Biden now underwater in California
In an ominous sign of things to come for Democrats, Joe Biden's approval rating is 5 points underwater in deep-blue California, a state the president won by 29 points in 2020.
According to a Public Policy Institute of California poll released Thursday, just 46 percent of likely California voters approve of Biden, while 51 percent disapprove. Those numbers mark a 19-point skid in just one year—a 2021 poll from the same group showed Biden with the support of 65 percent of likely voters in the Golden State. Biden won the support of roughly 60 percent of California voters in 2020.
Biden's freefall in California is likely to prompt serious concern for Democrats as they look to maintain control of the House in November. Four California Republicans flipped blue seats to red in 2020, and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) is targeting seven additional Democratic incumbents in the state. Democrats will have to retain those seats in order to emerge from the midterm elections with a House majority.
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Democrat chances of holding a House majority are remote even without California. They could lose as many as 75 seats across the country in some estimations. They have an unpopular President and Congress.
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