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President Biden’s policy agenda is incredibly popular, much more popular than his opponent’s. But Biden the man? Not so much.

The question now is whom to blame for the approval gap between the president and his agenda: voters, the media or Biden himself.

Democrats have long argued that their policies are more popular than those of Republicans. In a recent blind test conducted by YouGov, that was unmistakably true. The polling organization asked Americans what they thought about major policies proposed by Biden and Donald Trump without specifying who proposed them. The idea was to see how the public perceived ideas when stripped of tribal associations.

Biden’s agenda was the winner, hands down.

Of the 28 Biden proposals YouGov asked about, 27 were supported by more people than opposed them. Impressively, 24 received support from more than 50 percent of respondents.

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[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

No. Dismissing criticism like this is exactly how you got here. People have been raising legitimate concerns for years. And then he decides to 100 percent support genocide of Palestinians during the campaign. Not even conditioning military aid on compliance with international law. Which has the same effect as starting an unpopular war.

That debate was his last chance to convince undecided voters he still has 4 years of mental competency in him and he failed.

This is what happens when you run a sham primary with a weak candidate.

[-] InternetUser2012@midwest.social 0 points 4 months ago

this isn't your normal no, its a midwestern no.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

The budget is allocated by Congress and must be dispensed as allocated by the executive branch. Biden could not legally stop the weapons going to Israel. How many times must this be repeated? I see you and others in every single political thread trying to lay dead Palestinian children at Biden's feet. Biden doesn't want any more Palestinians to be destroyed- he seems to be a fundamentally decent person. Even though I strongly dislike Biden as president and hate the government of Israel, we all know Trump would ramp up the genocide for his buddy Netanyahu. Are you going to keep playing dumb? It's that fucking simple.

Unless Biden steps away these are the choices. More, or less, genocide? Because it's not going to stop until Israel decides it is done.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

A. That's not true, check out Trump's last term for examples of not spending the money as Congress directed.

B. There are laws expressly forbidding the disbursement of aid to regimes committing war crimes. The Leahy Law and Foreign Assistance Act. The bar is internally low as well, "credible evidence". Anyone who has picked up a newspaper in the last six months has seen credible evidence.

C. This is how you pressure politicians. Don't tell us to vote for him because we can pressure him and then cry when we pressure him.

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