Biden's poll problem for mid-terms

 Fox News:

Question: What’s one thing that former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama have in common?

Answer: Both of President Biden’s two most immediate predecessors in the White House suffered from negative poll numbers on the eve of their first midterm elections in office and both saw their party lose control of the House of Representatives.

In November 2010, Obama’s approval rating was underwater by 4 points as the Republicans rode a powerful Tea Party fueled red wave to flip the House with a massive 63-seat net gain, the largest shift of seats in more than 60 years.

WITH 7 MONTHS TO GO, GOP HAS UPPER HAND IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS: POLLS

Fast-forward eight years and Trump’s approval rating was underwater by nearly 10 points on the eve of the 2018 midterms, when the Democrats stormed back to reclaim the House majority thanks to a 41-seat pickup.

Fast-forward again four years to present day and Biden finds himself in similar negative territory.

The president stands at 45% approval and 54% disapproval in the latest Fox News national poll, and average all the most recent surveys gauging Biden’s standing that was compiled by Real Clear Politics puts him at 41%-53%.
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The Trump comparison is not valid because he was down mainly because of the Democrats and the media pushing the fraudulent Russian collusion story.  The comparison to Obama is somewhat better because both were pushing an unpopular liberal agenda after winning elections as a "Moderate."  In Biden's case, the embrace of radical policies along with his obvious dementia is something that can't be cured messaging.

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