The ‘Somewhats’ Election: Soft Biden Disapprovers Key for Both Candidates By Dan Guild
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Despite an overall job approval rating hovering around just 40% in polling averages, President Biden retains a path to victory.
— This is because of his unusual competitiveness among voters who just “somewhat” disapprove of his job performance, a group among whom Democrats performed relatively strongly in the 2022 midterm and where polling shows Biden holding up reasonably well in 2024.
— Relatively similar numbers of voters strongly disapprove of Biden’s job performance and hold a strongly unfavorable view of Donald Trump. Biden’s “strong” approval is fairly low, though, compared to recent incumbents who ran for reelection.
— The “somewhat disapprovers” skew younger and nonwhite, which presents Biden with both an opportunity and a challenge.
