President Biden’s approval rating is in the low 30s and the Democrats are at risk of losing control of the House and/or Senate in the coming November midterms. Gallup has taken a look at party preference in the last year, and combine the train wreck that is the Biden administration with things like Glenn Youngkin’s win in Virginia, and the Dems have a real problem on their hands:
Gallup: Party preferences flipped from a 9-point Democrat advantage (highest since 2012) to a 5-point GOP advantage (highest since 1995) during 2021 as Joe Biden dragged his entire party down and Youngkin's win in VA brought fresh energy to the Republican side. pic.twitter.com/vmAtKxYW98
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) January 17, 2022
"The general stability for the full-year average obscures a dramatic shift over the course of 2021, from a nine-percentage-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter to a rare five-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter."
Gallup data and report: https://t.co/494BUezyuB
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) January 17, 2022
That’s got to be alarming to the DNC.
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) January 17, 2022
huge. Coming from not just more people identifying as republicans but fewer as democrats. https://t.co/DitDVZ84NO
— Gina Countryman (@gcountryman) January 17, 2022
The crazy thing is that Dems had a real chance after Trump to be moderate and win over supporters. All they had to do was be competent and not crazy.
But they just couldn't do it. https://t.co/T6oWfRR99K
— Heimish Conservative (@HeimishCon) January 17, 2022
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And the Dems keep doubling down on the things that are turning off an increasing number of voters.
David Frum tried to pin the Republican upswing on Trump’s exit:
Alternative presentation: Donald Trump exit from the White House led almost immediately to a 14-point rise in Republican fortunes. https://t.co/BmQIqKSadO
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 17, 2022
Nice try, but no:
Did you even look at the chart? It took until Q3 for the gap to close. Nothing immediate about that change, just a result of Biden’s successive failures with Afghanistan, Delta & Omicron variants, inflation, his legislative agenda, etc. piling up. https://t.co/hMl5WCD66R
— Spencer Brown (@itsSpencerBrown) January 17, 2022
So yeah, that party flip is because of Biden’s failings, not Trump leaving office.
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