FazzNoth Posted July 13, 2022 Posted July 13, 2022 Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon Jr. suggested Tuesday that President Biden wouldn't be as unpo[CENSORED]r among Democrats if it weren't for inflation, adding that estimates would indicate that half of the president's negative approval rating is caused by inflation. Bacon wrote that after speaking to pollsters and other political experts, "the strong consensus was that if inflation were at normal levels and not constantly in the news, Biden’s approval rating would probably be between 41 and 45 percent, with his disapproval number between 51 and 54 percent." He said the estimates would be close to former President Donald Trump's numbers. He would also "lag Bill Clinton (46-45) and Barack Obama at this stage (47-47); and fall way behind George W. Bush (70-23)," Bacon wrote. The Washington Post columnist said that while inflation has certainly made things worse for the president, Biden would still be "more unpo[CENSORED]r than po[CENSORED]r." Some experts told Bacon that the president's approval rating would be in the 50s if inflation were at 2%. One policy analyst, Will Stancil, argued that "it’s a mistake to assume that presidential approval is always tied to inflation or other economic indicators." Stancil said that Trump was unpo[CENSORED]r during a strong economy and told Bacon that the media was to blame for his unpo[CENSORED]rity. "In Stancil’s view, Biden’s unpo[CENSORED]rity stems in part from an intense, negative media focus on inflation that is influencing the public. So according to Stancil, Biden could be just as unpo[CENSORED]r with low inflation if the media were blasting him on another issue or more po[CENSORED]r despite high inflation if the media wasn’t covering it so much," Bacon wrote. A New York Times poll found Monday that 64% of Democrats would prefer a different candidate in 2024. Bacon wrote that Biden didn't seem as bad "electorally" when factoring in high inflation. He also suggested that inflation would be high under a different Democratic president as well. "If Biden is unpo[CENSORED]r in part because of high inflation that probably would have happened under another Democratic president, the case that Biden is an anchor on the party becomes weaker," the author wrote. He also said that the president's administration was a "policy failure," but added that was not as "bad a politician or potential 2024 presidential candidate as the polls right now make him look." Inflation rose 9.1% in June from a year ago, reaching another 40-year-high. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has said the president plans to run again in 2024, despite the growing calls from his own party that he step aside. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bidens-approval-rating-would-be-higher-if-inflation-wasnt-constantly-in-the-news-suggests-wapo-column/ar-AAZxbtE
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