The vast majority of Americans, when asked if they agree with the statement “There are two genders, male and female,&#8221; said they agree, a new poll has found.
The latest Rasmussen Reports <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/biden_administration/most_americans_oppose_transgender_agenda">survey</a> said 71% of likely voters believe that there are just two genders (although this <a href="https://www.sexualdiversity.org/edu/1111.php#:~:text=Below%20are%20107%20gender%20identities,to%20change%20at%20any%20time.)">website</a> says there are 107 genders, including &#8220;tumtum&#8221; and &#8220;fa&#8217;afafine&#8221;). In a surprise, 67% of Democrats agreed — only 14% of Democrats strongly disagreed with the statement.
What&#8217;s more, 57% of all polled strongly disagree with those who say there are more than two genders, said the pollster.
The poll findings come in the midst of Pride Month and as companies across the country, like Anheuser-Busch and Target, kowtow to the LGBTQ+ community. But that has backfired, as sales of Bud Light have <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bud-light-sales-down-nearly-30-compared-2022-partnership-transgender-influencer">tanked</a> 30% when compared to the same time period last year since the beer brand joined forces with transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Target, which launched another Pride Collection this year, has been hit with protests and a boycott and has lost $13 billion in market value over the past two weeks.
It&#8217;s bizarre that this is even a debate. Think about the science. You&#8217;re born either a boy or a girl. That&#8217;s a fact. Sure, once you&#8217;re on the planet, you can do whatever you want, pick one of those 107 genders. But you were born male or female, there&#8217;s just no getting around that.
The survey also found that majorities of Americans support laws that ban hormone replacement therapy and sex changes for people under 18 years old.
“Several states have recently enacted legislation prohibiting transgender treatment for minors. Sixty-two percent (62%) of Americans approve of legislation making it illegal to perform sex-change surgery on minors,” the poll analysis said.
“Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Americans approve of laws making it illegal to give hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to minors,&#8221; the pollsters said.
Even a majority of Democrats agreed that people younger than 18 should not have access to sex-change treatments, the poll found. And nearly three in four U.S. voters (74%) oppose allowing schools or teachers to counsel children on sexual identity without parental consent.
That finding mirrors what&#8217;s already going on in America. At least 18 states have laws or policies on the books that restrict transgender treatments for minors.
But Democrats and President Joe Biden find the laws an affront to democracy.
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“I’ve met a lot of parents of trans kids in the past couple of months who have told me these devastating stories, whether they’re in Texas or Oklahoma or wherever they are, saying how they now have to seriously consider leaving their state to protect their child,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in May. “That’s something that we have to call out and continue to be very clear about. These are kids. These are our kids. They belong to all of us.”
Mark Mitchell, head pollster at Rasmussen, said the backlash against companies pushing Pride could be driving state restrictions on transgender treatments for children and the growing opposition among Americans. “That would be pretty ironic if their little publicity stunt is what essentially caused a massive 13-point swing in support in favor of laws banning transgender treatment,&#8221; he said.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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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The number of Americans who believe that now is a good time to buy a house has hit a record low, a <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/505901/views-housing-market-reach-new-depths.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new poll</a> has found.
Only 21% of Americans featured in a new Gallup poll say that now is a good time to buy a house, marking a nine-point decrease since last year and a whopping 32-point decrease from 2021.
From 1978 to 2021, at least half of respondents believed it was a good time to buy a house. But in 2023, 78% of those polled said it was a bad time.
Gallup explains that Americans across several different economic categories are pessimistic about buying homes, writing, “Opinions of the housing market are bleak and generally similar among all major subgroups, including by region, urbanicity, homeownership status, income, education and party identification.”
The analytics firm adds that Americans have become increasingly pessimistic “as housing prices have soared and the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to try to tame inflation.”
Meanwhile, 56% of respondents also believe that their home values will rise in the coming years, with 25% who think they will remain the same and 19% who say they will decrease. 
In 2022, 70% of respondents said they believed home values in their areas would rise, while 18% said they’d stay the same, and 12% thought they would decrease.
Midwestern and rural respondents in the 2023 poll were less likely to expect their home values to increase. While 55% percent of Western residents, 61% of Southern residents, and 62% of Eastern residents said they believed their home values would rise, only 45% of Midwestern residents agreed.
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Among rural respondents, only 45% believe that their home values will increase, while 57% of suburban residents and 64% of city residents believe their values will increase.
Gallup’s poll was conducted between April 3rd and 25th and included a random sample of 1,013 respondents in the United States.

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There are still 553 days until Election Day 2024, but right now, things look pretty bleak for President Joe Biden.
Shortly after Biden announced his re-election campaign &#8212; not with a live event featuring thousands of cheering supporters but with a weird video posted on his website &#8212; his job approval rating among the U.S. public slipped to 37%, Gallup <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/505202/biden-begins-reelection-bid-low-point-presidency.aspx">reports</a>.
That&#8217;s just slightly more than 1 in 3 people &#8212; not a winning number. In the 2020 election, Biden won 51.3% of the vote, so that&#8217;s a 14.3% drop in support.
And for the record, 37% is the lowest Gallup has measured for him to date. The president&#8217;s job approval has been hovering in the low 40s for most of the last 18 months, after the initial honeymoon period. But he did drop to 38% last July, then his lowest.
The latest Gallup poll, taken April 3-25, shows a 3-point dip from March and a 5-point drop from February. His ninth quarter average in polling is 39.7%.
&#8220;Only Ronald Reagan in early 1983 had a lower ninth-quarter average among elected post-World War II presidents,&#8221; the pollsters wrote. &#8220;Reagan’s low ratings came during a period when the unemployment rate exceeded 10% after the 1981-1982 economic recession.&#8221;
For the record, Jimmy Carter and Donald Trump had approval ratings slightly above Biden and Reagan at just over 40%. But all of them were far behind George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy and George W. Bush, who averaged above 60% approval during their ninth quarter in office.
What&#8217;s worse, while the latest poll finds 83% of Democrats support Biden, but just 31% of independents back him. That ties the lowest reading to date among independents and shows a 9-point drop since February&#8217;s poll.
It&#8217;s the economy, stupid. Just 16% say the economy is &#8220;excellent&#8221; or &#8220;good,&#8221; 37% say it is “only fair,” and 47% say it is &#8220;poor&#8221; (up from 43% in March).
&#8220;The drop in Biden’s job approval corresponds with Americans’ worsening evaluations of the U.S. economy,&#8221; the pollsters wrote. &#8220;Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index for April is -44, down from -38 in March. It was last at this level in October.&#8221;
Meanwhile, another <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/505385/gov-no-guns-crime-top-problem.aspx">poll</a> shows Americans think poorly of the federal government as a whole.
&#8220;More Americans continue to name government leadership than any other issue as the most important problem facing the country, with various aspects of U.S. leadership mentioned by 18% of adults in April,&#8221; the Gallup poll found. Fourteen percent cite the economy as the biggest problem, while the high cost of living and inflation came in third at 9%.
Even Democrats are getting bummed about the direction of the nation. Their overall satisfaction dropped 5 points since March to 29%. For independents, it&#8217;s even worse at just 16%.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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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With 18 Months To Go In 2024 Campaign, Biden’s Polls Are A Disaster

With 18 Months To Go In 2024 Campaign, President Joe Biden's Polls Are A Disaster

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President Joe Biden is expected to announce his re-election bid on Tuesday &#8212; by video.
Numerous <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/huge-majority-americans-oppose-biden-running-again-citing-major-factor-poll">reports</a> late last week have said Biden will make the announcement on April 25, which will be the four-year anniversary of his 2020 campaign launch.
The news comes as a new NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nbc-news-poll-nearly-70-gop-voters-stand-trump-indictment-investigatio-rcna80917">poll</a> found 70% of Americans, including 51% of Democrats, think Biden, 80, shouldn&#8217;t run for re-election, with just 26% supporting the president.
Nearly half of those surveyed (48%) cited Biden&#8217;s age as their &#8220;major&#8221; concern with Biden running again. Another 21% said Biden&#8217;s age was a &#8220;minor&#8221; concern.
The poll also found that 60% of Americans — including a third of Republicans — think former President Donald Trump shouldn’t run in 2024.
“The president needs to reflect the age group in the country. They should both retire,” one Democratic poll respondent from Washington state told NBC. “It is someone else’s turn.”
In addition, just 41% of those surveyed approve of Biden’s job performance, while 54% disapprove.
“President Biden’s numbers are not where they need to be at this stage,” said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research, which conducted this poll with Republican pollster Bill McInturff and his team at Public Opinion Strategies.
The fact that Biden will announce by video instead of in a live speech packed with raucous supporters is reminiscent of his 2020 presidential campaign. Biden spent a lot of time in the basement of his Wilmington, Delaware, mansion, especially at the end of the campaign. The thinking was simple: Biden was leading in nearly every national poll, and, frankly, Biden’s habit of garbling words and misspeaking was just too dangerous. So he hunkered down.
At the end of September 2020, for instance, Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-will-be-most-sheltered-least-seen-president-since-fdr">reported</a> that “since his Aug. 11 selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has had 22 days where he either didn’t make public appearances, held only virtual fundraisers or ventured from his Delaware home solely for church.” He made just 12 visits outside Delaware during that time frame, while over the same period, Trump made 24 trips that took him to 17 different states, as well as a visit to New York to see his ailing brother in the hospital.
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In anticipation of Biden&#8217;s re-election announcement, the Republican National Committee (RNC) is launching a website that will fact-check the president in real-time.
The RNC says it hopes to make &#8220;factcheckbiden.com&#8221; Biden&#8217;s &#8220;least favorite website.&#8221;
&#8220;Not only has Biden created crisis after crisis, he lies about the damage that he’s done to our country. Whether it’s claiming that the border is secure, that our economy is strong, or that the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan was a success, Biden and his administration refuse to acknowledge the truth,&#8221; RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement.
&#8220;The RNC will continue to hold Biden accountable for his lies, and on November 2024, the American people will too,&#8221; she said.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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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Sad: Biden To Announce Re-Elect Bid By Video; 70% Don’t Want Him To Run: Poll

Sad: President Joe Biden To Announce Re-Elect Bid By Video; 70% Don't Want Him To Run, Poll Finds

2024 Election

Donald Trump

Americans are very worried about human trafficking when it comes to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S.-Mexico border</a>, a new <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/polls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">poll</a> shows ahead of a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOY2JuV6NxE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planned rally</a> in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas</a>.
<a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Trafalgar Group</a>&#8216;s survey, released as <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/title-42-agents-prepare-migrant-surge-deadline-looms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officials brace for a migrant surge</a> should the Trump-era Title 42 policy credited with blocking millions of crossings expire next month, asked likely general election voters to pick from a handful of issues stemming from the &#8220;southern border crisis&#8221; that concern them the most.
Top of the list, with 35.1% of voters, was human trafficking of women and children. In second place were 26.6% of respondents picking illegal border crossers or asylum seekers being released into the U.S. before their cases are reviewed.
After that, 14.8% said illegal border crossers with ties to international terrorist organizations, followed by 14.1% saying they are most concerned about the flow of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs. The remaining 9.4% said none of the above.
Conducted in partnership with the Convention of States Action, a conservative group, the <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/COSA-BorderTopIssue-Full-Report-0418.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nationwide poll</a> surveyed 1,096 likely general election voters from April 11 through April 14. The Trafalgar Group says the poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
The survey&#8217;s results were released ahead of a <a href="https://howmanymore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;HOW MANY MORE?&#8221; rally</a> planned for outside the Texas state Capitol in Austin on Saturday, April 29, with speakers expected to include Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), musician Ted Nugent, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Convention of States President Mark Meckler, and &#8220;real-life victims of border tragedy,&#8221; according to a press release.
The event aims to draw attention to the border situation and muster support for Texas leaders to declare an “invasion” as the southern border and secure the passage of <a href="http://kvue.com/article/news/politics/texas-legislature/texas-house-bill-new-border-security-unit/269-faa097a5-d896-499d-bab7-be866e1be5cf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Texas HB 20</a>, which would create a Texas &#8220;Border Protection Unit.&#8221;
&#8220;Texas is going to save the nation,&#8221; Meckler told The Daily Wire, predicting that the event will help mount pressure on other border states to take action.
This is all happening while on the federal level, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/homeland-security-mayorkas-border-immigration-transcript-60-minutes-2023-04-02/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refuses to acknowledge</a> that the border is in &#8220;crisis&#8221; at all and the Biden administration appears set to allow the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/human-tidal-wave-is-waiting-for-border-to-open-may-11-biden-has-no-plan-to-stop-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pandemic-era Title 42</a>, which allows authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds, to expire on May 11.
&#8220;The failure of our current border policies makes every American complicit in the spread of human misery,&#8221; <a href="https://howmanymore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the rally&#8217;s website says</a>. &#8220;We will no longer accept the erosion of America or its values by allowing the humanitarian crisis at our southern border to continue.&#8221;

Migrant Border Crossings At The Southern Border Continue Despite Title 42 Ruling

Poll Finds Human Trafficking Top Concern In Border Crisis

Poll Shows Human Trafficking Top Concern In Border Crisis

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A new CNN poll found that more than half of all Americans approve of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg&#8217;s decision to indict former President <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trump-has-been-indicted-heres-what-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> — despite the fact that no one surveyed knew the contents of the still-sealed indictment when they answered questions about it.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper broke down some of the results of the poll, which was taken between March 31 and April 1. It showed that an overwhelming majority of Democrats (94%) were in favor of the indictment. A majority of independents (62%) also supported the move, followed by just 21% of Republicans. Overall, nearly two-thirds (60%) of those surveyed said that they supported the decision to indict Trump.
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CNN Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Trump’s indictment <a href="https://twitter.com/SaraMurray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SaraMurray</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ashleyrallison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ashleyrallison</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/seungminkim?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seungminkim</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMaddenDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KevinMaddenDC</a> discuss with <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a> <a href="https://t.co/F70HUfYvAw">pic.twitter.com/F70HUfYvAw</a>
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But as critics quickly began to point out, neither those asking the question nor those answering it had any idea what specific crimes the former president was actually being charged with.
Reports have indicated that Trump is expected to face nearly <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trump-faces-30-criminal-charges-in-manhattan-grand-jury-indictment-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three dozen charges</a> related to business fraud — but the official indictment was still under seal at the time the survey was conducted, days before Trump&#8217;s arraignment was scheduled to take place in Manhattan.
The Daily Caller&#8217;s Brianna Lyman tweeted, &#8220;CNN conducted a poll: 60% of Americans approve of Trump&#8217;s indictment. We don&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s charged with &amp; yet 60% of Americans BLINDLY say they support this. Tells you all you need to know about these people: they don&#8217;t believe in justice, but in political persecution.&#8221;
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CNN conducted a poll: 60% of Americans approve of Trump&#39;s indictment. 
We don&#39;t know what he&#39;s charged with &amp; yet 60% of Americans BLINDLY say they support this. 
Tells you all you need to know about these people: they don&#39;t believe in justice, but in political persecution
&mdash; Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) <a href="https://twitter.com/briannalyman2/status/1643238896535506946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Joshua Kraushaar added some context, laying out several other questions that people had been asked in the same poll. Trump&#8217;s favorability was measured at 34% — just a few points lower than Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-approval-economy-poll-survey-b6ec307d15e65ad37b69ff1dc1a0dca8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent number</a> (38%) — and over half (52%) said that politics had played a &#8220;major role&#8221; in Bragg&#8217;s decision. Over three-fourths (76%) of those surveyed said that the move was at least somewhat political. And just over one-third (37%) thought that Trump&#8217;s alleged payments to Stormy Daniels were illegal at all.
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New CNN poll, on Trump indictment:
Trump fav/unfav: 34/58%
Approve/disapprove of Trump indictment: 60/40%
But only 37% view Trump payments to Stormy Daniels as illegal
52% said politics played a &quot;major role&quot; in indictment (76% said politics played at least some role)
&mdash; Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshKraushaar/status/1642914732255461381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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CNN Poll Finds 60% Of Americans Support Trump Indictment Even Though They Have No Clue What’s In It

CNN Poll Finds 60% Of Americans Support Trump Indictment Even Though They Have No Clue What's In It

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How are Americans feeling about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosis-statement-on-trump-really-gives-the-game-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former President Donald Trump&#8217;s indictment</a>?
Well, now that it has actually happened, we have yet to see new data answering that question. However, a Quinnipiac University poll that was released Wednesday <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> that the vast majority of both Republicans and independents believed that a potential indictment from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is &#8220;politically motivated.&#8221;
&#8220;Republicans (93 &#8211; 5 percent) and independents (70 &#8211; 26 percent) think the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s case is mainly motivated by politics, while Democrats (66 &#8211; 29 percent) think the case is mainly motivated by the law,&#8221; Quinnipiac announced in a press release.
Per Quinnipiac, that means that 62% of all Americans &#8220;think the Manhattan District Attorney&#8217;s case involving former President Donald Trump is mainly motivated by politics, while 32 percent think the case is mainly motivated by the law.&#8221;
Unsurprisingly, the vast majority of Democrats believe that Bragg&#8217;s investigation is due to concern about upholding the rule of law.
Curiously, that same poll finds that a majority of both Democrats and independents believe that if Trump is charged, it should disqualify him from seeking higher office.
Many have speculated that a Trump indictment would coalesce the Republican Party primary voters around Trump, in support of a perceived political prisoner. There have yet to be any definitive polls proving that, though in wake of the actual announcement Thursday popular pundits such as Glenn Beck of The Blaze <a href="https://twitter.com/TheThe1776/status/1641612153110269953?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> the move made them more supportive of Trump.
“Donald Trump is not even a person anymore,&#8221; Beck <a href="https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-glenn-beck-program/donald-trump-indictment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on &#8220;Tucker Carlson Tonight.&#8221; &#8220;He is a symbol of the average everyday guy that keeps getting screwed, every single time.”
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Beck did not go as far as to say that Trump would win the 2024 election, but he did offer a theory as to how that could happen.
“I don’t know if Donald Trump is the winner or not,” Beck said. &#8220;But I will tell you this: You’re not going to stop a hundred million people. This country is in shambles, and there’s going to be a hundred million people that will walk on broken glass and through fire to vote for someone other than this corrupt banana republic administration.”
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Poll: Even 70% Of Independents Think Trump Indictment Is Politically Motivated

Poll: 70% Of Independents Think Trump Indictment Is A Political Hit Job

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A majority of American voters want President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to take a stronger stance against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>, a new poll shows.
When asked how the Biden administration should address tensions between the United States and China, nearly 57.6% of respondents said the government should be &#8220;more aggressive&#8221; in leading a global coalition to contain China, according to <a href="https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Trafalgar Group</a>.
Another 17.1% of voters opted to say the Biden Administration should &#8220;continue to do exactly what they are doing now in response to tensions with China,&#8221; while 8.8% pushed for de-escalating tensions with China &#8220;in order to appease them.&#8221; Rounding out the poll question, 16.5% said they were not sure how to answer.
Broken down by party affiliation, more than 76% of Republicans and nearly 40% of Democrats voiced support for an aggressive response. Among independents, 54% said Biden should take the aggressive stance.
The nationwide poll was conducted in partnership with the Convention of States Action, a conservative group. It surveyed 1,082 likely general election voters from February 22 through February 26, weeks after the U.S. military <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-military-shoots-down-chinese-spy-balloon-after-biden-let-it-travel-across-country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot down a suspect Chinese spy balloon</a> off the coast of South Carolina. The Trafalgar Group says the poll has a margin of error of 2.9 percentage points.
“This poll shows that Americans are rightly concerned about China’s aggressive actions towards the U.S. and want to see leadership from President Biden,” said Mark Meckler, president of Convention of States.
Pollsters also asked respondents whether Biden has a personal conflict of interest in responding to aggression by China, citing the business dealings of his family members. While Biden has sought to distance himself from his son Hunter&#8217;s foreign business ventures, congressional Republicans are conducting investigations into the matter.
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The Trafalgar Group said 57.2% of respondents believe there was a conflict of interest while 33.5% do not believe there is one and 9.3% said they were not sure.
“We are at an alarming and dangerous place when the majority of Americans believe Biden’s hesitations to address the threat from Communist China is the result of jeopardizing his family’s business dealings,&#8221; Meckler said. &#8220;Our citizens deserve a full account of any way Biden family members may be entangled with Chinese businesses and how those conflicts will be resolved immediately for the benefit and security of our country. We must have a president that puts our nation’s safety and best interests first.”

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Polls indicate that the<a href="https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-support-americans-falling/32272607.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> American public&#8217;s support</a> for endless Ukrainian aid is waning and that the issue is <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not even in the top 10 of most pressing concerns</a>, but that has not stopped Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) from attempting to convince the nation that the ongoing war there is the &#8220;single most important event going on in the world right now.&#8221;
The comment came as <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fentanyl continues to kill thousands</a> of Americans each month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal aliens</a> flood the border, inflation continues to hit families hard, and Ohio <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ohio-gov-dewine-bidens-fema-still-denying-assistance-for-east-palestine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deals with the fallout</a> from a train derailment in East Palestine. Nonetheless, he joined Fox News on Thursday afternoon to make the case for sending billions more to President Volodymyr Zelensky. News anchor Dana Perino asked him how Biden can convince the public to support his plan for the economy, but McConnell used it as an opportunity to make his own pitch.
&#8220;Well, I&#8217;m gonna try to help explain to the American people that defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now,&#8221; McConnell responded. &#8220;It will save us an enormous amount of money down the road if the Ukrainians can succeed. They&#8217;re not asking us for any personnel, they&#8217;re asking us for financial help.&#8221;
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The senior Bluegrass State senator praised Europe for their efforts, such as taking in millions of refugees, while arguing that the total cost is relatively small compared to America&#8217;s gross domestic product.
McConnell actually had some complaints about how Biden handled this situation. He thinks the White House hasn&#8217;t moved quickly enough nor sent enough money.
&#8220;There should be bipartisan support for this. My biggest criticism of the president is he seems not to have done enough soon enough,&#8221; he added. 
The senator attempted to answer Perino&#8217;s question by ending his statement by arguing that the war is &#8220;important.&#8221; He didn&#8217;t provide any specific reasons why other than saying that it would be more expensive down the road.
Of course, perhaps a bigger question is why isn&#8217;t the United States forcing a peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia. The American military, as pointed out by Perino, is now warning that the U.S. is putting its own defense at risk because we are diminishing our own supplies.
McConnell&#8217;s stance is that it is all worth it. Biden says that he wants to support Ukraine for &#8220;as long as it takes.&#8221; What both men leave out is that the longer this goes on then the more people will die and the closer we will get to World War III.
Ukraine certainly has attempted to goad NATO countries into fighting directly on multiple occasions. For example, Ukraine claimed Russia hit a Polish village that wound up killing a civilian. That would have been an attack on a NATO ally. As it turned out, Ukraine was actually at fault. Then, last week, Ukraine <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/world/europe/russia-missile-romania-moldova-ukraine.html">claimed</a> that a Russian missile violated Romanian airspace. Romania quickly came out and said no such thing happened.
Right now, there are a handful of American politicians calling for peace, including former President Donald Trump, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz, and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLuna/status/1625526890181033985?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Paulina Luna</a>.
None of their proposals are being taken seriously by the Washington establishment, despite public sentiment shifting in support of ending the war. Even if you want to continue supporting Ukraine, no evidence indicates that it&#8217;s what the American people care about.
In fact, <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Gallup</a>, the number one &#8220;non-economic problem&#8221; Americans have right now is with &#8220;the government/poor leadership.&#8221; The second top non-economic concern is immigration. A dismal 1% of all Americans told the polling agency that the &#8220;situation&#8221; with Russia is their top concern.
Regardless of the stance one takes on the war — or the proper ways to end it — it is not encouraging that The Uniparty is focused on Ukrainians rather than Americans. It is not surprising, but still dismaying, to say the least.
For nearly a year now, the GOP Senate leader has made it clear that his main concern is Ukraine — not America. In May, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/good-grief-mcconnell-claims-sending-ukraine-assistance-is-number-one-priority-for-most-republicans" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, &#8220;I think we all agree the most important thing going on in the world right now is the war in Ukraine.&#8221; In December, he added, “Providing assistance for Ukrainians to defeat the Russians — that’s the number one priority for the United States right now, according to most Republicans. That’s how we see the challenges confronting the country at the moment.&#8221;
Of course, both of those comments make a lot more sense when you realize he is talking about Republicans in D.C. — not outside The Beltway. With McConnell in charge of the GOP Senate, there is no opposition party to Biden&#8217;s foreign policy in Ukraine.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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McConnell, Again, Says War In Ukraine Is ‘The Single Most Important Event Going On In The World Right Now.’ Americans Beg To Differ.

McConnell, Again, Says Ukraine Is 'The Single Most Important Event Going On In The World Right Now.' Americans Beg To Differ.

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Americans are fickle. They like to play the field.
You&#8217;ve got to go back 35 years to 1988 to find a given political party winning a third consecutive term in the White House. Back then, Ronald Reagan handed off to George Bush. But before that, the last string of three presidents from the same party began in 1921.
Bill Clinton was two and out, as were George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Donald Trump was one and done.
And now, a new poll finds Americans are very much leaning toward showing President Joe Biden the door on November 5, 2024. And it&#8217;s not just Republicans &#8212; Democrats agree that he ought to get the boot after a single term.
Just 37% of Democrats say they want Biden to seek a second term, down from 52% in the weeks before last year’s midterm elections, a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-biden-2024-presidential-prospects-c843c5af6775b4c8a0cff8e2b1db03f6">survey</a> by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs found.
The liberal AP, normally a Biden cheerleader, gave the commander-in-chief a little tough love.
&#8220;While Biden has trumpeted his legislative victories and ability to govern, the poll suggests relatively few U.S. adults give him high marks on either. Follow-up interviews with poll respondents suggest that many believe the 80-year-old’s age is a liability, with people focused on his coughing, his gait, his gaffes and the possibility that the world’s most stressful job would be better suited for someone younger,&#8221; the AP said.
Ouch.
The wire service quoted Democrats and Republicans musing about the old man. &#8220;I, honestly, think that he would be too old,&#8221; said Sarah Overman, 37, a Democrat who works in education in Raleigh, North Carolina. “We could use someone younger in the office.”
Then the AP went to Republican John Rodriguez, 76, who the agency said &#8220;backed Trump and assumes that Biden is merely doing the bidding of his aides.&#8221;
&#8220;I believe he’s not the one who’s calling the shots,&#8221; said Rodriguez, who lives in Cutler Bay, Florida. &#8220;He’s a puppet being told where to go, what to say.&#8221;
Meanwhile, another poll found Trump would beat Biden by three points in a rematch of 2020 &#8212; but that most Americans say they don&#8217;t want to do it again.
In an ABC News/Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11715295/New-poll-finds-Americans-DONT-want-2020-Trump-v-Biden-rematch.html">poll</a> released Sunday, 48% of registered voters said they would vote for Trump with 45% backing Biden.
While this falls within the four-point margin of error, it is a flip from September when Biden was beating Trump by two points. Independent voters lean Trump by nine percentage points at a 50%-41% split.
And a lot of Americans don&#8217;t want Biden to run. If he does, 30% said they would be &#8220;angry,&#8221; while another 32% said they would be &#8220;dissatisfied but not angry.&#8221;
Only 7% of respondents said they would be &#8220;enthusiastic&#8221; if Biden won re-election.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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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In just a matter of a few days, two polls came out with completely different findings.
One found that President Joe Biden would easily defeat former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical 2024 election matchup, but also found that Biden would lose if he faced Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
The WPA Intelligence <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/fl0cgddrxa28ob8/CfG_JanuaryNational_MQ_23010942.pdf?dl=0">survey</a> released on January 13 found Biden would beat Trump 49% to 41%, but lose to DeSantis 45% to 42%.
A few days later, a Morning Consult <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2024-gop-primary-election-tracker/">poll</a> found Trump with a 17-point lead over DeSantis in a hypothetical GOP primary matchup. The poll, released Wednesday, showed Trump with 48% compared to DeSantis&#8217; 31%.
The polls are all over the place &#8212; just take a look at the collection of <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/2024/">surveys</a> compiled by Real Clear Politics. Of course, there are still 656 days until Election Day 2024, so it&#8217;s understandable.
But nationwide surveys on politics have been losing cache for the last few election cycles. There are a bunch of reasons for that, but chief among them are two: 1) many pollsters insist on using landlines, and millions of Americans have long ago moved on from those, and 2) many people no longer talk openly about their political views.
Say ABC News calls Joe Blough in Topeka, Kansas, to talk 2024. If Joe&#8217;s a conservative, he might decide not to play along at all, or he might mute his real beliefs and come across as more of an undecided. And if Joe&#8217;s got only a cell phone, he might not get a call at all.
What&#8217;s more, pollsters often skew the numbers of those surveyed. For instance, a poll might take data from 36% of Democrats, 29% of Republicans, and 35% of self-described independents. That, too, leads to faulty findings.
The polls got it mostly wrong in 2016. While they were pretty close on the popular vote, they badly missed the mark in key swing states that tilted the Electoral College toward Trump, including Florida and North Carolina.
Pew Research, which produces some of the most accurate polls out there, took a <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/methods/2021/03/02/what-2020s-election-poll-errors-tell-us-about-the-accuracy-of-issue-polling/">look</a> at the accuracy of the 2020 polls.
&#8220;Most preelection polls in 2020 overstated Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump in the national vote for president, and in some states incorrectly indicated that Biden would likely win or that the race would be close when it was not,&#8221; Pew wrote. These problems led some commentators to argue that “polling is irrevocably broken,” that pollsters should be ignored, or that “the polling industry is a wreck, and should be blown up.”
Pew also noted a huge problem with polls. For example, in 2020, just 67% of those eligible voted, while 80 million Americans did not. But surveys usually just poll Americans, with no concern on whether they&#8217;ll actually cast a ballot.
&#8220;[N]early all of Pew Research Center’s public opinion polling on issues is conducted among the general public and not just among voters. Nonvoters make up a sizable minority of general public survey samples. In our 2020 post-election survey, nonvoters were 37% of all respondents (8% were noncitizens who are ineligible to vote and the rest were eligible adults who reported not voting).&#8221;
&#8220;It’s entirely possible that the same forces that led polls to underrepresent Trump voters would lead to the underrepresentation of Republicans or conservatives among nonvoters. Thus, we need to produce two versions of the nonvoting public to go along with our two versions of the voters,&#8221; Pew wrote.
So take every poll with a grain of salt &#8212; or a whole shakerful. The methodology is weak and getting weaker.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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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