Vote Like Your Country Depends On It, Con't

I know Biden v. Trump polls are worthless 29 months out from a 2024 matchup, but as far as being a current snapshot of the electorate, the electorate apparently wants to give the country back to the seditious fascist because gas is $5 a gallon.

As inflation keeps rising and recession fears loom, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows that Joe Biden is currently in the worst shape of his presidency.

The survey of 1,541 U.S. adults, which was conducted from June 10-13, found that if another presidential election were held today, more registered voters say they would cast ballots for Donald Trump (44%) than for Biden (42%) — even though the House Jan. 6 committee has spent the last week linking Trump to what it called a “seditious conspiracy” to overturn the 2020 election and laying the groundwork for possible criminal prosecution.

Since Biden took office, no previous Yahoo News/YouGov poll has shown him trailing Trump (though Biden’s most recent leads have been within the margin of error, like this one is for Trump). One year ago, Biden led Trump by 9 percentage points. In 2020, Biden won the White House by more than 7 million votes.

Yet Biden’s job approval rating has been atrophying for much of the last year, and the new survey shows that it has never been weaker. A full 56% of Americans now disapprove of the president’s performance — the highest share to date — while just 39% approve. Three weeks ago, those numbers were 53% and 42%, respectively.

On average, Biden’s job approval scores are now a few points worse than Trump’s were at the parallel stage of his presidency.

Among all Americans, Trump (43%) now has a higher personal favorability rating than Biden (40%) as well. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of independents (64%) have an unfavorable opinion of Biden, and just 28% say they would vote for him over Trump.

The bad news for Biden comes as prices continue to increase at the fastest pace in 40 years, upending expectations and overshadowing other concerns. According to the poll, 40% of registered voters (up from 33% last month) now say inflation is “the most important issue to you when thinking about this year’s election” — more than four times the number for any other issue.

So inflation really is driving voters, especially white voters and more than a few Latino voters, right into the arms of the party who has made it very clear that the rights of anyone who isn't a white straight Christian male will be taken from them over the months and years ahead.

And that's 100% okay with a lot of people who aren't white straight Christian males because they think Daddy Trump will fix everything he helped cause and that Biden hasn't fixed it yet in 17 months.

A whole lot of people seem very eager  to vote for the guy currently under investigation for, you know, sedition, conspiracy, and fraud against the country itself, but fuck Joe Biden, right?

And yes, as I keep saying, white people and white-adjacent people voting for the party of white supremacy absolutely are voting for their self-interests, and at the direct expense of the rest of us.

As long as it gets gas back under $3, the rest of us can be hunted down and dealt with.

Jesus wept.