President Biden launched his administration's hyperlocal goodwill tour for the infrastructure law. The challenge is how to sell voters on plans whose benefits they might not see for several years.
He has seen his approval ratings drop even as the Democratic agenda remains popular. In areleased Nov. 14, 63% of respondents supported spending $1 trillion on infrastructure, but only 39% approved of the way Biden has handled the economy. His overall approval rating is 41%, down from 52% in April.
Obamacare’s political journey serves as a reminder of both the importance of messaging and the long game politicians must play as they wait to see how the public receives their legislation. Republican criticisms of the Affordable Care Act — including fears of rising costs and losing beloved doctors and false rumors of “death panels” — dominated the 2010 and 2014 midterm elections.
That’s little comfort to Democrats heading into next year’s midterm election, a lesson Republicans learned in 2018. Gorman said Republicans would likely paint Biden as a “bystander,” not a leader, on events such as Afghanistan, the border and inflation.Historically, the president’s party tends to lose seats in Congress during midterm elections.
“It’s more important to get it right than to rush,” Raimondo said. “I think people will see their state putting together a plan; they’ll see us starting to move out on that plan. But you know, not everybody’s going to have broadband a year from now.”
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