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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      4 months ago

      All I hear when I read these comments is “I want my genocide with a big helping of fascism!”

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        Donald Trump will claim he’s protecting Americans from White Genocide and Baby Genocide. The conservatives will glibbly assert they are the “Anti-Genocide” party. And Joe Biden will mumble about illegal immigrants killing American children, while he sinks another five points in the polls.

        Then we’re going to get told that Tankies cost Democrats the White House (but, strangely, not the legislature). This will give Hakeem and Chuck the excuse to cave to every Republican demand, because it’s what the People Want.