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Biden Frustrated With His Poll Numbers (As Approval Hits a New Low)

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The beat goes on for Joe Biden. The latest Monmouth University poll has him hitting a dismal new low approval rating of 34%.
Just 34% approve of Biden’s job performance, down from 54% at the start of his presidency nearly three years ago, according to the latest Monmouth University poll released Monday. More than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of inflation and immigration. Democrats, who tend to approve of the president’s policies, are divided on border security…
“The Biden administration keeps touting their infrastructure investments and a host of positive economic indicators,” Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said in a statement. “Those data points may be factual, but most Americans are still smarting from higher prices caused by post-pandemic inflation.”
Of course this trend hasn’t gone unnoticed by the White House. Today the reports that Joe Biden has been increasingly frustrated by his recent polling. Biden apparently gave his team a talking to last month.
After pardoning a pair of turkeys, an annual White House tradition, Biden delivered some stern words for the small group assembled: His poll numbers were unacceptably low and he wanted to know what his team and his campaign were doing about it. He complained that his economic message had done little to move the ball, even as the economy was growing and unemployment was falling, according to people familiar with his comments, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a private conversation.

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