According to a recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/poll">poll</a> from Pew Research Center, more than 70% of American adults believe that the next generation will be poorer than their parents.
The <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/08/11/large-shares-in-many-countries-are-pessimistic-about-the-next-generations-financial-future/?utm_content=buffera9b6a&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer">poll</a> was conducted across 19 countries and the data from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states">United States</a> closely tracks with the global trend: 72% of Americans believe kids will be worse off than their parents, compared to a median 70% of respondents. The share of Americans who believe their children will be more prosperous mirrored the survey median exactly, with 27% expressing an optimistic view of their youth’s financial prospects.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/japan">Japan</a> was the least optimistic nation surveyed, with 82% of respondents stating that they believed their children would be worse off than they were, while only 12% thought they’d be better off. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel">Israel</a> and Singapore were the most optimistic countries: only 27% of Israelis believed their children would be worse off than they were, while Singapore was the only nation where a majority (56%) of those surveyed believed their children would be better off than their parents.
Current economic woes were correlated with a negative outlook for the future: in the U.S., 81% of those who described the current economic situation as “bad” projected a worse economic future for the next generation. However, even among those who thought the current economy was “good,” 49% believed kids today would be worse off in the future.
Eleven of the 19 countries reported record high levels of pessimism, with Australia, Hungary, and the Netherlands reporting an increase of more than 10% from last year. The United States reported a 4% increase from 2021. In recent years, the global economy has been buffeted by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/johns-hopkins-study-lockdowns-had-little-to-no-effect-on-covid-19-mortality-but-had-devastating-effects-on-society">economic lockdowns</a> of the COVID pandemic and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/asian-african-nations-face-famine-as-ukraine-crisis-hits-global-food-supply">shortages of food</a> and fuel exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Interviews were conducted face to face in Israel, Hungary, and Poland, where more than 10% of respondents volunteered that they thought economic prospects for today’s children would be “about the same” as their own.
The nations that were polled are <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/hdi-by-country">highly developed</a> countries by most economic measures, and all but Israel have a <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/total-fertility-rate">fertility rate</a> below replacement levels.

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More Than 70% Of Americans Believe Kids Will Be Poorer Than Their Parents

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More Americans trust a good Samaritan armed with a gun to stop a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mass-shooting">mass shooting</a> than <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/police">police officers</a> or federal agents, according to a Convention of States Action and Trafalgar Group survey of Americans.
The new <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/COSA-Shootings-Full-Report-0712.pdf">survey</a> found that the more Americans believe that their best protection in a mass shooting situation is a nearby armed civilian, rather than police officers or federal agents. Respondents chose armed citizens as the best protection by 41.8% to 25.1% for local police and 10.3% for federal agents. About a fifth people chose none of the above – 22.8%.
Democrats and Republicans differed widely on who each believed best able to protect them during a mass shooting. A plurality of Democrats, 33.9%, picked none of the above. Local police came in second with 31.4%.
Republicans, on the other hand, trusted an armed civilian far more than local police or federal agents. Of the GOP respondents, 70.4% said they trusted an armed civilian most to protect them and their families. Just 1.6% of GOP respondents said that federal agents were in the best spot to protect them.
The pollster surveyed 1,078 likely general election voters from July 7-10, with a margin of error of 2.9%.
The results of the survey were published Monday, a day after an armed civilian shot and killed a mass shooter in a mall in Greenwood, Indiana. The incident took place after the poll was taken, but may buttress a plurality of Americans’ belief in armed civilians.
A 22-year-old man, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/what-we-know-about-the-heroic-22-year-old-man-who-stopped-a-mass-shooting-in-indiana">Elisjsha Dicken</a>, was hailed as a hero on Sunday after he shot and killed a mass shooter in Greenwood Park Mall. The gunman, armed with a rifle and handgun, killed three and wounded two more within 15 seconds of his first of 24 shots, according to authorities. Dicken, who was at the mall shopping with his girlfriend, pulled his own handgun and engaged the shooter. The police, mall, and others hailed him as a hero for his decisive action.
The poll also took place after a highly-watched law enforcement debacle took place in Uvalde, Texas. Law enforcement waited roughly an hour before engaging with and killing a mass shooter at Uvalde Elementary. Before a team of Border Patrol agents killed the gunman, the shooter killed 19 children and two teachers.
A report <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/egregious-poor-decision-making-nearly-400-cops-gathered-at-uvalde-school-before-anyone-did-anything">released</a> over the weekend detailed the missteps of local police during the tragedy. The report, researched and written by Texas lawmakers, said that the local police “failed to prioritize saving the lives of innocent victims over their own safety.”

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POLL: Americans Trust Armed Civilians More Than Police, Feds In Mass Shootings

POLL: Americans Trust Armed Civilians More Than Police, Federal Agents In Mass Shootings

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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) trails her GOP challenger by more than 20% in a poll released on Friday, signaling concern for the congresswoman in the upcoming primary.
A total of 52% of likely primary voters in the state said they supported Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman, with only 30% showing support for Cheney, according to a Mason-Dixon Polling &amp; Strategy <a href="https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/the-poll-results-are-in-hageman-holds-commanding-lead-over-cheney/article_1f33dfe0-02f1-11ed-8202-7befc0111031.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survey</a> conducted on behalf of the Casper, Wyoming, Star Tribune.
The poll, conducted July 7-11 among 1,100 likely voters, showed 11% undecideds, with no other candidate reaching double digits in support. Republican state Sen. Anthony Bouchard, the next highest-ranking candidate, received 5% support.
The race between Cheney and Hageman has been receiving national attention for months, but the survey marked &#8220;the first independent, public, in-state poll&#8221; conducted so far. Early voting has already begun, with the primary set for August 16.
If the poll results play out in the state&#8217;s primary, Cheney will soon be out of office, leaving Harriet to face probable Democratic candidate Lynnette Grey Bull, Constitution Party candidate Marissa Selvig, and independent Casey Hardison. In right-leaning Wyoming, the Republican primary remains the top focus, with the winner likely taking the state&#8217;s House seat in November.
In addition to showing Hageman&#8217;s lead over Cheney, the survey also revealed that two-thirds of likely votes (63%) disagreed with Cheney&#8217;s decision to serve on the January 6 House select committee. More than half (54%) said her involvement made them less likely to vote for her in the primary.
Cheney was one of ten House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump following the events of Jan. 6. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who also serves on the January 6 committee, was one of the others who supported Trump&#8217;s impeachment.
Despite her troubling primary poll numbers, Cheney said during an interview two weeks ago that she hasn&#8217;t ruled out a run for the White House in 2024, saying she still hasn’t made a decision.
Cheney made the comments during a July 3 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/havent-made-a-decision-liz-cheney-refuses-to-rule-out-2024-presidential-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> on ABC News’ “This Week” with Jonathan Karl.
“I’ll make a decision about ’24 down the road,” Cheney <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/07/03/liz-cheney-2024-presidential-run" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“I think about it less in terms of a decision about running for office, and more in terms of, you know, as an American – and as somebody who’s in a position of public trust now, how do I make sure that I’m doing everything I can to do the right thing; to do what I know is right for the country, and, and to protect our Constitution,” she added.
Last month, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/liz-cheney-recruiting-democrats-to-vote-for-her-in-wyoming-republican-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Cheney’s reelection campaign sent out mailers to recruit Wyoming Democrats to vote for her in the upcoming Republican primary.
The mailers, sent to registered Democrats in Wyoming, shared specific instructions on how a person could switch their party affiliation and vote for her in the August primary, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/23/us/politics/liz-cheney-wyoming-democrats.html">according</a> to The New York Times.

Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney Trailing By Double Digits In Wyoming GOP Primary Poll

2022 Midterms

Wyoming

Democrat President Joe Biden acknowledged during remarks this week that the U.S. was struggling as his poll numbers continue to plummet and the overwhelming majority of the country, including the vast majority of Democrats, now say that the nation is headed in the wrong direction under Biden&#8217;s leadership.
&#8220;Our economy is growing but not without pain,&#8221; Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/29/economy/gdp-first-quarter-final/index.html">claimed</a>, even though the U.S. economy shrank 1.6% in the first quarter and fears of a recession seemingly grow bigger every week.
&#8220;Liberty is under assault — assault both here and abroad,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;In recent days, there’s been reason to think that this country is moving backward, that freedom is being reduced, that rights we assumed were protected are no longer.  A reminder that we remain in an ongoing battle for the soul of America, as we have for over 200 years.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s remarks come after a recent Associated Press-NORC poll <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-america-patriotism-hits-record-low-vast-majority-of-all-americans-reject-direction-of-country">found</a> that strong bipartisan majorities of Americans disapprove of the country’s direction.
“Most Americans, 85%, say the country is headed in the wrong direction,” the report <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/bipartisan-dissatisfaction-with-the-direction-of-the-country-and-the-economy/">said</a>. “A majority of Republicans have been unhappy with the direction of the country since Biden’s election. Democrats had been positive about how things were going, but now 78% say the country is headed in the wrong direction.”
The report specified that 92% of Republicans say that the country is headed in the wrong direction, and 85% of independents agreed.
The poll, which comes as Biden’s approval rating sank to a <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1543869569982349312">historic-low</a> 30% in a separate survey this week, follows decades-high inflation rates, record gas prices, seemingly never-ending crises, and an economy that is poorly rated across the board.
“Seventy-nine percent of adults consider the national economy to be in poor condition,” the report added. “The increasingly negative perceptions are driven by increasing pessimism among Democrats.  A year ago, 37% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans described the national economy as poor. In the latest survey, 67% of Democrats say national economy is poor, and 90% of Republicans say the same.”
The abysmal numbers for Biden come as a separate survey from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/394202/record-low-extremely-proud-american.aspx">Gallup</a> found that a record low number of Americans considered themselves “extremely proud” to be an American.
“The 38% of U.S. adults who say they are ‘extremely proud’ to be American is the lowest in Gallup’s trend, which began in 2001,” the report said. “Republicans’ pride in being American has consistently outpaced Democrats’ and independents’ since 2001 and does so today. However, Republicans’ extreme national pride (58%) is now at its lowest point in the trend. Independents’ extreme pride, at 34%, is likewise the lowest on record for the group.”
“After hitting a 22% low point in 2019, Democrats’ extreme pride rose to 31% in 2021 at the start of Joe Biden’s presidency, but it is down this year to 26%,” the report continued. “All three major party groups show double-digit declines in pride compared with 2013, with Democrats’ 30-point decline the largest.”

President Biden Hosts Fourth Of July BBQ With Military Families

Biden Acknowledges U.S. Is Struggling As His Poll Numbers Plummet: ‘This Country Is Moving Backward’

Biden Acknowledges U.S. Struggling As His Poll Numbers Plummet

Joe Biden

Americans might be divided over a lot in today&#8217;s world, but one thing that seemingly all Americans can agree upon, regardless of their political leanings, is that the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction under Democrat President Joe Biden.
The news comes from a recent Associated Press-NORC poll that found that strong bipartisan majorities of Americans disapprove of the country&#8217;s direction.
&#8220;Most Americans, 85%, say the country is headed in the wrong direction,&#8221; the report <a href="https://apnorc.org/projects/bipartisan-dissatisfaction-with-the-direction-of-the-country-and-the-economy/">said</a>. &#8220;A majority of Republicans have been unhappy with the direction of the country since Biden’s election. Democrats had been positive about how things were going, but now 78% say the country is headed in the wrong direction.&#8221;
The report specified that 92% of Republicans say that the country is headed in the wrong direction, and 85% of independents agreed.
The poll, which comes as Biden&#8217;s approval rating sank to a <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1543869569982349312">historic-low</a> 30% in a separate survey this week, follows decades-high inflation rates, record gas prices, seemingly never-ending crises, and an economy that is poorly rated across the board.
&#8220;Seventy-nine percent of adults consider the national economy to be in poor condition,&#8221; the report added. &#8220;The increasingly negative perceptions are driven by increasing pessimism among Democrats.  A year ago, 37% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans described the national economy as poor. In the latest survey, 67% of Democrats say national economy is poor, and 90% of Republicans say the same.&#8221;
The abysmal numbers for Biden come as a separate survey from <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/394202/record-low-extremely-proud-american.aspx">Gallup</a> found that a record low number of Americans considered themselves &#8220;extremely proud&#8221; to be an American.
&#8220;The 38% of U.S. adults who say they are &#8216;extremely proud&#8217; to be American is the lowest in Gallup&#8217;s trend, which began in 2001,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Republicans&#8217; pride in being American has consistently outpaced Democrats&#8217; and independents&#8217; since 2001 and does so today. However, Republicans&#8217; extreme national pride (58%) is now at its lowest point in the trend. Independents&#8217; extreme pride, at 34%, is likewise the lowest on record for the group.&#8221;
&#8220;After hitting a 22% low point in 2019, Democrats&#8217; extreme pride rose to 31% in 2021 at the start of Joe Biden&#8217;s presidency, but it is down this year to 26%,&#8221; the report continued. &#8220;All three major party groups show double-digit declines in pride compared with 2013, with Democrats&#8217; 30-point decline the largest.&#8221;
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Biden’s America: Patriotism Hits Record Low, Vast Majority Of All Americans Reject Direction Of Country

Huge majority of voters think Biden leading in wrong direction

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) sounded off on Congresswoman-elect Maya Flores&#8217; (R-TX) recent victory in the Lonestar State&#8217;s 34th congressional district, telling The Daily Wire in an exclusive statement that Democrats are &#8220;privately panicking&#8221; over the Hispanic exodus from the Left.
Last Tuesday, Flores <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-mayra-flores-wins-u-s-house-seat-in-south-texas-first-gop-win-there-in-150-years">became</a> the first Republican member of Congress elected in the 34th district in more than 150 years and the first female born in Mexico elected to Congress.
&#8220;What happened in South Texas last week with Mayra Flores’ victory was a political earthquake of historic proportions,&#8221; Cruz told The Daily Wire on Tuesday. &#8220;There is just no other way to describe it. I’ve spoken to many of my colleagues and the Democrats are privately panicking about their losses with Hispanics.&#8221;
Recent polling <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3519841-democrats-could-be-on-pace-for-a-historic-rout-in-november/">indicates</a> that just 20% of Hispanic voters approve of President Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy while 41% would prefer the GOP to control Congress rather than Democrats.
Similarly, President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/new-trump-poll-women-hispanic-voters-497199">had</a> &#8220;about a 10 point gain&#8221; in Hispanic voters from 2016 to 2020, Ruth Igielnik, a senior researcher at Pew told Politico. Out of the top 10 counties with the largest shift from Democratic voters to GOP from 2016 to 2020, nine <a href="https://twitter.com/SidKhurana3607/status/1459367870257893377?s=20&amp;t=MzJ6PKGXAo3jRR9x_UT_IQ">were in South Texas</a> and all were majority Hispanic.
&#8220;From Mexican-Americans in Texas to Colombian Americans in Florida and Puerto Ricans in New York, Hispanics of all backgrounds are abandoning the Democrat Party in droves,&#8221; Cruz added in his statement to The Daily Wire. &#8220;Not only is there nothing the Democrats can do about it, it’s going to get a lot worse for them.
Cruz also predicted that Cassy Garcia, running for Congress in Texas&#8217; 28th district, as well as Monica De La Cruz, seeking victory in Texas&#8217;15th district, will also win their races.
&#8220;The historically blue Rio Grande Valley is turning red this November,&#8221; Cruz added. &#8220;Mayra will soon be joined in Congress by rockstars like my friends Cassy Garcia and Monica De La Cruz.&#8221;
De La Cruz recently <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/ingraham-angle-hispanic-voters-leaving-democrat-party">told</a> Fox News&#8217; Laura Ingraham, &#8220;Hispanic voters are seeing a through the garbage that the Democrats are putting out.&#8221;
Democrats like Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-blasts-democrats-for-not-using-a-term-that-virtually-no-ones-uses-plurality-finds-term-offensive">encouraged</a> members of her party to continue using the gender-neutral phrase &#8220;Latinx&#8221; when referring to Hispanic voters. Polls have consistently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-poll-shows-only-2-of-hispanics-use-term-latinx-many-find-it-offensive">shown that just 2% of voters</a> use that term and the vast majority dislike it.
The Daily Wire recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-never-met-a-latinx-van-jones-says-the-way-liberals-talk-is-just-weird">reported</a> that even CNN&#8217;s Van Jones has mocked that term, and ridiculed Democrats for their inability to communicate.
&#8220;If you pull out the working class, you’ve got people who are very well educated and very well off. Those people talk funny — Latinx? I’ve never met a Latinx,&#8221; Jones <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-never-met-a-latinx-van-jones-says-the-way-liberals-talk-is-just-weird">said</a> after Flores&#8217; victory. &#8220;I’ve never met a BIPOC. I’ve never met — you know — all this weird stuff that these highly-educated people say, it’s bizarre. Nobody talks that way at the barber shop, the nail salon, the grocery store, the community center — but that’s how we talk now, so that’s weird.&#8221;
Cruz told The Daily Wire that Garcia, De La Cruz, and Flores will be a &#8220;nightmare for Democrats because they will fight for all Americans and stop the radical Biden-Pelosi-Schumer agenda that is destroying our country.&#8221;
&#8220;The Democrats are in big trouble with Hispanics, suburban moms, and blue-collar workers who are fed-up with their failed economic policies, elitism, and woke ideology,&#8221; he added.
Cruz noted that voters can expect a GOP landslide this November if Republicans work together across the board to defeat the Left.
&#8220;Americans know that our country is in serious trouble, but there is light at the end of the tunnel,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That’s why I am traveling to Wisconsin this weekend to bring some of the energy and excitement I’m seeing in South Texas to the <a href="https://www.together4truth.com/mke">Together for Truth Summit</a> in Milwaukee where I’ll be joined by my friend Sen. Ron Johnson and a great slate of speakers.&#8221;
According to summit organizers, the Together for Truth event &#8220;will feature speeches from conservative leaders, as well as action workshops led by some of the country’s top political strategists designed for conservatives who want to win big in November.&#8221;
&#8220;We have a message of hope, opportunity, and American revival — and I can’t wait to share it with conservatives and other like-minded patriots in America’s Heartland,&#8221; Cruz said of the GOP message. &#8220;If we come together, I have no doubt that we will see a red tsunami sweep across the nation this November.&#8221;

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Ted Cruz: Dems ‘Privately Panicking’ About Hispanic Losses, ‘Red Tsunami’ Coming This November

Texas Senator Ted Cruz Predicts 'Red Tsunami,' Hispanic Exodus In Exclusive Statement To The Daily Wire

Hispanics

With the economy continuing to worsen, inflation at a <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/inflation-march-2022-hits-record-high-data-stats-details-rcna23654">record high</a>, and gas prices <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/energy/gas-prices-inflation/index.html">soaring</a>, Democrats are facing tough odds come the midterm elections — and even left-leaning CNN is acknowledging this.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, has predicted that Democrats could lose up to 70 seats in the House, along with another four in the Senate, swinging control of both chambers of Congress to the Republicans, The Washington Examiner <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/newt-gingrich-predicts-gop-could-pick-up-historic-70-house-seats">reported</a>.
&#8220;I think we’ll pick up between 25 and 70 seats in the House. We&#8217;ll probably pick up about four seats in the Senate,&#8221; Gingrich told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo last month.
The prediction is bold. It would be the <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/midterm-election-house-gains-republican-democrat/index.html">largest seat-switch</a> since 1948, and surpass the shellacking Democrats took in the 2010 midterm elections, with Democratic President Barack Obama at the helm and the Tea Party movement thriving.
CNN came out with a bleak analysis of Democrat odds, too.
&#8220;New data from Gallup suggests that the national political environment is arguably worse for Democrats than it was in 2010 — raising at least the possibility that the party suffers even larger losses than currently predicted,&#8221; CNN&#8217;s Editor-at-large Chris Cillizza <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/politics/midterm-election-house-gains-republican-democrat/index.html">wrote</a>. &#8220;A glance at the Gallup data — which looks at presidential approval, congressional approval, satisfaction with the direction of the country and overall judgment of economic conditions — reveals that the environment that was measured in May looks a lot like it did at the end of the 2010 cycle.&#8221;
Cillizza made the following notes to compare the political environments:
<blockquote>
2022
Biden approval: 41%
Congressional approval: 18%
US satisfaction: 16%
Economic conditions (net): -32
2010
Obama approval: 45%
Congressional approval: 21%
US satisfaction: 22%
Economic conditions (net): -31
</blockquote>
Ouch.
The polling is just not on Democrats&#8217; side, particularly when it comes to Americans&#8217; pocketbooks.
Newsweek reported Friday that more than half of American adults think the U.S. has already entered a recession.
&#8220;The latest IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index published on Friday found that 53 percent of Americans think the economy has gone into a recession, and 25 percent say they&#8217;re unsure. Only 20 percent believe the country is not in a recession,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/economy-already-collapsing-majority-americans-believe-1716958">report</a> said. &#8220;Even amid uncertainty, concerns have dramatically risen over the last month. Back in May, less than half of Americans — 48 percent — said the economy was in a downturn while 23 percent said the U.S. was not in a recession.&#8221;
The Daily Wire similarly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-polls-signal-major-problems-for-democrats-ahead-of-2022-midterm-elections">highlighted</a> the trend of rough polling for Democrats in April.
Barring some miraculous turnaround, it looks like Democrats could lose much of their power, and soon.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-polls-signal-major-problems-for-democrats-ahead-of-2022-midterm-elections">New Polls Signal Major Problems For Democrats Ahead Of 2022 Midterm Elections</a>

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New Polling, CNN Analysis Spells Disaster For Democrats In Midterm Elections

2022 Election

Newt Gingrich

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> poll numbers continue to sink further into the doldrums, as the RealClearPolitics average of polls shows his approval rating under 40%.
The <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html#polls">RealClearPolitics</a> poll of polls has Biden&#8217;s approval rating at 39.7%, a record low mark, with an average of 55% disapproval. Biden&#8217;s approval ratings were dragged down by a new poll showing him at a record low rating, and another poll showing him in the high 30s, and another poll showing his approval languishing in the mid-30s.
Biden&#8217;s approval rating dropped to a new low, according to a <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2022/06/08/biden-approval-rating-new-low/">Politico/Morning Consult</a> poll of 2,006 registered voters, conducted between June 4-5. Just 39% of voters approved of Biden, while 58% disapproved. That number is a 3-point drop from the previous poll, which found Biden&#8217;s approval at 42%. It is also significantly lower than former President Trump&#8217;s approval at the same point in his presidency. Trump&#8217;s approval ratings in early June 2018 stood at 45% approval, 52% disapproval, Morning Consult reported.
Biden also generated far stronger negative feelings than positive. Just 37% of Democrats said they &#8220;strongly approve&#8221; of Biden&#8217;s presidency, while fully 80% of Republicans said they &#8220;strongly disapprove.&#8221; The poll also found the two major parties evenly split in the Generic Congressional Ballot, 42%-42%, with 16% undecided.
In addition to the Politico/Morning Consult poll, an <a href="https://emersonpolling.reportablenews.com/pr/biden-s-approval-drops-to-38-1-in-3-say-memorial-day-travel-plans-were-impacted-by-high-cost-of-gas">Emerson College</a> poll of 1,148 registered voters, conducted between May 24-25, found that Biden&#8217;s approval rating stood at just 37.6%, while 52% disapproved. The poll also shows trouble for Biden in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 election. According to Emerson, Republicans hold a 3-point lead on the 2022 Generic Ballot, with 45.3% of voters supporting the generic Republican candidate, while 42.3% support the generic Democrat. The poll also found Biden losing to Trump in a hypothetical 2024 matchup: Trump garnered the support of 44.3% of voters, while Biden took just 41.8%. That hypothetical represents a significant change, as voters told Emerson that they voted for Biden over Trump in 2020 by a margin of 46.7%-42.2%.
On individual issues, the economy — including jobs, inflation, and taxes — was overwhelmingly the most important issue in the minds of voters. A near-majority of respondents, 48.7%, said that the economy was the most important issue facing the country. The next closest issue was crime, which just 11.5% of voters said was the most important.
The worst results for Biden came from a <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3848">Quinnipiac</a> poll of 1,576 U.S. adults, conducted between June 3-6. Among all respondents, Biden&#8217;s approval sat at a meager 33%, with 55% disapproval. Those numbers match Biden&#8217;s previous all-time lows in Quinnipiac&#8217;s polling, which he dropped to first in January, then again in April. Among registered voters, Biden&#8217;s approval rating was only slightly better; just 35% of voters approved of Biden, while 56% disapproved. Those numbers also matched Biden&#8217;s previous all-time lows.
Biden&#8217;s approval was even worse on individual issues: among all Americans, just 28% approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy; just 32% approved of his handling of the issue of gun violence; and 42% approved of his handling of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Asked which issue was most important to the country, a plurality of Americans, 34%, said inflation was most important, including pluralities in every single demographic group. The second most important issue was gun violence, which 17% said was the most important issue.
Other polls that factored into the RCP average included: a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,000 adults conducted June 6-7, which showed Biden&#8217;s approval rating at 41% approval-56% disapproval; Rasmussen&#8217;s daily tracking poll of 1,500 likely voters, conducted June 5-7, which showed him at 41%-57%; an Economist/YouGov poll of 1,314 registered voters, showing a 43%-51% approval rating for Biden; and a Harvard/Harris poll of 1,963 registered voters, which found Biden at 41% approval-55% disapproval.

Biden’s RCP Average Drops Under 40% As More Polls Show Him Hitting Record Lows

Biden's RCP Average Drops Under 40% As More Polls Show Him Hitting Record Lows

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CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten told anchor Jake Tapper on Monday that Republicans could be poised for historic gains going into November&#8217;s midterm elections.
Enten laid out the data specifically with regard to the U.S. House of Representatives, in which the Democrats currently hold a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-im-kicking-3-democrats-off-their-committees-if-republicans-win-back-house-in-2022/">slim 12-seat margin</a>.
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Data points to a November blowout, CNN&#39;s Harry Enten say, telling Jake Tapper that the GOP is currently in &quot;the best position for Republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/V3vevMlIXJ">pic.twitter.com/V3vevMlIXJ</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1533989969076752384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If you’re a Republican running for re-election, or trying to unseat a Democrat, things are looking pretty good, right?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;I would say they’re looking very good from the historical context. Basically, I took the best Republican positions on the generic congressional ballot at this point in midterm cycles since 1938, that generic ballot basically is, &#8216;Would you vote for the generic Republican or generic Democrat in your district?'&#8221; Enten explained.
&#8220;And guess what? Since 1938, the Republican two-point lead on the generic congressional ballot is the best position for Republicans at this point in any midterm cycle in over 80 years,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It beats 2010, when Republicans were up a point.&#8221;
&#8220;Sometimes history isn’t always prologue, but my estimate for the 2023 House makeup if the election were held today — which again, it isn’t &#8230; would be Republicans, 236 seats to 241 seats. Democrats, 194 to 199,&#8221; Enten said, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/bidens-approval-craters-on-key-issues-potentially-dragging-down-dems-in-midterms-poll/">predicting a swing</a> from Democrats +12 to Republicans +37-47.
&#8220;That is a stomping or that would be a stomping,&#8221; Tapper replied, and Enten agreed, &#8220;Yes, it would.&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of the Democrats’ problems, it seems, can be linked back to the president, right, who is severely underwater,&#8221; Tapper pivoted to address President Joe Biden&#8217;s low approval ratings and how that could impact the midterm elections.
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&quot;A lot of the Democrats’ problems, it seems, can be linked back to the president, right, who is severely underwater,&quot; Jake Tapper says — and Harry Enten concurs. <a href="https://t.co/Cnzds4ER6v">pic.twitter.com/Cnzds4ER6v</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1533990423554826254?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Enten noted that the &#8220;midterm penalty&#8221; — that is, how many seats the party in the White House stood to lose in any given midterm election — often hinged on the sitting president&#8217;s approval rating.
&#8220;In 1962, the president’s approval rating, JFK, was 71%. Bill Clinton in 1998, 63%. In the 2002 cycle, 72% for George W. Bush. Joe Biden’s is just 41%,&#8221; Enten said, going on to ask, &#8221; Why is his approval rating so low?&#8221;
Enten then brought up a slide showing approval rating in the context of the economy specifically — which a majority of American voters have said will be the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/congressional-republicans-have-double-digit-leads-in-voters-trust-on-inflation-economy-national-security-survey/">most important issue</a> heading into November.
&#8220;This is the net approval rating on the economy at this point in a presidency. Joe Biden’s minus 26 points. That is the lowest, tied for the lowest for any president in the last 40-plus years,&#8221; Enten explained.

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CNN's Harry Enten Predicts Republican Tsunami — 'The Best Position ... In Over 80 Years'

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President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval ratings continue to collapse, as two polls this week show that the president’s approval rating is now in the mid 30s.
A <a href="https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-BIDEN/POLL/nmopagnqapa/index.html">Reuters-Ipsos</a> poll of more than 1,000 adults, conducted this week, found that Biden&#8217;s approval rating sunk to just 36%, the lowest approval rating of his presidency, while 59% disapproved. The poll also found that nearly every demographic group disapproved of how Biden was handling his job as president. In addition, the poll also found that the economy is still the most pressing issue Americans are concerned about.
Breaking the poll down by party, Democrats were much more likely to favor Biden than Republicans, but his approval rating continued to trend down even among his own party. Biden&#8217;s approval rating among Democrats stood at 72%, but that was a decline from his 76% approval from a week ago, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-public-approval-falls-36-lowest-his-presidency-reutersipsos-2022-05-24/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=daily-briefing&amp;utm_term=05-25-2022">reported</a>. Just 10% of Republicans approved, while 90% disapproved. Other demographic groups were not nearly as kind to Biden. Breaking down the poll by race, Biden is now underwater with both white and non-white voters: just 32% of white voters approve of Biden, while 64% disapprove; 45% of non-white voters approve of Biden, while 51% disapprove.
By education, fully 60% of respondents without a college degree disapprove of Biden; just 34% approve. Even among college-educated voters, Biden is still deep underwater: 59% of respondents disapproved, compared to just 38% who approved. Breaking down by gender, among men, Biden&#8217;s approval sat at just 39%, while 59% disapproved; among women, Biden&#8217;s approval was 34%, while 60% disapproved. By age, Biden&#8217;s approval was just 40%, while 55% disapproved among 18-39 year-olds; among those 40 and older, his approval was just 34%, with 62% disapproving.
Biden was also underwater with every geographic region except one. His approval remained high in the Northeast: 56% approved, while 40% disapproved. But he was underwater in the Midwest, with 33% approval and 63% disapproval; in the South, with just 30% approval and 65% disapproval; and in the West, with a 36%-62% approval rating. Biden&#8217;s only other bright spot was among Americans in urban areas, who favored him 53%-43%; suburban voters disapproved of him 33%-64%; and rural voters disapproved of him 26%-67%.
At the same time as the Reuters survey, a poll of more than 2,500 likely voters from Big Data Poll&#8217;s monthly &#8220;<a href="https://application.marketsight.com/app/ItemView.aspx?SharedFor=director%40bigdatapoll.com&amp;SharedBy=34090&amp;id=cd19f7d8-a2d2-45e5-aff5-ae9f010f0ac9">Public Polling Project</a>&#8221; found that Biden&#8217;s approval rating sits at just 37%, while 60% disapproved. Biden&#8217;s approval was also deep underwater on individual issues. Just 35% approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the issue of the &#8220;Economy and Jobs,&#8221; while 62% disapproved; just 33% approved of Biden on &#8220;Immigration/Border Security,&#8221; with 61% disapproval; 36% approved of his handling of &#8220;Foreign Policy&#8221;; 33% approved of him on crime, with 60% disapproval; and just 33% approved of his handling of &#8220;U.S.-China Relations,&#8221; while 57% disapproved. Biden&#8217;s approval was slightly better on the &#8220;Coronavirus Pandemic&#8221;: 44% approved, while 53% disapproved.
Outside of Biden&#8217;s approval, the Public Polling Project found that fully 7 in 10 voters said the country was headed in the wrong direction: 70% of voters said the country was going off on the &#8220;wrong track,&#8221; while just 23% said the country was headed in the &#8220;right direction.&#8221; The poll also found that Republicans have a Congressional generic ballot advantage of nearly 10 points in the 2022 midterms: about 47% of likely voters favored the generic Republican candidate in the general elections, while about 37% favored the generic Democrat.
The two polls are the latest to show Biden&#8217;s approval under 40%, following other recent polls by the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-approval-rating-drops-ap-norc-poll-d41bce85e1b062b588a32908b2affa65">Associated Press-NORC</a> (39%), <a href="https://www.investors.com/politics/ibdtipp-poll-presidential-approval-direction-of-country/">IBD/TIPP</a> (39%), <a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_US_051222/">Monmouth University</a> (38%), <a href="https://civiqs.com/results/approve_president_biden?uncertainty=true&amp;annotations=true&amp;zoomIn=true">Civiqs</a> (34%), and <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3846">Quinnipiac</a> (35%).

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Two Polls Show Biden's Approval Collapsing Into The Mid-30s

2024 Election

Biden Administration

On Twitter, President Joe Biden&#8217;s White House chief of staff is flaunting a poll that shows the American people approve of the way Biden is handling COVID-19 and jobs, but a look at the details of said poll shows that most Americans would describe his actions as president to be &#8220;incompetent&#8221; and &#8220;distracted.&#8221;
On Sunday, Axios tweeted about <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dWY7hHC9P_4uG7js0THppA1bG5CDFYfW/view">a recent CBS poll</a> that shows most Americans believe that the economy is bad, Biden is &#8220;slow to react,&#8221; and the state of the country is &#8220;uneasy&#8221; and &#8220;worrying.&#8221;
Ron Klain defended his boss by saying, &#8220;I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows  <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@potus </a>approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs.&#8221;
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I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@potus</a> approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs. <a href="https://t.co/OPrkWPZxYO">https://t.co/OPrkWPZxYO</a>
&mdash; Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1528418302812471298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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While that might be true, Biden&#8217;s approval rating is still underwater. Only 44% of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing as president, according to the CBS poll. Furthermore, a look at the descriptions Americans provide for Biden may explain why the majority of people, or 56%, disapprove of Biden&#8217;s job performance.
The poll was conducted May 18-20 and featured a nationally representative sample of 2,041 Americans.
CBS asked respondents to state whether or not certain words would &#8220;describe&#8221; or &#8220;not describe&#8221; Biden&#8217;s &#8220;actions as President so far.&#8221; While 53% of Americans said that the term &#8220;divisive&#8221; does not describe the president&#8217;s actions, 62% of Americans also said that the word &#8220;unifying&#8221; would not be an accurate description either.
Likewise, 62% of Americans said the word &#8220;effective&#8221; does not apply, while 57% of Americans said the word &#8220;distracted&#8221; describes Biden&#8217;s actions.
According to the poll, most respondents don&#8217;t believe that the president is all that interested in the problems facing them, either. When asked, &#8220;How much do you think Joe Biden cares about the needs and problems of people like you,&#8221; 56% of respondents said &#8220;not much&#8221; or &#8220;not at all.&#8221;
On Sunday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-scott-midterms-are-all-about-inflation-biden-is-slow-to-react-behind-the-problem">reported</a> that the same CBS <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-economic-concerns-grow-opinion-poll-2022-05-22/">poll</a> that found 65% of Americans believe Biden has been “slow to react” to multiple crises like inflation, illegal immigration, soaring gas prices, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-scott-midterms-are-all-about-inflation-biden-is-slow-to-react-behind-the-problem">Rick Scott: Midterms Are All About Inflation, Biden Is ‘Slow To React’, ‘Behind The Problem’</a>

Poll Finds Most Americans Describe Biden’s Actions As ‘Incompetent’ And ‘Distracted’

Poll Finds That Most Americans Describe Biden's Actions As 'Incompetent' And 'Distracted'

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White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain tried to downplay President Joe Biden&#8217;s collapsing approval ratings Sunday, after just one poll showed Biden with a slight improvement in approval rating.
&#8220;I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows @potus approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs,&#8221; Klain tweeted from his official Twitter account Sunday afternoon. Klain was referring to a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-economic-concerns-grow-opinion-poll-2022-05-22/">CBS News poll</a> which showed that Biden&#8217;s approval rating ticked up slightly, and that a slight majority of voters are optimistic about the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and the job prospects in their community.
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I hate to spoil the narrative but this poll shows <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@potus</a> approval rating moving up, and solid public confidence on the two biggest problems he inherited: COVID and jobs. <a href="https://t.co/OPrkWPZxYO">https://t.co/OPrkWPZxYO</a>
&mdash; Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHCOS/status/1528418302812471298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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There are a number of problems with Klain&#8217;s analysis of the poll. First, while Biden&#8217;s approval ticked up two points from April to May, the poll has a margin of error of 2.5%, which means that increase is negligible.
Second, the majorities who were optimistic about COVID and jobs were very slight. Meanwhile, the worst of the COVID pandemic has been over for months, and according to <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22014966-nbc-news-may-poll">other recent polls</a>, the pandemic as an issue is at the very bottom of voters&#8217; minds.
Digging deeper, the CBS poll contains other numbers that spell trouble for the Biden administration. Large majorities of Americans described the state of the country as &#8220;uneasy&#8221; (63%), &#8220;worrying&#8221; (63%), or &#8220;frustrating&#8221; (61%); 69% of Americans said the economy was bad, the highest number on record; nearly three-quarters of Americans, 74%, said things in America are going badly: 77% of Americans said they were concerned about the cost of goods and services; 68% were concerned about the national economy, and 67% about the stock market; 57% were concerned about their plans for retirement.
Respondents also soured on Biden&#8217;s handling of key issues: his approval rating on the economy stood at just 36%, with 64% disapproval; on inflation, just 30%, with 70% disapproval; on Russia-Ukraine, 47% approval, 53% disapproval; on immigration and on crime, 40%-60%.
Furthermore, a majority of Americans, 65% said that Biden is &#8220;too slow to react&#8221; when important issues come up; another majority, 55%, said that Biden does not fight hard to address the country&#8217;s problems; and just 19% of respondents said that Biden cares about their needs and problems &#8220;a lot.&#8221; In contrast, 25% said Biden only cares &#8220;some&#8221; about their problems, 22% said &#8220;not much,&#8221; and a plurality, 34%, said Biden does not care about their needs and problems at all.
Furthermore, contrary to Klain&#8217;s assertion, the CBS poll does not &#8220;spoil the narrative&#8221; around Biden&#8217;s approval rating, which continues to collapse. A growing number of polls are showing that Biden&#8217;s approval has dropped below 40%: an Associated Press/NORC poll conducted last week had Biden&#8217;s approval at just 39%, the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-approval-rating-drops-ap-norc-poll-d41bce85e1b062b588a32908b2affa65">lowest of his presidency</a>; an <a href="https://www.investors.com/politics/ibdtipp-poll-presidential-approval-direction-of-country/">IBD/TIPP</a> poll earlier this month also had his approval at 39%, as did a <a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_US_051222/">Monmouth</a> poll; recent polling from <a href="https://civiqs.com/results/approve_president_biden?uncertainty=true&amp;annotations=true&amp;zoomIn=true">Civiqs</a> showed Biden at just 34%, and underwater in 47 out of 50 states; a <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3846">Quinnipiac</a> poll showed him with an approval rating of just 35%, while also showing that his support among <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-cratering-with-hispanics-support-less-than-half-of-2021-poll">Hispanics</a> is less than half of what it was in 2021. According to <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/">FiveThirtyEight</a>, Biden&#8217;s average approval rating is at the lowest of his presidency, at 40.7%. Biden is also slightly below former President Trump&#8217;s approval rating at the same point in their respective presidencies.

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