Biden Gets Big Bounce From Strong SOTU

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by: Colorado Pols

President Joe Biden (D).

A new poll from NPR released this morning could mark a turning point for President Joe Biden, who took a hit in popularity in his first year in office while confronting the literal globe full of challenges left by his predecessor–after an unexpectedly powerful State of the Union address on Tuesday that thrilled beleaguered Democrats, showcased Republican embarrassments like Rep. Lauren “Q*Bert” Boebert, and confounded Biden’s ageist detractors for at least a moment or two:

After what’s been a bleak several months politically for President Biden, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds he is seeing a significant boost in his approval ratings across the board following his State of the Union address and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

“This is an unusual bounce,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll. “It gets him back to where he was pre-Afghanistan.” [Pols emphasis]

Here’s a look at some of the numbers:

Overall approval rating jumped to 47%, up 8 points from the NPR poll last month. Presidents don’t generally see much, if any bounce, out of a State of the Union address. Since 1978, there had only been six times when a president saw an approval rating improve 4 points or more following State of the Union addresses, according to the pollsters. Three of those bounces were for former President Bill Clinton;
Ukraine handling is up 18 points to 52%;
Coronavirus pandemic handling is now 55%, up 8 points; and
Economic handling up 8 points to 45%.

Republicans have worked to establish a narrative about Biden’s supposed poor health and senescence for years before he became President, and on plenty of occasions Biden’s Democratic opponents were either happy to oblige or at least unwilling to challenge the right’s opportunistic and frequently misleading swipes. Biden’s strong performance in the State of the Union address this week blew a huge hole in the GOP-cultivated myth that he is not up to the job, and that’s clearly reflected in these dramatically improved numbers.

Don’t call it a comeback until it’s corroborated, and there’s room to grow, but it’s no “dead cat bounce.”

Joe Biden is very much in the game, and the fate of Democrats in the 2022 midterms is not yet sealed.

6 thoughts on “Biden Gets Big Bounce From Strong SOTU”

Lauren Boebert is a Worthless POS says:

March 4, 2022 at 10:31 am

As Biden’s polling numbers rise, we will be seeing less and less of P-fruit.

And there is some good news for Chuck Schumer, too.

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Genghis says:

March 4, 2022 at 10:44 am

Uh oh. Time for the Gray Lady and the rest of the liberal (lol) MSM to get to work! I can see it now:

Why the Feb. Jobs Reports Spells Disaster For Dems

~ Ross Douthat

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1. JohnNorthofDenver says:
  
  March 4, 2022 at 11:35 am
  
  I remember similar Russian propaganda.
  
  https://www.eurasiareview.com/03092021-afghanistan-debacle-spells-poll-disaster-for-democrats-oped/
  
  You know that nearly every Republican/Conservative outlet is a tool of disinformation by Russian spys.
  
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  1. Voyageur says:
    
    March 4, 2022 at 11:43 am
    
    If the sun rises in the east, it portends disaster for Democrats.
    
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    1. JohnInDenver says:
      
      March 4, 2022 at 1:32 pm
      
      Well, I for one can hardly wait to hear about the evils foretold by yesterday’s unemployment report. The BLS news release began
      
      In the week ending February 26, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, a decrease of 18,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 232,000 to 233,000. The 4-week moving average was 230,500, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised average.
      
      The seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.1 percent for the week ending February 19,…The 4-week moving average was 1,539,500, a decrease of 36,250 from the previous week’s revised average. This is the lowest level for this average since April 4, 1970 when it was 1,516,000. [my emphasis]
      
      The Employment report was also fairly interesting.
      
      Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 678,000 in February, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job growth was widespread, led by gains in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, health care, and construction…..
      
      In February, the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent, and the number of unemployed persons edged down to 6.3 million. In February 2020, prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the unemployment rate was 3.5 percent, and the number of unemployed persons was 5.7 million.
      
      Category……………………….Feb. 2021……Feb. 2022
      
      Civilian labor force……………..160,359………163,991
      
      Participation rate…………………..61.5…………..62.3
      
      Employed……………………….150,367……..157,722
      
      Employment-population ratio………57.6…………..59.9
      
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    2. Gilpin Guy says:
      
      March 4, 2022 at 1:53 pm
      
      The things we accept as real eh sojourner. Somehow the world keeps turning even with Democrats in power.
      
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