Top Three Takeaways – August 19th, 2021

Top Three Takeaways – August 19th, 2021

1. We do not approve. For the first time in the Biden presidency, his average approval rating, across all polls, has fallen below 50%. This includes an 18% decline in his net approval from peak levels in January and a five-point decline in August alone. Our growing disapproval is evidenced by only 33% of Americans believing the country is heading in the right direction, a decline of 10% this month alone. And for most of us the answer is of course we don’t. How could we? Afghanistan, border crisis, bungled pandemic management/messaging, inflation, etc. But then again, most in this audience wondered how one could support him in the first place. And yet most did. That’s the key distinction here. Many on the right have wondered how long it would take for people to wake up. How long before they’d realize this guy isn’t fit to be president? How long before they’d be as concerned as the rest of us? The answer is now. And that’s important for a couple of reasons – aside from misery, or at least concern as the case may be – loving company. Hope isn’t lost. The country isn’t lost. And people are still willing to open their eyes. It’s always better late than never and this type of polling has far more consequence attached to it than you may realize. Yes, it’s over three years until the next presidential election. And no, I don’t think Biden’s going to run again anyway. But yes, this is very consequential in real-time. That’s because...
2. Congress is watching. If there’s one thing many members of Congress do pay attention to its polling. The collapsing Biden approval, which is happening about as fast as the fall of Kabul, weighs heavy on many members of Congress. Already the president’s party is at a historical disadvantage in midterm elections with an average loss of 25 seats in the House and 2 seats in the Senate, enough to flip control of both bodies of Congress. That means Democrats in tight races were already nervous. However, when Biden’s numbers looked good – his agenda, the uber progressive agenda, was winning the day in Congress. Now...not so much. Remember when two weeks ago it seemed liked the Democrat’s $3.5 trillion human fund, I mean human infrastructure package, seemed like a done deal through reconciliation? Notice how you haven’t heard anything of late? It’s not a coincidence. Nine Democrats in the House, in swing districts, have signed a pledge to refuse to vote for it, if it’s tied to the bi-partisan infrastructure plan which Pelosi had previously promised it would be. That ensures it’ll never pass. Our disapproval of Biden will kill the human fund in Congress and the rest of the progressive agenda until at least the lame duck session after next year’s elections. Polls do matter in off election years when Congress is watching. Meanwhile...
3. Floridians Back Parental Choice. That’s true of a lot of topics, however this is specific to school mask mandates. Kudos to FAU for polling on several relevant topics impacting us right now, including their objective questioning regarding parental choice for school mask mandates. Contrary to popular reporting, and the false assertions of politicians and certain school boards alike, Floridians overwhelmingly believe in parental choice over school board mandates. By a margin of 51% to 40%, FAU found Floridians do believe parents, not school boards should have the final say over whether our children are masked all day at school or not. This is but the latest miscalculation by leftist politicos and militant school boards which once again helps explain why in all polling which rolled in yesterday, from three different pollsters, Governor DeSantis continues to show leads in hypothetical 2022 matchups. Many on the left have hoped the summer surge in COVID-19 cases would mean the summer swoon of DeSantis’s popularity. It hasn’t. That’s because, channeling DeSantis, most Floridians aren’t six-masked hermits cowering in the corner waiting for the Fauch to tell us it’s safe to come out again. Floridians back parental choice and they continue to back Ron DeSantis who fights for it.