Two recent national polls are devastating for President Joe Biden. Surprisingly, both came from the left-wing media—which normally does everything it can to protect the Biden presidency.
In both polls, President Trump was clearly dominant in seeking the Republican nomination. The Post–ABC poll reported President Trump at 54 percent. All other candidates combined for 43 percent. NBC had President Trump at 59 percent to 38 percent for the rest combined. In both polls, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had decayed to a distant second place.
President Biden’s weakness in these polls is a function of performance failures. In the Post–ABC poll, Americans reject President Biden’s job performance by 56 percent to 37 percent. They rejected his performance on the economy by 64 percent to 30 percent. They repudiated his border policy by 62 percent to 23 percent. This is not a problem in communications or better marketing. The American people are watching what is happening—and they don’t like it.
The same performance failures show up in the NBC poll. Americans overwhelmingly believe the country is on the wrong track (73 percent to 23 percent). Further, they disapprove of President Biden’s general job performance by 56 percent to 41 percent.
Things get worse when specific areas are explored. On the economy, Americans disapprove of President Biden by 59 percent to 37 percent. When asked whether they are satisfied with the economy, 72 percent say “no.” According to the NBC poll, Vice President Kamala Harris cannot help President Biden, because she is at 31 percent approval and 51 percent disapproval.
I wanted to bring the two polls together because too much attention has been paid to the horse race aspect. The Post–ABC poll’s 52 percent President Trump to 42 percent President Biden result was so shocking that Democrats and Biden supporters have gone to great lengths to undermine it. But the fact is that both polls squarely repudiate President Biden’s policies and personal weakness.
If things don’t turn around, there is a real likelihood there will be a huge Democrat rebellion against President Biden.
Ultimately, the people are sovereign in America.
It is useful to remember that when residents of São Paulo, Brazil, got mad enough in 1958 that they elected the zoo’s rhinoceros to the city council by write-in. Cacareco was a 4-year-old rhinoceros, and she got more than 100,000 votes—10 times more than the top human candidate. Of course, the rhino was not allowed to serve, but people had some satisfaction in expressing their anger at the political establishment.
I am not predicting that a rhinoceros will win the New Hampshire or Iowa primaries against President Biden. But if the discontent we are seeing in these two polls grows and intensifies, there will be a similar reaction from voters.
