.MaddowBlog: President Biden has managed to pull off a polling feat fmr. President Trump felt the need to lie about. The prospect for practical benefits are real.
President Joe Biden speaks following a tour of Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Va., on May 3, 2021.As President Joe Biden's second 100 days gets underway, new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling shows the Democrat withIn the fourth month of his presidency, Biden's overall approval rating sits at 63%. When it comes to the new Democratic president's handling of the pandemic, 71% of Americans approve, including 47% of Republicans.
Not surprisingly, the partisan gaps in the AP's poll were enormous: Biden's support among Democratic voters stands at 96%, while the president's approval rating is 63% among independents and just 23% among GOP voters. What's more, it's also worth emphasizing that the AP's results reflect just one poll, and other recent surveysBut while those caveats are relevant, they don't negate the fact that the president remains broadly popular with the public, and to the extent that Biden received a post-inaugural"honeymoon," it's not over.
As for why any of this matters, I think there are a handful of angles to keep in mind. First, Biden is enjoying levels of support his immediate predecessor never reached at any point during his term. As regular readers may, Donald Trump is the only president since the dawn of modern polling to never reach 50% at any point in his term.
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