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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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[-] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

but what makes him qualified

as a career politician what has he done to affect your life so much that y'all immediately want to suck him off so hard?

was it the crime bills, the conservative far right immigration policies, his failed response to $7.25 minimum wage, was it women losing rights they have had for over half a century?

or is it strictly because he is a democrat and likes the color blue?

no the US does not need either of the two senile elders with mental decline

yes that happens after a certain age and anyone who thinks these two are mentally capable or immune to laws of time have never had to take care an elder before

Biden is 82 years old way past retirement and Trump is not far behind

[-] keyez@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

What you're not seeming to take into account is that every democrat I know has issues with Biden but since he is a career politician we know he's capable of putting knowledgeable people in places he doesn't have expertise in, which is what a competent leader does (which means I can't even mention trump, doesn't come close). The right doesn't seem to understand you can get your ideas and policies across without full complete love and support for the candidate. He's not the Dems supreme leader like the right has where everyone has to bow down, it's a system and he's just a head to rally behind while others get stuff done.

[-] Kolrami@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Hot take: that crime bill attack was always an interesting one to me.

In Hillary's election she got heavily criticized for supporting it while non-conservatives supported it, Biden wrote it, Bill Clinton signed it, Bernie Sanders voted for it. I was somewhat surprised this election when people actually remembered that Biden wrote it at all. I didn't hear much about it in 2020.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The effective and qualified people he surrounds himself with. Sorry for the death of your argument. RIP

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

You a bot or troll? Either way, you're not good at it.

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