This is bad news for Joe Biden
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large, October 14, 2021
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/politics ... index.html
The piece is actually about new Gallup poll results released yesterday, "Americans Revert to Favoring Reduced Government Role":Joe Biden, as I've written before, is a radical president. Especially when it comes to the role government can and should play in the lives of everyday Americans. Biden's policy agenda -- from the $1 trillion "hard" infrastructure bill to the as-yet-unpriced social safety net package -- would, if passed, fundamentally alter the relationship we have with government. In short: The era of small government (such as it ever existed) would be over. The era of expansive government would begin.
In fact, in the 29 years Gallup has been trying to take this pulse, it's the most dramatic opinion reversal ever. Since 1992, the highest opinion-point for "the government should do to solve our problems" was 50%. That is, until around the 2020 election when it soared to 54%. Less than one year later, it's flipped. It's the most stark and rapid attitude shift since 9/11 in that regard. So the Biden administration is being advised/pushed by the radical left, but this poll indicates that Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, et al., have their fingers on the pulse of very little. Considering I struggle to name even a single thing I believe the Biden administration has done right, with any luck this trend will continue into the 2022 election will result in a massive win because America will be asking, "What the heck have you done to us in just 22 months?"Americans have shifted back to favoring a more hands-off approach for government in addressing the nation's problems after a rare endorsement of a more active role last year. Currently, 52% say the government is doing too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses, while 43% want the government to do more to solve the country's problems. In contrast, a record-high 54% of U.S. adults last year said the government should do more to solve problems.
