President Biden isn’t the main character of daily politics anymore — in no small part because the GOP seems unable to stay out of its own way. And his party is reaping the benefits. gdebenedetti reports
. That has upended expectations of low-intensity midterm elections, which developed after last year’s gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia. For much of this year, the prevailing expert assumption was that most races would be grinding battles fought about gas prices and pessimistic views of Biden’s leadership as his approval rating hit new lows and he came to symbolize the stagnancy of Washington, D.C.
decision has been stark. Biden’s initial response was criticized as insufficient by many on the left, but that was soon beside the point from an electoral perspective: for the abortion-rights position in a Kansas referendum demonstrated a wave of new energy from women voters in particular. As the New York, more than seven in ten of the state’s new registrants to vote were women in the week after the court decision, and in the ensuing month a similar pattern held across the country.
And now, as the fall races take shape around matters far from his influence, Biden’s approval rating has rebounded unexpectedly. As Anzalone pointed out, Trump had been the only president in modern history whose approval rating had improved between his second summer and fall, but that improvement was marginal. Biden’s has been relatively dramatic: He hit 44 percent in
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