Hispanics disapprove of Biden, but so do a lot of other people
A recent poll and breakdown (it’s hard to get the spacing right on the blog, so these may be a bit hard to read – follow the link if you want to see the original charts):
1a. Do you approve or disapprove of the way Joe Biden is handling his job as president? COMBINED WITH: (If approve/disapprove q1) Do you strongly or somewhat approve/disapprove?
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No
Approve strongly 17% 2% 47% 9% 15% 19% 23% 10%
Approve smwht 18 2 32 20 16 20 22 14
Disapprove smwht 11 6 10 14 11 10 8 8
Disapprove strongly 46 88 2 48 50 43 40 62
DK/NA 8 2 8 9 8 9 6 6– AGE IN YRS
– 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Approve strongly 4% 11% 23% 32% 12% 17% 15% 37% 10%
Approve smwht 23 21 15 13 17 17 17 27 16
Disapprove smwht 22 12 4 3 9 7 8 16 16
Disapprove strongly 39 49 52 48 56 53 54 12 43
DK/NA 12 7 6 4 6 5 6 9 154. If the election were today, would you want to see the Republican Party or the Democratic Party win control of the United States House of Representatives?
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No
Republican Party 47% 93% 3% 46% 50% 43% 41% 63%
Democratic Party 42 4 93 37 37 46 54 28
DK/NA 12 3 4 16 13 11 5 10AGE IN YRS WHITE
18-34 35-49 50-64 65+ Men Wom Wht Blk Hsp
Republican Party 38% 47% 55% 50% 56% 54% 55% 8% 46%
Democratic Party 41 40 39 47 34 39 37 75 34
DK/NA 20 14 7 3 10 7 8 17 21
Hipanics are still the biggest surprise with 10% strong approval of Biden, 16% approve somewhat and 16% disapprove somewhat, and 43% disapprove strongly. That’s far more disapproval than blacks and not far behind whites in disapproval (total of strongly and somewhat disapprove among whites is 62%; total of strongly and somewhat disapprove among Hispanics is 59%). However, there’s a higher “don’t know or no answer” rate among Hispanics, 15% versus 6% for whites.
Only 28% of black respondents are in the strongly or somewhat disapprove of Biden category, but that’s pretty high for a group that usually is extremely pro-Democrat. However, support for the Democratic Party among black respondents is still quite strong, at 75% vs. 8% for the Republican Party. Old habits die hard. But the “don’t know or no answer” category for that question about the parties drew 17% of the poll’s black respondents. I don’t know whether that represents doubtful searching or disinterest among that group.
Both Democrats and Republicans (93% for each) seem quite happy with their own parties – at least, in terms of wanting them to win control of the House in 2022. It’s Independents who tell the tale – perhaps – because they would prefer Republicans to Democrats 46% to 37%.
And who are those 4% of self-identified Republicans who like Biden, 2% strongly and 2% somewhat? Not even most of the pundit NeverTrumpers would go that far.
Yes, polls all most be taken with a huge grain of salt. But I do think they reflect trends, and this poll was no outlier. Of course, the results of the election will depend on what happens between now and November (or earlier for absentee voters), as well as whether significant fraud occurs.
One should indeed be skeptical about polling, especially as this was one of the many means by which 2020’s election was rigged (or “fortified”), but the question which remains is how could anyone of sound mind not disapprove of Biden, along with his entire (and entirely horrible) administration, since every policy and every utterance emanating from the Democrats can be described as mendacious, incoherent, destructive, divisive, frivolous, wasteful, illogical, or, in some cases, completely insane.
j e,
Tribalism. Always support your side no matter what.
Biden – a sleepy woke gringo, insists on referring to Hispanics as “LatinX”.
Neo:
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J E,
It’s the same attitude as the link I posted a bit back. Guy was thrown from a speeding car because he wasn’t wearing his seat belt. No matter what he was convinced he made the right decision and was “thrown clear” even though it was completely obvious he made a horrific mistake.
Democrats are facing a political tsunami, only a massive amount of electoral fraud can save them from it..
“Tribalism. Always support your side no matter what.” Griffin
The worse things get, the more the tribe suffers, the less true that is for a growing percentage of the tribe.
Who are the people who approve of Biden’s policies? I’ve wondered about that. Tonight, I saw a bunch of college age kids interviewed on a TV show ad most thought Biden was doing great. My guess is that those under 30 and committed Progressives who are older represent those who approve of him. College students are mostly unaware of economic issues and those just a few years out of college have never experienced inflation, open borders, or gas shortages as adults.
A new housing development near me was going gangbusters last winter. Suddenly the pace of building has slowed. Higher interest rates must already be affecting their sales. Our local grocery stores have meagerly stocked shelves. Is that going to get better under Biden’s policies? Not unless fuel and fertilizer prices come down. The young Biden supporters are about to get a taste of economic reality.
Asd are we all.
@ J J > “The young Biden supporters are about to get a taste of economic reality.”
“A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged by reality.”
Like the ones who post at the #WalkAway website.
Good news of the day: founder Brandon Straka is back on the job after being a J6 Gulag victim.
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/05/22/walkaway-founder-reignites-movement-with-first-rally-in-two-years-n568064
I regret that the new meme using his first name makes it awkward for me to cheer him on with the obvious “Let’s go, Brandon!” so I will have to find some other way to express the same sentiment.
PS The maxim has been attributed to Irving Kristol.
https://www.nationalreview.com/human-exceptionalism/science-proves-conservative-really-liberal-mugged-reality-wesley-j-smith/
PPS Or possibly, just a liberal mugged by a research study.
https://notthebee.com/article/study-shows-that-democrats-turned-more-conservative-when-given-testosterone-treatment-and-is-anyone-surprised
Proving, of course, that masculinity really is toxic to the Leftist agenda.
FWIW, I have found that periods or dashes can be used to line up columns a bit. Not perfect (what you really need is a fixed-width font, but that can’t usually be set in most blogging comment sections — WordPress sometimes allows exceptions)
For example:
Tot Rep Dem Ind Men Wom Yes No
Approve strongly 17% 2% 47% 9% 15% 19% 23% 10%
Approve smwht 18 2 32 20 16 20 22 14
Disapprove smwht 11 6 10 14 11 10 8 8
Disapprove strongly 46 88 2 48 50 43 40 62
DK/NA 8 2 8 9 8 9 6 6
————(%)————Tot—Rep—Dem—Ind—Men—Wom—Yes—No
Approve strongly——17—–2——47——9——15——19——23—-10
Approve smwht——–18—–2——32—–20—–16——20——22—-14
Disapprove smwht—-11—–6——10—–14—–11——10——–8——8
Disapprove strongly–46—-88——-2—–48—–50——43——40—–62
DK/NA——————-8——2——-8——9——-8——–9——-6——-6
Somewhat tedious — That took about 3-4m — but it’s a major improvement in readability. It might also require an “enter, then edit” once you see how it lays it out (usually because wraparound is ugly)
The result is far from perfect (perhaps periods would be better).
Another possible option(I haven’t tried) is the non-space space character. There’s a character out on the deeper unicode space that appears as a space, but isn’t. Some fonts translate it into a box, though.
Note — edited that last row to pull out a couple of the first –es, for spacing reasons.
test?test ?test
Yeah, won’t work on blogger. It converts the character U+2002 En Space into a ?
test?test ?test
Same with U+202F which is a “narrow” space…