults approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy, while 62% disapproved; on the cost of living, just 23% approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the cost of living, while 71% disapproved; just 34% of Americans approved of Biden on border security, compared to 58% who disapproved; and on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 41% of adults approved, while 48% disapproved.
Outside of Biden&#8217;s declining ratings, the Democratic Party as a whole also lagged behind the Republican Party in terms of overall approval. A total of 50% of adults had a negative view of the Democrats, while just 31% had a favorable opinion. Republicans, meanwhile, had lower negatives and higher positives than the Democrats: 46% of adults had a negative view of the Republican party, and 35% had a positive view. But Americans were evenly split, 46%-46%, on which party they wanted to control Congress.
Inflation and the economy still topped the list of Americans&#8217; priorities going into the 2022 midterms by a substantial margin. NBC News asked respondents to list what they thought was the most important and second most important issue facing the country. &#8220;The cost of living&#8221; was the first choice of 22% of adults followed closely behind by &#8220;jobs and the economy,&#8221; which was the first choice of 18% of adults. &#8220;Voting rights and election integrity&#8221; was the top concern of 12% of voters, while 10% answered &#8220;Abortion.&#8221;
The NBC News poll is the latest showing deep trouble for Biden and the Democrats going into the midterm elections. A nationwide survey conducted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-job-approval-is-underwater-in-all-but-four-states-poll">Civiqs</a> found that Biden&#8217;s approval rating was underwater in all but four states, while his national approval rating was just 36%. An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/94-percent-of-americans-concerned-about-inflation-overwhelmingly-trust-republicans-to-handle-it-poll">ABC News/Washington Post</a> poll conducted earlier this month showed that 94% of Americans were concerned about inflation and favored the Republican Party to handle it by a 14-point margin. Even on abortion, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oops-scotus-draft-leak-may-drive-more-republicans-to-voting-booths-poll-says">recent polls</a> have shown that the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting Roe v. Wade would be struck down <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-say-overturning-roe-v-wade-wont-help-them-in-the-midterms-report">does not benefit</a> Democrats in the midterms.

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Over the weekend, former Vice President Mike Pence lashed out at President Biden after he claimed “this MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that’s existed in American history, in recent American history.”
Biden disparaged the MAGA crowd after the draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked.
Pence told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pence-biden-maga-crowd-desperate-deflection-admin-grasping-straws">Fox News Digital</a>, “With all due respect, President Biden sounds desperate. It sounds like the rhetoric of an administration grasping for straws. &#8230; I mean, look, the president&#8217;s approval rating speaks for itself. He is exploring of the bowels of American approval numbers in modern history.”
“And it&#8217;s because the American people see the failed policies of this administration at home and abroad,” Pence continued, adding:
<blockquote>And I think there&#8217;s no amount of, you know, any effort by this administration to demean the 74 million people that supported this movement. And millions of Americans who know our economy can be strong, our borders can be secure, and that that America can be respected on the world stage and our values can be respected in our courts, that they love.</blockquote>
“That kind of rhetoric will only serve to motivate people that share our values and our vision for the country to turn out to vote,” Pence predicted.
“Now with regard to its impact on elections, I must tell you that, look, the failed policies of the Biden administration are almost too many to recount,” Pence noted. “The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the emboldening of the enemies of freedom around the world. The inflation at a 40-year high, the worst border crisis in history, a crime wave in our cities. All are a testament to the failed left-wing policies of the Biden administration.”
“And I fully expect that voters are going to carry their strong feelings about that into the voting booth,” he concluded.
Speaking to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/mike-pence-credits-trump-supreme-court-appointments-american-people-with-probable-overturn-of-roe-v-wade/">The Daily Wire</a> on Saturday, Pence dismissed leftist hopes that a Supreme Court opinion targeting Roe would distract voters from pressing issues such as inflation and the immigration crisis at the southern border, among others, saying:
<blockquote>I have a very different thought. I have a sense that should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade and return the question of abortion to the states, there&#8217;s going to be millions of Americans who take a harder look at who they are supporting and electing as governor and as their state legislators on the issues of life.</blockquote>
“And I think in a very real sense, not only will the prospect of this decision potentially give us a new beginning for life in this country, which I think is the most important moral question in America today, but also I think it will revive a political debate at the state level,&#8221; he stated, concluding, “I hope and pray that the draft opinion becomes adopted as the majority opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States and we send Roe v. Wade to the ash heap of history where it belongs.”

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Pence Rips Biden: ‘Desperate,’ Exploring ‘The Bowels Of American Approval Numbers In Modern History’

Former Vice President Mike Pence Calls Out Biden's Policies And Rhetoric

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In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won two-thirds of the Hispanic vote, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-30/latino-vote-surge-helped-biden-in-key-states-new-data-suggest">according</a> to Bloomberg.
But just 15 months later, President Joe Biden&#8217;s poll numbers are in freefall.
A new nationwide <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3843">poll</a> by Quinnipiac released last week puts Biden&#8217;s approval rating among Hispanics at just 26%.
&#8220;Upon entering office, FiveThirtyEight.com had Biden at 69 percent approval, so we’re talking a 43-percentage point drop in the span of 15 months,&#8221; The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3270602-hispanics-are-abandoning-biden-in-droves-heres-why/">reported</a>. &#8220;And just 12 percent of Hispanics &#8216;approve strongly&#8217; of Biden’s performance as president, while 54 percent &#8216;disapprove strongly&#8217; or &#8216;disapprove somewhat.'&#8221;
What&#8217;s more, the latest poll shows a nearly 10-point drop from his <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3842" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">approval rating</a> among Hispanics on April 6.
Biden&#8217;s approval rating was also dismal among all those surveyed. &#8220;While 33 percent of Americans approve of the way President Biden is handling his job, 54 percent disapprove with 13 percent not offering an opinion. Biden&#8217;s 33 percent job approval ties the low that he received in a Quinnipiac University poll on January 12, 2022 when his job approval rating was a negative 33 &#8211; 53 percent,&#8221; the pollsters wrote.
Hispanics played a key role in putting Biden in the White House.
&#8220;Nearly a third more Hispanic voters participated in the 2020 presidential election as did in 2016, providing a boost to Democrat Joe Biden that swamped the small inroads that Republicans made in the share of the Hispanic vote,&#8221; Bloomberg reported. &#8220;New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show Hispanic voters made up 10.6% of the national electorate in 2020, an increase of 1.4 percentage points and rivaling Black voters who made up 12% to 13%. Non-Hispanic White voters comprised 71% of all voters, down from 73.3% in 2016.&#8221;
But since taking office, Biden&#8217;s numbers have skipped badly as inflation has soared and his efforts to solve the crisis at the southern border have failed. That matters to Hispanics, The Hill reported.
&#8220;Biden’s handling of the border may yield the most surprising data coming out of border states such as Texas. More than 50 percent of registered Latino voters there disapprove of the administration’s handling of the border. And as you may recall, Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to handle the border crisis, but she has been almost entirely apathetic on this front,&#8221; the political website said.
Hispanic voters are now almost <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hispanic-voters-poll-split-republicans-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evenly split</a> in support between Democrats and Republicans, Fox News reported.
&#8220;Nothing has happened that was promised,&#8221; government and businesses consultant Bertica Cabrera Morris <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-approval-rating-hispanic-voters-poll">told</a> Fox News Digital. &#8220;I think the country is more divided than normal. It was divided during Obama, then during Trump, and now again – it&#8217;s not going in the right direction. It&#8217;s not the right leader.&#8221;
In December, Fox News reported that Biden and former President Donald Trump are dead even in a hypothetical 2024 race. &#8220;In an identical election between President Biden and former President Trump, 44% stated they would vote for Biden, while 43% said they would vote for Trump.&#8221;
Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent, and ran the Drudge Report from 2010 to 2015. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.

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Biden Plunges With Hispanics By 42 Points In Just 15 Months

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The bad news continues for President Joe Biden, as new data shows Biden&#8217;s approval rating among young people has collapsed by double digits in his first 14 months as president.
According to a report from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/391733/biden-job-approval-down-among-younger-generations.aspx">Gallup</a>, over the course of Biden&#8217;s presidency so far, his approval rating declined by 19 points among millennials, from 60% approval to 41%, and 21 points among Generation Z, from 60% to 39%. Older generations, meanwhile, had changed their opinions significantly less. &#8220;As a result, older Americans are now more likely to approve of the president than younger Americans are,&#8221; Gallup reported.
The report analyzed aggregate data from Gallup&#8217;s polling over three distinct periods: January-June 2021, the first six months of his presidency, what the report called the &#8220;honeymoon phase&#8221;; July and August 2021; and September 2021-March 2022. Gallup interviewed some 6,000 U.S. adults in each of the two six-month periods, and another 2,000 adults in July and August 2021.
&#8220;During Biden&#8217;s honeymoon period, 60% of both Generation Z adults and millennials approved of the job he was doing, putting these groups above the national average approval rating. By the summer, as coronavirus cases unexpectedly rose, Biden had lost significant support among Generation Z, millennials and Generation X, ranging from seven- to 10-percentage-point drops,&#8221; Gallup reported. &#8220;All generational groups have become less approving of Biden since the summer, after the troubled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in late August 2021.&#8221;
Older generations were less inclined to change their opinion of Biden. Baby boomers&#8217; opinions of Biden changed little: their approval of Biden stood at 53% during the &#8220;honeymoon phase,&#8221; dropped to 52% during the summer of 2021, and dropped again to 46% in fall 2021 and early 2022. &#8220;Traditionalists,&#8221; the generation before baby boomers, did not change their opinion of Biden much at all. Their opinion stood at 48% after Biden took office, dipped to 47% in the summer, then rose back to 48%.
Previous polls have also shown that Biden&#8217;s approval is experiencing a collapse among key demographics. The Daily Wire reported in February that Biden&#8217;s approval rating fell 10 points among <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-sees-double-digit-drop-in-approval-among-black-voters-even-worse-among-young-black-voters-survey">African American voters</a> over the course of the year 2021, from 86% to 76%, and fell by a massive 25 points among young black voters especially, from 88% to 63%, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-sees-double-digit-drop-in-approval-among-black-voters-even-worse-among-young-black-voters-survey">focus group</a> conducted by Democratic surveyor Navigator Research.
New York Democratic Congresswoman <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-i-was-right-about-joe-manchin.html">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</a> also warned that the Biden administration was experiencing a collapse of support from young people, who make up much of the base of the party. “We need to acknowledge that this isn’t just about middle of the road, an increasingly narrow band of independent voters. This is really about the collapse of support among young people, among the Democratic base, who are feeling that they worked overtime to get this president elected and aren’t necessarily being seen,” she told the New Yorker in an interview.
Biden has also hit the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-hits-lowest-approval-ratings-of-his-presidency-in-two-more-polls">lowest overall approval rating</a> of his presidency so far, according to recent polling. The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>The <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/13/bidens-approval-falls-to-new-low-amid-economic-pessimism-cnbc-survey-finds.html?&amp;qsearchterm=biden%20approval">CNBC All-America Economic Survey</a> of 800 Americans taken between April 7 and 10 found that most people did not think the American economy was doing well&#8230;
The survey also found that Biden’s approval had sunk to a new low of 38% overall, with 53% disapproval. Just 35% of voters approved of Biden’s handling of the economy, while 60% disapproved. Biden’s approval on the Ukraine crisis was slightly higher: 40% of respondents approved of his handling of the Russian invasion, while 49% disapproved.
The <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3843">Quinnipiac</a> poll of more than 1,400 adults, conducted between April 7 and 11, found similar results on Biden and Ukraine: 39% of respondents said they approved of Biden’s handling of the invasion. Overall, Biden’s general approval rating dropped to just 33%, matching his low point in Quinnipiac’s polling from January, with 54% disapproving, one point higher than in January. Biden also matched his lowest mark among registered voters, with just 35% approval, while 55% disapproved, also one point higher than January.</blockquote>

Report: Biden’s Support Among Young People Collapsed By Double Digits In His First 14 Months In Office

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval rating continues to trend downward as more polls are showing that it has declined to the lowest levels of his presidency.
Two polls released Wednesday by CNBC and Quinnipiac showed that Biden has sunk to the lowest levels of his presidency so far, driven by concerns about rising inflation and a poor economy, as well as his weak response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/13/bidens-approval-falls-to-new-low-amid-economic-pessimism-cnbc-survey-finds.html?&amp;qsearchterm=biden%20approval">CNBC All-America Economic Survey</a> of 800 Americans taken between April 7 and 10 found that most people did not think the American economy was doing well. A plurality of respondents, 47%, said the economy was in &#8220;poor&#8221; condition, and another 35% said it was in &#8220;only fair&#8221; condition. Just 15% said the economy was in &#8220;good&#8221; condition, and 2% said it was &#8220;excellent.&#8221; That 17% of Americans who said the economy was good or excellent was the lowest since 2014, CNBC reported. Another plurality, 43%, said the economy would get worse over the next year, while 26% of respondents said it would “stay about the same,” and 26% said that it would “get better.” A majority, 56%, believed there would be a recession in the next year, while just 29% said there would not be.
The survey also found that Biden&#8217;s approval had sunk to a new low of 38% overall, with 53% disapproval. Just 35% of voters approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy, while 60% disapproved. Biden&#8217;s approval on the Ukraine crisis was slightly higher: 40% of respondents approved of his handling of the Russian invasion, while 49% disapproved.
The <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3843">Quinnipiac</a> poll of more than 1,400 adults, conducted between April 7 and 11, found similar results on Biden and Ukraine: 39% of respondents said they approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the invasion. Overall, Biden&#8217;s general approval rating dropped to just 33%, matching his low point in Quinnipiac&#8217;s polling from January, with 54% disapproving, one point higher than in January. Biden also matched his lowest mark among registered voters, with just 35% approval, while 55% disapproved, also one point higher than January.
On the issue of the Russian invasion more broadly, the poll found that most Americans believed the U.S. should do more to help Ukrainians fighting, as well as refugees fleeing the country. More than two-thirds of respondents, 68%, said they believed the U.S. had a &#8220;moral responsibility to do more to stop the killing of civilians in Ukraine,&#8221; while 24% did not think the U.S. had such a duty. Nearly three-quarters of respondents, 74%, thought that the U.S. had a &#8220;moral responsibility to help refugees fleeing Ukraine,&#8221; while 21% did not. At the same time, a majority of respondents, 52%, said that the U.S. should only support Ukraine if it would not increase the risk of getting into a war with Russia, while 19% said the U.S. should support Ukraine even if it does risk war. Another 22% said the U.S. was doing enough to help Ukraine already.
The recent polls are just the latest to show Biden hitting new lows in his approval rating. A <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-inflation-outweighs-jobs-on-economic-views-prices-force-cutbacks/">CBS poll</a> released on Sunday showed that Biden had fallen to the lowest level of his presidency, 42%. An <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/bidens-job-approval-falls-lowest-level-presidency-war-inflation-fears-rcna21679">NBC News</a> poll taken in late March showed Biden&#8217;s approval at 40%, the lowest level recorded by NBC. And a recent <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-approval-rating-drops-new-low-40-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2022-03-22/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=daily-briefing">Reuters</a> poll also found Biden&#8217;s approval at 40%, the lowest rating for Biden in its poll.

Biden Hits Lowest Approval Ratings Of His Presidency In Two More Polls

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