Your Daily Polling Update for Wednesday, December 14, 2022
BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%
Same as Dec. 6
RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 38% (Reuters) to 46% (Rasmussen, Economist). Biden’s disapproval rating averages 54% today (same as Dec. 6), putting him at 12 points net negative.
PRESIDENT
Among voters nationwide
GENERAL ELECTION(among all voters)
- Joe Biden over Donald Trump: +7 (47-40) Suffolk
- Joe Biden over Donald Trump: +2 (45-43) WSJ
- Ron DeSantis over Joe Biden: +4 (47-43) Suffolk
RON’S COMMENT: This Suffolk poll has Biden widening his national lead over Trump among all voters, but DeSantis leads Biden in the same poll––which underscores the electability issue…. The Wall Street Journal poll has the race much closer, but also with Biden ahead…. Most voters want neither Biden nor Trump: Only 23% of all voters in the Suffolk poll want Biden to run again and only 25% want Trump to run (even though he’s already announced).
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION (among Republicans)
- Ron DeSantis over Donald Trump: +23 (56-33) Suffolk
RON’S COMMENT: These numbers are eye-popping. They show Trump’s re-election support among Republicans collapsing in favor of DeSantis…. In July, 60% of Republicans wanted Trump to run again. In October, it dipped to 56%. Now, only 47% want him to run again. Trump’s favorable rating among Republicans has also dropped––from 75% in October to 64% now.
TRUMP VS. TRUMPISM
Among Republicans nationwide
Which comes closer to your view even if neither is exactly right?
- I want Trump to run and continue the policies he pursued in office: 31%
- I want Republicans to continue the policies Trump pursued in office, but with a different Republican
- nominee for president: 61%
- Undecided: 7%
RON’S COMMENT: By nearly a two-to-one margin, Republicans want Trumpism without Trump…. To underscore the point, in the same poll, 65% of Republicans say they want Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024, while only 47% want Trump to run.
SOURCES
Presidential job rating average based on recent nationwide polls.
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