Voters realizing how much they dislike Biden's policies

 Stacey Lennox:

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The trend among likely voters in the Daily Presidential Tracking Poll is clear. It appears the flip-flop on CDC mask guidance is rubbing Americans the wrong way. For the last three days, total disapproval has been over 50%, and the approval index between those who strongly approve and strongly disapprove has been -13, -16, and -15. These ratings accompanied announcements about requiring vaccines at the Veteran’s Administration and other federal agencies.

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This poll is a valuable tool to detect trends because it uses a consistent methodology to assess the feelings of likely voters. Rasmussen picked up the daily presidential poll when Gallup abandoned it during the Obama administration. Biden’s approval rating has not been above water since February 15, 2021, when it was at 53%.

Perhaps the news on inflation and indications that it will be persistent are affecting the right track/wrong track numbers. After six months of Biden in office and slower economic and job growth than predicted, for the three weeks ending July 15, 39% of likely voters think the country is heading in the right direction, and 54% believe we are on the wrong track.

The latest poll rates voters’ approval on critical issues. Across all demographics, likely voters rate President Biden lower on his handling of violent crime than they do on the economy. To be clear, the economy is not a big win for him either. Remember, “somewhat concerned” is also an option:

In every racial category, voters express more concern about violent crime than inflation. Sixty percent (60%) of whites, 59% of Black voters and 58% of other minorities say they’re Very Concerned about the problem of violent crime in America. By comparison, 50% of whites, 46% of Blacks and 47% of other minorities are Very Concerned about inflation.

The Biden administration really should have taken Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to heart. Most people want their government to provide an environment where they can take care of their physiological needs and feel safe and secure. The left wing of the party went straight for self-actualization, making the entire party look insane.

Perhaps the loudest signal in the data is among independent voters. This was a critical demographic in Joe Biden’s 2020 win, and it appears a fair number of them might be willing to trade a mean tweet for cheap gas and economic growth at this point:

Seventy-one percent (71%) of Democrats, but only 15% of Republicans and 37% of unaffiliated voters, rate Biden good or excellent on his handling of the economy. On crime and law enforcement issues, 62% of Democrats, 12% of Republicans and 25% of unaffiliated voters rate Biden excellent or good.

There was a lull in coverage of the border crisis in the corporate media after a flurry of coverage earlier this year. But it seems news of COVID-19-positive migrants and the federal government shipping them to mid-sized cities all over the country is breaking through. Every question on the Immigration Index except support for DACA recipients is trending toward tighter immigration controls. The frustrating part of this index is the clarity about what Americans want to see in an immigration policy, which has been consistent since 2019. And it is not the open-borders policy the Biden administration is creating.

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Voters are also more interested in investigating the BLM riots than Jan. 6 one.  They appear to have already figured out that Democrats have been lying about Jan. 6.  What the Democrat-supported riots by BLM and Antifa have done has made voters feel less safe.  BTW, the Democrat "fact-checkers" are already in denial about Democrat support for the riots.