Troubling poll numbers? Biden has a plan for that. [View all]

"The “Joe Biden is toast” story is so entrenched in conventional wisdom — so pervasive and repetitive — that buying into it has become a near-requirement for membership in the Federation of Political Pundits. This is thus an excellent time to stress-test the hypothesis.
It’s true, of course, that for conventional wisdom to change, political actors often need to alter their behavior in response to the factors feeding the prevailing view. Some realities (Biden being over 80, for example) won’t change. But my discussions with his aides suggest they are not in denial about the president’s poll standings. The Wall Street Journal released a particularly dismal survey on Saturday showing him with an approval rating of just 37 percent and running behind Donald Trump. Biden’s advisers have ideas for moving the public discussion to more congenial ground, knowing they have to shake things up.

The heart of Biden’s challenge: No matter how good the economic data is, voters remain disgruntled. A poll conducted last month by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business is representative: It found that only 26 percent of voters thought Biden’s policies had helped the economy."

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