President Joe Biden&#8217;s approval ratings have taken another dive, with a new poll showing barely three in ten Americans approve of his handling of the presidency.
The poll of more than 1,500 adults, conducted by <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3852">Quinnipiac University</a> between July 14-18, showed that just 31% of Americans approve of Biden&#8217;s job as president — a record low. The poll also showed that more than 7 in 10 Americans don&#8217;t want Biden to run for a second term in 2024, and even a majority of Democrats say they do not want Biden to run again.
Biden&#8217;s overall approval sunk to a new record low, 31%, with 60% disapproval. Biden&#8217;s base of strong support also sunk to a new low: just 15% of respondents said they strongly approved of Biden, while 16% said they somewhat approved. Americans who disapproved of Biden had much stronger feelings: 47% of survey respondents said they strongly disapproved of Biden, while 12% said they somewhat disapproved. Breaking the results down by party, Republicans overwhelmingly disapproved of Biden, 94%-2%, and fully two-thirds of Independents, 67%-23%, disapproved of him as well. Biden&#8217;s approval among his own party also slid: Democrats approved of Biden 71%-18%, down from 80%-12% in Quinnipiac&#8217;s <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3850">June</a> poll.
Biden&#8217;s approval on vital issues was also depressed. Just 28% of Americans approved of Biden&#8217;s handling of the economy, while two-thirds, 66%, disapproved. On foreign policy, 36% of respondents approved, while 55% disapproved. On the issue of gun violence, just 32% approved, while 61% disapproved. Biden fared slightly better on the issue of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but was still underwater, with 40% approval to 52% disapproval. The only issue he had a net positive approval rating on was the response to the COVID-19 pandemic: 50% of respondents approved of Biden’s handling of the COVID response, while 43% disapproved.
In addition to cratering approval ratings at this point in his term, Americans overwhelmingly said they did not want Biden to run for a second term. Asked, &#8220;[w]ould you like to see Joe Biden run for president in 2024, or not?&#8221; fully 7 in 10 Americans, 71%, said no, while just 24% said yes. Even a majority of Democrats, 54%, said they did not want Biden to run again, compared to 40% who did. At the same time, 64% of Americans said they did not want former President Trump to run again, but Trump was in much better standing with his own party: 69% of Republicans wanted Trump to run again, while 27% said they did not.
Trump also had a higher personal favorability rating than Biden. Among potential 2024 contenders tested by Quinnipiac, Trump scored the highest, with a 37% favorability rating, and a 55% unfavorability rating. Biden fell behind Trump, with a 35% favorability rating and a 58% unfavorability rating. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scored a 31% favorability rating, with a 32% unfavorability, while 35% said they had not heard enough to give an opinion. Vice President Kamala Harris, meanwhile, scored an abysmal 26% favorability, with a 50% unfavorability.
The new low in Quinnipiac&#8217;s poll also sunk Biden to new record lows in polling averages. Biden hit the lowest mark of his presidency, 37.1% in the <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html">RealClearPolitics</a> poll of polls, and 37.9% in <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/?ex_cid=rrpromo">FiveThirtyEight</a>&#8216;s aggregate polling data, also a new low as of Wednesday. The Quinnipiac poll comes just one day after Biden hit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-approval-plunges-to-38-just-25-think-hes-handling-inflation-well">another new low</a> of 38% in a CNN poll. The Quinnipiac poll is also just the latest poll to find Biden&#8217;s approval in the low 30s: A New York Times/Siena College poll released last week showed Biden&#8217;s approval at just 33%, while <a href="https://civiqs.com/results/approve_president_biden?annotations=true&amp;uncertainty=true&amp;zoomIn=true">Civiqs</a>&#8216; tracking poll has shown Biden&#8217;s approval at about 30% since June 30.

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Most Americans, Even A Majority Of Democrats, Don’t Want Biden To Run in 2024: Poll

Most Americans, Even A Majority Of Democrats, Don't Want Biden To Run in 2024: Poll

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A new left-of-center poll released this week found that support for a so-called &#8220;assault weapons ban&#8221; has hit an all-time low as Democrat politicians try to capitalize on the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas.
The move to strip Americans of their Second Amendment rights is being spearheaded by Democrat President Joe Biden, who called for banning semi-automatic long guns during a speech last week.
While other Democrat politicians have tempered what they are seeking to get done this time, actor Matthew McConaughey, who also previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-slam-gun-control-activist-matthew-mcconaughey-thats-gonna-be-a-no-from-me-dawg">called for banning those same firearms</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-matthew-mcconaughey-gives-away-the-political-lefts-game-on-gun-control">admitted during an interview</a> on Fox News this week that Democrats still want “the whole loaf” when it comes to restricting Second Amendment rights but that they are willing to just “take a slice” this time.
Quinnipiac University found in its most recent poll that support for banning semi-automatic long guns was at an all-time low and that Americans do not support limiting the number of guns that someone can own and Americans do not expect Congress to do anything on gun control.
&#8220;In today&#8217;s poll, 50 percent of registered voters support a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons, while 45 percent oppose it,&#8221; the poll <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3848">said</a>. &#8220;This is the lowest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons since February 2013 when the question was first asked by the Quinnipiac University Poll. The highest level of support among registered voters for a nationwide ban on the sale of assault weapons was in a Quinnipiac poll on February 20, 2018 when 67 percent supported a ban and 29 percent opposed.&#8221;
The all-time high support for banning semi-automatic long guns that the poll noted came after the Parkland shooting in which 14 students were killed. The new all-time low in the poll comes after 19 students were killed in Uvalde.
&#8220;While 41 percent of Americans think the United States should pursue limiting the number of guns in the country, 55 percent do not think so,&#8221; the poll continued. &#8220;Forty-two percent of Americans expect lawmakers in Washington D.C. to take action on reducing gun violence this year, while 54 percent do not.&#8221;
Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy noted that &#8220;nearly a decade after the school shooting at Sandy Hook and in the midst of a raging partisan and emotional debate, the assault weapon maintains a foothold, as calls for outlawing ownership hit their lowest level.&#8221;

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Support For Banning Semi-Automatic Long Guns Hits All-Time Low: Left-Of-Center Poll

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A new Left-of-center poll released this week revealed that Hispanic voters have swung solidly to the political Right amid the disastrous presidency of Joe Biden.
The poll from Quinnipiac University asked respondents, &#8220;If the election were today, would you want to see the Republican Party or the Democratic Party win control of the United States House of Representatives?&#8221;
The poll revealed that Republicans lead Democrats by 3 percentage points, 41% to 38%.
The results show a staggering swing from the results of the 2018 midterms when &#8220;an estimated 69% of Latinos voted for the Democratic candidate and 29% backed the Republican candidate, a more than two-to-one advantage for Democrats, according to National Election Pool exit poll data,&#8221; Pew Research <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/11/09/how-latinos-voted-in-2018-midterms/">reported</a>. &#8220;These results largely reflect the party affiliation of Latinos. In a Pew Research Center pre-election survey, 62% of Latinos said they identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party compared with 27% who affiliated with the Republican Party.&#8221;
Political consultant Giancarlo Sopo, who previously worked on the Trump campaign, noted that the results of the poll were a likely indicator of why far-Left Democrat megadonor George Soros was helping to buy up Spanish radio stations.
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Republicans lead Democrats by 3 among HISPANICS in a new Quinnipiac poll&#39;s 2022 ballot, 41%-38%. Take it with a grain of salt, but it&#39;s not the first time we see this.
And yes, THIS is why Democrats are buying Hispanic radio stations. They&#39;re terrified. <a href="https://t.co/Ez63SKmiHv">pic.twitter.com/Ez63SKmiHv</a>
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&#8220;The formation of the Latino Media Network, a new network set to be made up of 18 Hispanic radio stations across 10 different markets, was announced last week, and was partially financed by Lakestar Finance, an investment group affiliated with Soros Fund Management,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-campaign-soros-funded-election-manipulation-ad-buy-hispanic-radio-network">reported</a>. &#8220;Jess Morales Rocketto, a former Hillary for America and AFL-CIO employee, and Stephanie Valencia, a former White House staffer during the Obama administration, are heading the venture, and say their purchase across the multitude of media markets will give them &#8216;access to one-third of the Hispanic population&#8217; within the U.S.&#8221;
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis slammed Soros in a Spanish ad buy in Miami media markets for trying to &#8220;manipulate&#8221; the midterm elections.
&#8220;Warning, voters! The Left is taking control of our local media. Billionaire George Soros, known for financing extreme leftist causes, is now financing the purchase of Hispanic radio stations right here in Miami,&#8221; the ad states. &#8220;They are coming with their ideological agenda. Soros and his minions know what this community represents in the fight against socialism in America. This community will not get confused. Under Governor Ron DeSantis’ leadership Florida is standing against the corporate media and leftist disinformation.&#8221;
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New Left-Of-Center Poll Shows Seismic Shift In Hispanic Political Support

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A new survey released this week from a left-of-center poll found that the majority of Democrats would leave America if it was invaded like Ukraine.
&#8220;As the world witnesses what is happening to Ukraine, Americans were asked what they would do if they were in the same position as Ukrainians are now: stay and fight or leave the country?&#8221; Quinnipiac University <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3838">reported</a>. &#8220;A majority (55 percent) say they would stay and fight, while 38 percent say they would leave the country. Republicans say 68 &#8211; 25 percent and independents say 57 &#8211; 36 percent they would stay and fight, while Democrats say 52 &#8211; 40 percent they would leave the country.&#8221;
The poll comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine late last month that has threatened to plunge the world into war and has sent energy prices skyrocketing.
Another interesting finding from the poll was that while the majority of Democrats would leave America if invaded like Ukraine, Democrats support a U.S. Military response against Putin more than any other political demographic.
Quinnipiac University asked respondents the following question:
<blockquote>As you may know, the United States is a member of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Its collective defense treaty states that an attack on one NATO country is an attack on all NATO countries. If Russian President Vladimir Putin goes beyond Ukraine and attacks a NATO country, would you support or oppose a military response from the United States?</blockquote>
Answering this question, 77% of Independents said they would support a U.S. Military response, 82% of Republicans said they would support it, and 88% of Democrats said that they would support it.
Other key takeaways from the poll included the following:
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<li>&#8220;At nearly the end of week two of Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, as the U.S. and its allies consider ratcheting up sanctions against Russia, Americans say 71 &#8211; 22 percent that they would support a ban on Russian oil even if it meant higher gasoline prices in the United States, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University national poll of adults released today. Democrats (82 &#8211; 12 percent), independents (70 &#8211; 22 percent), and Republicans (66 &#8211; 30 percent) all support banning Russian oil.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;As for the steps that the Biden administration has taken so far to punish Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, 56 percent say they are not tough enough, while 30 percent say they are about right, and 3 percent say they are too tough.&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Americans are divided on Joe Biden&#8217;s handling of the response to Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine with 42 percent approving, 45 percent disapproving, and 13 percent not offering an opinion. This compares to a week ago when 39 percent approved, and 47 percent disapproved. For his overall job approval, Americans give Biden a negative 38 &#8211; 51 percent job approval rating with 11 percent not offering an opinion.&#8221;</li>
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Majority Of Democrats Would Leave U.S. If Invaded, Republicans And Independents Would Stay And Fight: Poll

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A new report from a left-of-center mainstream news organization outlined the ways that Democrat President Joe Biden has failed at seemingly everything over the last couple of months and in the process has seemingly turned all political sides against himself.
&#8220;In the two months since signing the $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law, President Biden has by almost every measure bombed big time on the things that matter most,&#8221; Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/biden-agenda-failure-democrats-47947ce1-91b8-45e0-952f-4598fbda1789.html">reported</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s rare for a president to be at odds with Republicans, moderate Democrats and liberal Democrats — all at once. But that&#8217;s where Biden finds himself at the start of an election year that many Democrats believe will result in the loss of the House and maybe the Senate.&#8221;
The report follows new <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3831">polling</a> released this week by Quinnipiac University, a left-of-center mainstream poll, that found that Biden&#8217;s approval rating had collapsed to 33%, which included a staggeringly low 28% approval rating from Hispanics. The poll also found that 70% of Americans said that the economy was not in good shape.
Axios highlighted a few of the following struggles that the administration has had:
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<li>Rising anger among Black activists: Members of some civil-rights group <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-black-hispanic-voting-rights-groups-boycott-bidens-atlanta-speech-2022-01-10/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="refused to appear" data-vars-click-url="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/some-black-hispanic-voting-rights-groups-boycott-bidens-atlanta-speech-2022-01-10/" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">refused to appear</a> with Biden for his voting speech in Atlanta. New York Times columnist Charles Blow <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/opinion/biden-filibuster-voting-rights.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="piled on" data-vars-click-url="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/opinion/biden-filibuster-voting-rights.html" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">piled on</a>: &#8220;Biden has been dillydallying on getting rid of the filibuster to protect voting rights for essentially his whole administration, until this week.&#8221;</li>
<li>Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate&#8217;s No. 2 Democrat, distanced himself from some of Biden&#8217;s rhetoric in Atlanta, where he <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/11/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-the-right-to-vote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="invoked" data-vars-click-url="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/01/11/remarks-by-president-biden-on-protecting-the-right-to-vote/" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">invoked</a> the Confederacy and Bull Connor. &#8220;Perhaps the President went a little too far,&#8221; Durbin <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1481378353047351300" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="told" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/TheLeadCNN/status/1481378353047351300" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">told</a> CNN.&#8230;</li>
<li>The Supreme Court yesterday <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-1dc48f8a-1f37-4af1-aecd-0f6625afd5c4.html" target="_self" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="blocked" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate-1dc48f8a-1f37-4af1-aecd-0f6625afd5c4.html" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">blocked</a> Biden&#8217;s vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers.</li>
<li>The Afghanistan pullout played out about as poorly as it could have.</li>
<li>Russia is messing with him: Biden&#8217;s warnings haven&#8217;t deterred Vladimir Putin from continuing to build toward a Ukraine invasion.</li>
<li>Inflation is soaring: It&#8217;s the <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.axios.com/inflation-consumer-price-index-december-baff6f4e-9572-4d2c-8b21-d2a7fd57d3cc.html" target="_self" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="worst" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/inflation-consumer-price-index-december-baff6f4e-9572-4d2c-8b21-d2a7fd57d3cc.html" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">worst</a> in 39 years.</li>
<li><a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://apnews.com/article/grocery-store-supply-chain-issues-166cc40b0ff095af9d0bf4041fa1b5fc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="Empty grocery shelves" data-vars-click-url="https://apnews.com/article/grocery-store-supply-chain-issues-166cc40b0ff095af9d0bf4041fa1b5fc" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">Empty grocery shelves</a> get network-news coverage. It&#8217;s partly the weather, partly COVID, partly the supply chain — but makes a handy visual shorthand for national <a class="gtm-content-click" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-poll-biden-leadership-economy-midterms-11638888384" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-vars-link-text="pessimism" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wsj.com/articles/wsj-poll-biden-leadership-economy-midterms-11638888384" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link">pessimism</a>.</li>
</ul>
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), who also ran in the last Democrat presidential primary, has repeatedly slammed Biden in recent days for being divisive, saying that he is &#8220;unfit to lead.&#8221;
&#8220;Hillary’s calling tens of millions of Americans deplorables was divisive &amp; disgusting,&#8221; Gabbard tweeted on Wednesday. &#8220;But Biden has gone further, calling those who disagree with his actions &amp; policies domestic enemies, traitors, and racists. Biden promised to unite us, but he is doing all he can do divide us.&#8221;
&#8220;Biden promised to unite our country. Instead he betrayed us, pouring fuel on the fire of divisiveness, tearing our country apart,&#8221; Gabbard added on Friday. &#8220;Biden compares those who disagree with him to racists, traitors &amp; enemies, &amp; has his AG target Americans as domestic terrorists. Unfit to lead.&#8221;
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Biden In ‘Rare’ Spot Where All Political Sides ‘At Odds’ With Him, Failing At Everything Last 2 Months: Report

Job Approval

Two new polls may spell trouble for the Democratic Party going into the 2022 midterm elections and even the 2024 presidential race — one from Hill-HarrisX and the other from Quinnipiac University.
According to the <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3827">Quinnipiac poll</a>, which surveyed 1,378 adults nationwide from November 11-15, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/as-biden-sinks-in-polls-another-house-dem-says-shes-out-in-2022/">President Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> job approval rating has continued its downward trajectory. Among adults, just 36% approve of the president&#8217;s performance thus far and 53% disapprove. Among registered voters, 38% approve while 53% disapprove. These numbers are the lowest approval ratings Biden has seen from Quinnipiac.
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Among Adults (1,378): 
Approve 36% 
Disapprove 53% 
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Among RV (1,262): 
Approve 38% 
Disapprove 53%
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Biden&#8217;s approval ratings on specific issues were not much higher, leaving him upside-down on everything from his administration&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-admits-his-2t-covid-stimulus-fueled-spike-in-inflation/">COVID-19 response</a> and climate change to foreign policy and the economy.
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<li>Coronavirus pandemic response: 45% approve, 50% disapprove</li>
<li>Climate change: 41% approve, 48% disapprove</li>
<li>Economy: 34% approve, 59% disapprove</li>
<li>Foreign policy: 33% approve, 55% disapprove</li>
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Those polled also appeared to question Biden&#8217;s honesty and leadership abilities. A majority, 51%, said they did not believe Biden was honest while 42% said that he was. Over half, 57%, of those surveyed said they did not believe Biden possessed good leadership skills while just over one-third, 37%, said that he did.
The poll also predicted an <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/msm-poll-biden-approval-in-competitive-states-hits-low-30s-gop-in-historically-strong-position-for-2022/">uphill battle</a> for Democrats hoping to preserve or expand upon their razor-thin margins in both the U.S. House and Senate. While both Republicans and Democrats say that they&#8217;d like to see their respective parties either gain or maintain power in the legislative houses, independents appear to favor Republican control in both.
Among independents, 41% said they would prefer to see Republicans win control of the House of Representatives, while 31% favored Democratic control. The remaining 28% did not offer an opinion on the subject.
With regard to the Senate, 44% of independents said they&#8217;d like Republicans to take control of the body and 34% said they&#8217;d prefer to keep Democrats at the helm — 22% did not comment either way.
Overall, registered voters also favored Republican control of both legislative chambers, with 46% saying they&#8217;d rather have Republicans in charge of the House (41% favored Democratic control) and 46% saying they&#8217;d prefer a Republican-controlled Senate (42% said they preferred Democrats to remain in power).
Quinnipiac University polling analyst Tim Malloy called the poll &#8220;an ominous double whammy for the Democrats with midterms less than a year out,&#8221; adding, &#8220;The Senate and the House will be up for grabs and voters want the GOP to win the jump ball.&#8221;
A second poll released just a few days earlier from <a href="https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/581698-poll-majority-of-voters-want-biden-to-make-way-for-someone-else">The Hill/HarrisX</a> indicated that Democrats could also be in trouble in the run-up to the 2024 presidential race.
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A Mere 24 Percent of Registered Voters Want Biden to Seek Reelection in 2024, New Poll Finds <a href="https://t.co/aWlygcvmJf">https://t.co/aWlygcvmJf</a>
— Jon Nicosia (@NewsPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsPolitics/status/1461380505367191553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2021</a></blockquote>
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According to the poll, which surveyed 921 registered voters from November 9-10, well over half (61%) said they believed it was time for Biden to step aside and make room for a new candidate. Less than one-fourth (24%) said that Biden should run again in 2024, and 15% said they were unsure.
Support for a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/poll-44-of-dems-dem-leaning-independents-want-biden-off-the-2024-ticket/">second Biden run</a> was slightly higher among Democrats, with nearly half (45%) saying he should run again and 37% saying he should step aside. Among Republicans, 87% said Biden should not seek a second term as president, and 59% of independents agreed.

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‘An Ominous Double Whammy’: New Polling Spells Trouble For Democrats In Midterms

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Connecticut’s Quinnipiac University announced that it will impose fines and WiFi restrictions on students who cannot, or will not, provide proof of a COVID-19 vaccination by the beginning of the fall semester. 
The university imposed mandatory vaccination for students and staff returning to on-campus learning. In an email sent to students, school leadership stated that approximately 600 students have yet to fulfill the vaccination mandates, or at least they have yet to upload a copy of their COVID-19 vaccination record. 
“Our goal is to protect the health of our entire community,” the email obtained by a <a href="https://whdh.com/news/quinnipiac-university-to-issue-fines-impose-wi-fi-restrictions-on-students-who-fail-to-show-proof-of-vaccination/">local news outlet</a> reads. “In order to accomplish this, we must know if you have been vaccinated.”  
Quinnipiac University has imposed strict fines for students who fail to upload their proof of vaccination. Charges could rack up to $2,275 per person per semester. The university also announced a tiered fine system. Fees start at $100 per week for the first two weeks of the semester. The fees increase incrementally by $25 every two weeks proof of vaccination is not on file. The maximum fine imposed per week is $200. 
Unvaccinated students are required to participate in “weekly, on-campus testing.” Failure to comply with the testing guidelines will result in a $100 fine. 
The email also announced that unvaccinated students — presumably not students who have been given a medical or religious exemption by the university — will lose access to the university’s WiFi system if they do not meet the vaccination requirements by September 14. 
A spokesperson for the university told local news that after sending out the updated WiFi guidance, an additional 30 students submitted their proof of vaccination. According to the same spokesperson, all full-time faculty members and staff have provided the necessary vaccination information. 
Quinnipiac University joins a growing list of schools that are grappling with how to safely return to on-campus and in-person learning as the CDC warns of a spike in the coronavirus Delta variant. Many universities have opted to institute vaccine mandates for students who wish to return to campus learning, including large public universities such as Indiana University, Rutgers University, and Michigan State University. 
Other schools, such as the University of Michigan, have mandated all students and faculty to wear face masks indoors, despite mandating that all students and faculty get vaccinated against the coronavirus. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-michigan-mandates-face-masks-following-vaccine-requirement">University Of Michigan Mandates Face Mask Following Vaccine Requirement </a>
Fining students for failing to meet vaccination requirements has become an increasingly common practice on college campuses as well. 
Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, will impose a $1,500 fine on unvaccinated students for the semester. Per The Daily Wire’s reporting, Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) in Alabama is mandating that unvaccinated students pay a $500 fine to cover the cost of weekly COVID-19 testing.
BSC leadership told students that the charge is imposed “to offset continual weekly antigen testing and quarantining” costs. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/citing-lack-of-federal-funds-alabama-college-fines-unvaccinated-students-the-school-received-over-4-million-in-ppp-loans">Citing Lack Of Federal Funds, Alabama College Fines Unvaccinated Students. The School Received Over $4 Million In PPP Loans. </a>

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A new Quinnipiac University national poll released on Monday showed for the first time that one 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate has a clear lead over the other candidates following in the aftermath of the recently held first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.
In the poll, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) overtook former Vice President Joe Biden as the national front runner with 25% of the vote among Democratic voters and independent voters who lean Democratic.
The poll found the following:
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<li>Sanders 25%</li>
<li>Biden 17%</li>
<li>Mike Bloomberg 15%</li>
<li>Elizabeth Warren 14%</li>
<li>Pete Buttigieg 10%</li>
<li>Amy Klobuchar 4%</li>
<li>Everyone else was at 2% or less</li>
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In terms of the percentage change since its last poll, Quinnipiac found:
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<li>Sanders +4%</li>
<li>Biden -9%</li>
<li>Bloomberg +7%</li>
<li>Warren -1%</li>
<li>Buttigieg +4%</li>
<li>Klobuchar -3%</li>
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&#8220;Biden scrambles to bounce back in frigid New Hampshire after an icy slide to 17 percent, his lowest national number,&#8221; Quinnipiac University Poll Analyst Tim Malloy <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3655">said</a>. &#8220;Is the Bloomberg camp prepping the white horse for him to ride to the rescue? Maybe not yet, but without setting foot in Iowa or New Hampshire, he is suddenly a looming shadow over the primary field.&#8221;
&#8220;Clearly Biden&#8217;s fourth place finish in Iowa has hurt the perception of what was his biggest strength &#8211; electability,&#8221; Malloy added.
The Quinnipiac poll is a left-leaning poll that traditionally has had worse numbers for President Donald Trump than many other places that conduct polling.
For example, Quinnipiac reported that Trump&#8217;s approval rating matched his previous all-time high in the poll at 43%, which is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/staggering-new-polls-give-potentially-strong-indicators-on-how-2020-elections-go">six points lower</a> than the approval rating that he received from Gallup last week.
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With polls showing President Trump surging in key battleground states amid an apparent backlash to the Democrats&#8217; impeachment effort, Quinnipiac — a pollster that generally gives unfavorable numbers for Trump, frequently giving him among the lowest approval ratings of the major polls — presented more troubling numbers for Democrats in a report published Tuesday.
For the first time in the poll, opposition to impeachment topped 50%, while Trump&#8217;s approval numbers on the economy reached a new high.
&#8220;Slightly more than half of all registered voters, 51 percent, think that President Trump should not be impeached and removed from office, while 45 percent say he should be impeached and removed,&#8221; <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3651">Quinnipiac</a> reports on its survey of 1,553 self-identified registered voters (conducted Dec. 4-9). &#8220;This compares to a November 26 poll in which 48 percent of voters said the president should not be impeached, while 45 percent said he should be. Today&#8217;s poll is the first time since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the inquiry that more than half of voters say that Trump should not be impeached.&#8221;
&#8220;With Washington in turmoil and House Democrats poised to vote on impeaching the president for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, American voters signal they are slightly more inclined not to impeach than to impeach,&#8221; said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy.
The report was released the same day that Democrats announced that they are bringing two articles of impeachment against the president: &#8220;abuse of power&#8221; and &#8220;obstruction of Congress,&#8221; neither of which are specified in the Constitution&#8217;s impeachment clause as impeachable offenses, though Democrats insist that both qualify as &#8220;high crimes and misdemeanors.&#8221;
Quinnipiac also found a problematic trend for Democrats when it comes to the economy: Trump has now attained his highest approval ratings yet on his handling of the economy, while voters&#8217; perception of their own financial status as well as the economy overall continue to climb:
<blockquote>Today, voters give the president his highest score on his handling of the economy since the question was first asked in February of 2017, with 54 percent approving of the way he&#8217;s handling the economy and 42 percent disapproving. A similar 57 percent of voters say that they are better off financially today than they were in 2016, while 22 percent say they are worse off and 19 percent volunteered that they are the same. Voter perception of the economy has improved since October, as 69 percent of voters say the state of the nation&#8217;s economy is excellent or good, while 30 percent say it is not so good or poor. In an October 23 poll, 61 percent said the economy was excellent or good, while 36 percent said it was not so good or poor.</blockquote>
Quinnipiac, as usual, finds Trump deep underwater on overall approval (40-57). It also finds him trailing the Democratic frontrunners in hypothetical matchups, though the pollster notes that it found similar numbers for Trump leading up to the 2016 election, which he would go on to win by a wide margin in the Electoral College. The study also found that &#8220;none [of the Demcratic presidential candidates] are especially well-liked by registered voters.&#8221;
The Quinnipiac study follows <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/thanks-to-impeachment-trump-now-beating-all-democrats-in-three-key-battleground-states">Firehouse Strategies&#8217; survey</a> of three crucial battleground states — Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — that found Trump now leading all of the Democratic frontrunners in all three states. The study&#8217;s findings indicate that opposition to impeachment is partly to blame for the Democrats&#8217; increasingly grim chances in those three Rust Belt states, which proved crucial in Trump&#8217;s electoral victory in 2016.
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