Column: Biden’s big speech didn’t move the needle, nor have rising wages. But these 3 things might
Column: Biden’s big speech didn’t move the needle, nor have rising wages. But these 3 things might
- March 22, 2024
- Michael Tesler, political science, Los Angeles Times, MSN, March 22, 2024
The greater concern for Biden may be that his job approval numbers haven’t budged, even as rising wages and falling inflation have started to make Americans less gloomy about the economy. As political scientists John Sides of Vanderbilt University and Michael Tesler of UC Irvine wrote this week, “at this early date, approval ratings actually predict the eventual outcome better than polls do.” … Typically, as Sides and Tesler wrote, a president’s approval numbers go up at least a few points during an election year.
For the full story, please visit https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-03-22/bidens-big-speech-didnt-move-the-needle-will-anything.
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