No post-State of the Union bump for Biden, even as he clinches Dem nomination, polls show
President Biden’s much-hyped State of the Union address had little to no effect on his popularity among Americans, according to a pair of post-spee♚🦩ch polls out this week.
Only 37% of voters approved of Biden’s handling of the country in the aftermath of his address, according to a poll revealed Monday, while a published Wednesday showed 33% saying the speech positively impacted their view of the president.
Among those surveyed in the HarrisX poll, a majority (64%) said Biden✅ should not seek another term, while 61% said he did not adequately address immigration and 59% said his speech only served to further divide the co🦩untry.
A majority of respondents (57%) also said the speech raised concerns about Biden’s age and 54% said it raised questions about his fitness for office.
The USA Today/Suffolk poll also showed Biden having an approval rating of just 41% and a disapproval rating of 55% — a slight uptick from the last survey taken by the outlet in December, which showed a 39% approval rating and a 58% disapproval rating.
A third of poll respondents said they thought the US economy was in recovery — the highest reading since the president took office in January 2021.
Biden and former President Donald Trump c꧅linched the🧸 Democratic and Republican nominations, ꦓrespectively, on Tuesday and the USA Today poll showed a tight race shaping up in N💫ovember.
Trump had 40% of tꦍhe prospective vote while Biden had 🐼38%.
✃Independent Rജobert F. Kennedy Jr. scored 9% while fellow independent Cornel West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein each recorded 2%.
The HarrisX poll showed that if the election were held today, 46% of voters would support Trump and 41% would back Biden. With so-called “leaners” included, Trump led Biden 52% to 48%.
In a five-way race, Trump led Biden 41% to 35%, with RFKཧ Jr. 🅺getting 12% and West and Stein at 1% each.
However, 🌸the USA Today/Suffolk poll indicated a quarter of voters might change their minds before Election Day.
Meanwhile, a majority of those n🎃ow supporting third-party candidates, including 75% of RFK Jr. supporters and 94% of Stein supporters, said they could be swayed to other contenders.
The HarrisX poll was condu✤cted online March 8-10 among 2,017 registered voters and had a margin of error ⛎of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points.
The USA Today/Suffolk poll was conducted March 8ꦏ-11 via landline and cellphone, had a sample size of 1,000💯 registered voters and a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1%.
