{"id":1418773,"date":"2022-04-04T20:14:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418773"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:14:42","slug":"were-going-to-get-slaughtered-political-observers-worried-bidens-approval-will-drag-down-dems-in-midterms-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-going-to-get-slaughtered-political-observers-worried-bidens-approval-will-drag-down-dems-in-midterms-report\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re Going To Get Slaughtered\u2019: Political Observers Worried Biden\u2019s Approval Will Drag Down Dems In Midterms: Report"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fwere-going-to-get-slaughtered-political-observers-worried-bidens-approval-will-drag-down-dems-in-midterms-report%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=1418773&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Biden-midterms.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Party strategists are concerned that President Joe Biden\u2019s dismal poll numbers and continued struggles with record inflation and soaring gas prices will be a liability going into the 2022 midterms, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple political observers told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/administration\/3256844-democratic-anxiety-grows-over-bidens-dismal-polls\/\">The Hill<\/a> Monday that the continued presence of such would continue to weigh down Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/poll-bidens-approval-rating-hits-lowest-point-of-his-presidency-so-far\">approval ratings<\/a> with the public, despite the White House\u2019s repeated attempts to deflect blame and tout Biden\u2019s record.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of\u00a0<span class=\"person-popover\" data-nid=\"5215\">Biden<\/span>, I think these can only be called rough political times,\u201d Princeton University history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer, told The Hill. \u201cAt least going into the midterm, these poor perceptions of his leadership and the inflationary pressures will weigh him and the Democrats down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of the experts who spoke to The Hill blamed Biden\u2019s poor public image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-than-8-in-10-americans-hurt-by-inflation-economy-most-important-issue-poll\">inflation<\/a>, which hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-feds-favorite-inflation-measure-hits-record-high\">another 40-year high<\/a> in the month of February, and gas prices, which hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-national-average-price-of-gasoline-hits-new-all-time-record-high-report-says\">record highs<\/a> in early March and continue to average <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/\">above $4 a gallon<\/a>, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh gas prices are one of the biggest anchors on presidential approval,\u201d Gallup senior editor Jeff Jones told the outlet, pointing to former presidents George W. Bush and Jimmy Carter as historical examples of pain at the pump affecting voters\u2019 choices in the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Galston, a domestic policy adviser to former President Bill Clinton and chairman of the Brookings Institution\u2019s governance studies program, said that Biden would continue to be weighed down as long as inflation was at such high levels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hypothesis is that, unless and until inflation comes down appreciably, that there\u2019s going to be a ceiling on his job approval that\u2019s a lot lower than the White House wants it to be,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has continued to connect high gas prices to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, referring to the increased costs as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/putin-price-hike-jen-psaki-invites-peter-doocy-to-join-her-in-the-white-houses-gas-price-blame-game\">Putin\u2019s Price Hike<\/a>.\u201d But one administration official expressed frustration that the label was not gaining traction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor whatever reason, the messaging hasn\u2019t gotten through,\u201d an anonymous official told The Hill. \u201cAt times it feels like we\u2019re spinning our wheels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some observers have said that Biden\u2019s approval numbers could be considered normal, and that he could bolster support by narrowing his message. \u201cIt\u2019s \u2018we beat COVID, we\u2019re beating Russia, and we\u2019re going to beat inflation,\u2019\u201d one observer said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to address the problems,\u201d said another. \u201cHe also needs to repeatedly hammer home that he\u2019s the one getting us out of the ditch, not the one who drove us into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But others were concerned that Biden\u2019s approval could be depressed for the foreseeable future, and possibly drop again if newfound interest in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-rest-of-the-country-is-starting-to-open-their-eyes-major-outlets-confirm-contents-of-hunters-laptop\">Hunter Biden laptop<\/a> story led to an indictment, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>One Democratic strategist was much more pessimistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone needs to come to terms with the reality that we\u2019re going to get slaughtered in November,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cThat\u2019s a fact. His polling has gotten worse, not better. It\u2019s indicative of the fact that people have lost confidence in his leadership. There\u2019s nothing they\u2019re going to be able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strategist added that Biden is not likely to pivot back toward the center after the midterms, like Bill Clinton did after Republicans swept into Congress in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is simple. The American people have lost confidence in him,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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