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Okay, Biden isn’t popular. But his policies sure are. (www.washingtonpost.com)

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President Biden’s policy agenda is incredibly popular, much more popular than his opponent’s. But Biden the man? Not so much.

The question now is whom to blame for the approval gap between the president and his agenda: voters, the media or Biden himself.

Democrats have long argued that their policies are more popular than those of Republicans. In a recent blind test conducted by YouGov, that was unmistakably true. The polling organization asked Americans what they thought about major policies proposed by Biden and Donald Trump without specifying who proposed them. The idea was to see how the public perceived ideas when stripped of tribal associations.

Biden’s agenda was the winner, hands down.

Of the 28 Biden proposals YouGov asked about, 27 were supported by more people than opposed them. Impressively, 24 received support from more than 50 percent of respondents.

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[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Good, because an adult knows that a presidency is not a single man - it's a philosophy, vision and general momentum towards a set of policies.

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

So I just want to be clear about something. Press Secretary, Jean-Pierre said yesterday (as she often repeats per their messaging): "Biden's record speaks for itself."

I want to go like, "Hi, Press Secretary. Quick follow-up: If it speaks for itself, then why is Biden losing in every battleground state with an aggregate national approval rating of 37%?"

It doesn't seem that letting it speak for itself is working.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

If Biden was 15 years younger he would be ahead of Trump.

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[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

damn. sounds like they should run someone more popular with the same agenda, then. pretty easy thing to fix, really, unless you're more dedicated to the man than the platform.

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