There’s no way to sugarcoat it, but CNN’s post-SOTU poll is absolutely awful news for President Joe Biden. Via Aron Goldman of the Argo Journal:
.@CNN Post-SOTU Poll:
Reaction to speech
Very positive 41% (51% in 2021)
Somewhat positive 29%
Negative 29%Biden did enough to address:
🇷🇺 invasion of🇺🇦 69%
Inflation 47%
Violent crime 46%Biden’s handling of 🇺🇦speech made you:
More confident 30%
Less confident 14%
No chg 56% pic.twitter.com/wn6V8CuOiF— Aron Goldman (@ArgoJournal) March 2, 2022
What makes it worse for the president is that the “sample of State of the Union speech watchers was 11 points more Democratic than the American public”:
Note: The CNN poll’s sample of State of the Union speech watchers was 11 points more Democratic than the American public.
— Aron Goldman (@ArgoJournal) March 2, 2022
And to put the 41% “very positive” into perspective, this is the lowest result in 15 years:
CNN's instant poll of SOTU viewers, which leans more Democratic, shows 41% had a "very positive" reaction to Biden's SOTU. Down 10% from last year's joint address.
It's "the lowest 'very positive' we've seen in about the last 15 years of instant polling after the SOTU address." pic.twitter.com/vZz1q69Gzs
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 2, 2022
Hee’s the transcript. Please note the highlighted portion below that shows how big a problem Biden has on the economy, especially since this poll is D+11:
Not a poll, obviously, of all Americans. That would not be possible here. This is a poll of people who watch the speech. And what’s important to note about that is that people who watch a President give a State of the Union tend to be more supportive of that President or in that president’s party. We see this with Democratic presidents and Republican presidents.
And so our survey tonight of Speech Watchers is about eleven points more Democratic as a body of people here that were pulled than the overall population in America. So just keep that in mind as we now show you what this instant reaction was. A poll of Speech Watchers tonight. 41% had a very positive reaction to the president’s speech, 29% somewhat positive, 29% negative. That 41%. When you compare it to last year’s speech that Joe Biden gave to a joint session of Congress, that’s about ten points lower on the very positive scale.
51% last year. You see 41% today. In fact, that 41% is the lowest very positive we’ve seen in about the last 15 years of instant polling after the State of the Union address. Take a look at this question here. We said, did Biden do enough to address some of the major issues here on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 69% said the President did enough to address that.
But look at this for the domestic issues that the White House is so keenly aware of in this midterm election year, that are potential problems for Biden. They still seem to be problems. 47% said he did enough on inflation, 46% said he did enough on violent crime, majorities for both inflation and violent crime, said he did not do enough. You enough. And again, I just want to remind you that is the majority of a speech watching audience that is more Democratic than the American populace overall.
And that’s a drop of 10% from his address last year:
Those that watch the SOTU are usually big supporters of the President. It shows how poorly Biden is doing that those who did, are only 41% very positive compared to 51% a year ago. https://t.co/aeRAhwVWtw
— David Lasdon (@WTPDavid) March 2, 2022
Regarding how Biden will fight inflation, he “didn’t make the sale”:
Despite Biden's focus on inflation in the SOTU speech, the CNN insta-poll found he didn't make the sale. https://t.co/Bhljj4fMT9
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) March 2, 2022
To quote James Carville, “it’s the economy, stupid” is still the path to victory for any politician:
CNN's poll of SOTU watchers asked: Which speech topic is more important to you, Ukraine or the economy? 36% said Ukraine, 64% said the economy pic.twitter.com/d289ACP5TB
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 2, 2022
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