Wellness Check on Dems After New Poll on Biden’s ‘Most Unpopular Decision’ Portends Their Fate – Opinion

Many polls released in recent months point to a potentially disastrous election day for Democrats on November 20, 2022. But one just released Wednesday pinpoints the specific decision President Biden has made during his time in office that is “most unpopular” with voters, a decision could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back for Democrats as far as fence-sitting voters are concerned.

Per Morning Consult, 56% of voters are very unhappy with the Biden administration’s recent announcement that they would be allowing Title 42 to expire near the end of May. According to the poll, it’s Biden’s “most unpopular decision” to date with Republicans and independent voters disapproving in large numbers:

56 percent of voters express opposition to the Trump administration’s move to eliminate border control. It is the strongest backlash we have seen against any Biden administration policy since January 2021, when Morning Consult has been tracking them.
-The response to the Title 42 decision eclipses the negative reaction to Biden’s September directive to raise the cap on refugees admitted into the country from 15,000 to 125,000 for the 2022 fiscal year.
The move is supported by 60% of Democratic voters, but only 31% of Independents and 8% Of Republicans agree.

Here’s the color graphic breakdown:

Neue @MorningConsult/@politicoSurvey shows that 56% of voters opposed Biden’s proposal to repeal Title 42 border control controls. This makes it the most disliked decision he has made.

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Further, they also note this data lines up with past polling that has shown considerable voter dissatisfaction with his handling of the border crisis, even when his overall approval ratings weren’t upside down:

From day one, Morning Consult survey data has shown Biden’s executive actions on immigration to be his most unpopular, and even when the president was enjoying favorable approval ratings early on, voters tended to disapprove of his handling of the issue. For example, a March 2021 survey found that just 40% of voters approved of Biden’s immigration handling, 18 percentage points lower than his overall approval rating at the time.

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Among 14 issues tracked on a biweekly basis, the latest survey found that 55% of voters disapprove of Biden’s handling of immigration — a figure only exceeded by the 57% who disapprove of his handling of the economy.

It is perhaps with that knowledge in mind that we’ve seen even some panicked (and vulnerable) House and Senate Democrats over the last several days express alarm over the Biden administration’s decision, including Sens. Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly (AZ), Maggie Hassan and Raphael Warnock respectively (GA). In particular, Warnock stated that “this is not the right time.” Manchin called it “frightening” and also indicated he’d supportMaking Title 42 permanent.

Also, the announcement was understandably furious among congressional Republicans. This is especially true for those who live in border states and see daily the impact of illegal immigration. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) absolutely went off on House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler on the issue during a committee markup earlier, telling him that he was “sick and tired” of Democrats “scoffing at Texas,” one of the states that gets hit the worst when the border surges take place.

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