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He steps off of Air Force One and onto red carpets. Normally, a foreign trip is a chance for the president to show voters back home the respect he’s accorded worldwide. Next week he will visit the Middle East for meetings in Israel and Saudi Arabia. The summer figures to be a tricky one for Biden. There was no White House tweet drawing attention to that unhappy reality. This year, the cost of a cookout including hamburgers, potato salad and ice cream was 17% higher, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. “Hot dog, the Biden economic plan is working,” the White House tweeted at the time. In the days before July 4, 2021, the White House tweeted that the cost of a family barbecue had dropped. Still, Biden was quick to claim credit a year ago for low grocery prices.

The White House describes inflation as a global problem for which Biden bears little direct responsibility. “People are going to be stunned when they see some of the nominees they put out there,” said Joe Trippi, a longtime Democratic strategist.Įconomics usually drive elections, though, and Republicans are working hard to remind voters that Biden is presiding over a period of $5 a gallon of gas and rising prices across the board. Liz Cheney’s challengers struggle to form a coherent sentence. A video circulating on Twitter shows a recent debate among congressional Republican candidates in Wyoming, where some of Rep. “It’s a new election,” Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg wrote in a blog. “The chances of the anti-MAGA majority showing up again - as it did in 20 - have increased dramatically.”Īnd Republicans in some cases are putting forward candidates whom mainstream voters may find unpalatable. Wade, three polls came out showing Democrats leading Republicans by anywhere from 3 to 7 percentage points.

Indeed, since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. And yet in polls pitting generic Democrats against Republicans in congressional races, Democrats perform better than expected given the president’s low standing. Biden’s approval rating is hovering around 40%, which suggests that Republican victories in the November midterms will be not so much a wave as a “tsunami,” he said. Bryan Bennett, a pollster for Navigator Research, a coalition of progressive pollsters, noted that something “weird” is happening in this political moment. Most Democrats fret about a midterm wipeout, but recent polling shows grounds for optimism.

But the opposite effect is taking place with Democrats and independents, who are deeply offended by this and who are afraid about what it means for their lives.” “A lot of that is due to the fact that Republicans have sought this outcome for many years and they just achieved it. That’s the sort of issue that can mobilize voters who might otherwise be apathetic about coming out to vote.Ībortion “is much more motivating for Democratic-leaning voters than it is for Republican-leaning voters,” the Biden adviser said, speaking on condition of anonymity to talk more freely. But they know that.”Ī Biden adviser pointed to former Vice President Mike Pence’s call for a national abortion ban - something that can only be stopped if Democrats have sufficient votes in Congress to block it. Is there a strong enough message now? Probably not. “That message will revolve around painting the Republican Party as extreme and doing things that are actively hurting peoples’ lives. “You will see them having a sharper message as we get close to the fall,” one Biden ally said. To the extent that Biden can drive home the message that the court’s conservative majority was built by former President Donald Trump and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, he can demonstrate the enormous stakes in the upcoming elections. “My spidey sense and the polling indicate it’s going to help people decide not to vote for the red team.”īiden and other administration officials intend to draw a stark contrast between the parties in the coming months in hopes of awakening voters to how their personal rights will be imperiled if Republicans seize control of Congress. “I can tell you that on the street, what you hear is a bubbling, seething cauldron of anger at the Republican Party for putting in these antediluvian judges who think they can take us back to the 18th century,” said Jay Inslee, the Democratic governor of Washington state. Republicans are overreaching in ways that will alienate voters, White House allies contend.