“Biden has skidded to a 15-point net deficit" with 55.5 percent disapproving the president's performance and 40.5 percent approving.
This is not record-setting, Naughton says, but Biden’s “deficit is well below what most presidents see at a similar point in their first term.”
“After three years of loathing Trump and nearly that long also loathing Biden, it appears that a key slice of the public has decided they loathe Biden more and have moved into the Trump camp.”
What’s worse, while Biden’s national polling is bad, his polling in key swing states is even worse. This is particularly dangerous for Biden, Naughton says, who shows none of the resiliency of past presidents.
“Biden is in real trouble, and no whistling past the graveyard or statistical gymnastics can change that.”
Biden’s struggles to address the immigration crisis haven’t allayed concerns that he’s a weak president. His only real hope is that Trump self-destructs.
It’s not a bad bet, says Naughton. “But given the challenges facing Biden and his administration’s seeming inability to deal with crisis, any Trump self-destruction will need to be quite impressive.”
Read the op-ed at TheHill.com.
