{"id":1350099,"date":"2022-02-28T17:07:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350099"},"modified":"2022-02-28T17:07:58","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T22:07:58","slug":"poll-more-approve-of-donald-trumps-handling-of-the-coronavirus-than-joe-bidens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-more-approve-of-donald-trumps-handling-of-the-coronavirus-than-joe-bidens\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: More Approve of Donald Trump&#039;s Handling of the Coronavirus than Joe Biden&#039;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoll-more-approve-of-donald-trumps-handling-of-the-coronavirus-than-joe-bidens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1350099&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">More voters approve of former President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus than President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the pandemic over two years later,a Harvard Harris poll found.<\/p>\n<p>The survey <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/ca678077bc522bd7bd74bacbf\/files\/a7e91458-499d-d0b4-70c5-192fa4bba67f\/HHP_Feb_2022_Final_Deck_002_.pdf\">asked<\/a> voters to rank the approval of Biden\u2019s handling of key issues, including \u201creacting to coronavirus.\u201d As of February 2022, just 44 percent expressed approval \u2014 26 percent down from the 70 percent who approved of his handling of that issue in May 2021. Biden garnered the same 44 percent approval on that issue in January 2022 as well, marking his lowest rating on the coronavirus throughout his presidency, according to the survey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In comparison, Trump left office with 47 percent approving of his handling of the virus \u2014 three percent higher than Biden\u2019s current approval rating. That is significant, as Biden largely pitched tackling the Chinese coronavirus as one of his key campaign issues.\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201c<\/span>You hear nothing else I say\u00a0tonight, hear this: Anyone who\u2019s responsible for not\u00a0taking control, in fact\u2026 saying I take no responsibility\u00a0initially, anyone who\u2019s\u00a0responsible for that many deaths\u00a0should not remain as president\u00a0of the United States of America,\u201d Biden said during one of the presidential debates in October 2020, when the U.S. death toll stood around 220,000.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15643058\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15643058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Biden-at-NIH-Masks-for-a-Year.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, February 11, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That figure now stands around\u00a0947,000, yet Biden has shown no signs of stepping down. Instead, he has gone back on his word on key aspects of handling the pandemic, including attempts to force individuals to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Supreme Court struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule, which would have affected millions of workers. Masking at the federal level, however, still remains, despite Biden\u2019s original pitch for \u201cjust\u201d 100 days of masking.<\/p>\n<p>The Harvard Harris Poll was taken February 23-24, 2022, among 2,026 registered voters and comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lowers the bar for masking indoors, days ahead of President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address, despite the fact that the science of coronavirus transmission has not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/25\/cdc-announces-indoor-masking-no-longer-required-just-before-bidens-sotu\/\">changed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More voters approve of former President Donald Trump\u2019s handling of the coronavirus than President Joe Biden\u2019s handling of the pandemic over two years later,a Harvard Harris poll found. 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