Polls that show Joe Biden trailing other candidates aren’t worth much at this point. What voters are saying about the economy is what Democrats need to be alarmed about
Mileah Kromer is an associate professor of political science at Goucher College and the director of Sarah. T. Hughes Center for Politics, which conducts the Goucher College Poll. She is the author of Blue State Republican: How Larry Hogan Won Where Republicans Lose and Lessons for a Future GOP.
Democrats are freaking out about the wrong polls.It’s been a season of ugly polling for President Joe Biden, no doubt about it. A recent NBC poll found Biden’s approval rating at the lowest level of his presidency, with a majority of voters holding “negative” feelings toward him. Only a quarter of American voters want Biden to run for reelection, according to a mid-November poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov. And then there’s that much-discussed NYT/Siena College Poll showing former President Donald Trump leading Biden in five of six key battleground states, which generated so many screaming headlines and distraught Democratic operatives