Bad news for Biden: Poll finds that a majority of registered voters think the US is worse off than a year ago



A recent Fox News national poll of registered voters found that 58% believe that the nation is worse off now than a year prior, and 56% disapprove of President Biden's job performance.

Just 35% felt that the nation is better off now than a year back, while only 43% approve of Biden's job performance.

The poll is bad news for Biden, who is slated to deliver his State of the Union address next week.

While 41% strongly disapprove of Biden's job performance, 15% somewhat disapprove, 25% somewhat approve, and only 18% approve strongly.

Biden is also underwater on specific issues, with a whopping 61% disapproving of how the president is dealing with the economy, 62% disapproving on immigration, 59% disapproving on crime, 58% disapproving on foreign policy, and 51% disapproving on COVID-19.

But not only has Biden earned poor grades on his job performance across the board, 53% felt that he lacks the mental fitness to effectively execute his role as president.

"Conducted February 19-22, 2022 under the joint direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News national poll includes interviews among 1,001 registered voters who were randomly selected from a national voter file and spoke with live interviewers on both landlines and cellphones," the poll notes.

Biden's upcoming State of the Union address will come as Americans continue to endure rapidly rising prices.

Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine is also likely to cast a pall over the president's speech.

Poll: Majority of voters say BLM demonstrations are riots — not protests



A majority of voters surveyed by a Fox News poll say that Black Lives Matter demonstrations are riots rather than protests.

The findings come amid months of heightened police-community tensions following the death of George Floyd in May.

What are the details?

The poll, released on Sunday, found that 48% of likely voters believe protests taking place across the country — in cities such as Rochester, Portland, and Kenosha — are riots, while 40% view the demonstrations as protests.

According to Fox, the national survey is the first the network has conducted among likely voters in 2020.

Of those responding, 39% said that violence stemming from the demonstrations is due to "left-wing radicals," while 33% blamed "right-wing radicals"; 9% of respondents said that blame could be apportioned to both sides.

The poll's findings were split along party lines, with 68% of Republicans referring to the demonstrations as riots and just 30% of Democrats agreeing.

Along racial lines, 52% of white voters said the protests are riots, while 62% of black respondents and 48% of Hispanic said they are demonstrations.

Anything else?

The poll also asked respondents who they would vote for if the election were held today.

The Biden-Harris ticket, according to the poll, was ahead of the Trump-Pence ticket 51-46.

"That 5 percentage-point advantage sits right at the margin of sampling error of the latest Fox News survey," the outlet pointed out, however, which was conducted following both the Democratic and Republican national conventions.

"Despite the often tumultuous events of the day, campaigns are often about partisan homecoming. Trump may be benefiting from this dynamic," Republican pollster Daron Shaw — who conducts the Fox News Poll with Democrat Chris Anderson — said. "It looks like Republican-leaning undecided voters have come around, both in the ballot and his job ratings."

The poll was conducted between Sept. 7 and Sept. 10 over 1,311 registered voters and 1,191 likely voters.

You can read more on the poll's findings here.

Fox News Battleground State Polls That Show Joe Biden Leads Oversample Democrats

Fox News polls released on Wednesday appear to reflect significant oversampling of Democrats, particularly in Arizona and North Carolina.