Biden’s job ratings decline amid Covid surge, rising negativity about the economy, and the Afghanistan withdrawal in NBC News poll
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Biden’s job ratings decline amid Covid surge, rising negativity about the economy, and the Afghanistan withdrawal in NBC News poll

After a spike in U.S. Covid-19 cases and a net negative rating on how he is handling the economy, President Joe Biden’s overall job-approval rating has dipped below 50 percent among adults for the first time in his presidency. According to a new NBC News poll  conducted by Bill McInturff and Micah Roberts of Public Opinion Strategies and […]

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In the News: GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal

“If they’re smart and say, ’Look, I wanted us out of Afghanistan, but not this way,’” Glen Bolger, a veteran GOP pollster who’s worked on numerous congressional campaigns, said of Republicans potentially staying on the political offensive. “Not in a total surrender and not letting the Taliban just waltz in and take over everything, hurting […]

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In the News: Biden economic approval rating drops amid inflation fears

“Surging COVID and rising inflation are creating a bleaker outlook throughout the next 12 months than we’ve measured since the 2008 recession,” said Micah Roberts, a partner with Public Opinion Strategies and the survey’s GOP pollster. “Forty-three percent say the economy will get worse in the next year, tied for the highest we have measured […]

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Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data

A national survey conducted in 2020 by Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates in conjunction with The Pew Charitable Trusts shows: Eighty-one percent of adults support increased access to health information for patients and providers. More than two-thirds of adults want their clinicians to exchange some health information that federal data-sharing polices don’t currently […]

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In the News: Suddenly, (some) Republicans are all in on the vaccine

Republican pollster Glen Bolger told me that he didn’t think the G.O.P.’s about-face stemmed from a sudden fear of electoral debacle so much as a reflection of the alarming trend lines in red America. Until now, “Republicans felt like we don’t necessarily need to push on vaccines and tick off a significant portion of our […]

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