State of Play – June 22-25, 2023
New Data on Generic Ballot, Biden Approval, and Direction of Country. President Joe Biden faces strong headwinds as he begins his re-election campaign.
New Data on Generic Ballot, Biden Approval, and Direction of Country
Among American voters, 73% believe the country is on the wrong track.
Just 23% believe the country is moving in the right direction.
WHY IT MATTERS – President Joe Biden faces strong headwinds as he begins his re-election campaign.
READ THE REPORT – Click on the image below to view the slideshow or continue to read highlights of the results in the body of the article.
STATE OF PLAY – A June 22-25, poll for America’s New Majority Project conducted by McLaughlin and Associates also revealed:
74% of Americans fall within America’s New Majority
44% - Conservative base
25% - Persuadable moderates
5% - Persuadable liberals
Republicans have a 47%-41% lead on the generic ballot.
This 6-point lead is within the margin of error of our May and early June 2023 polls (+/- 2.2%).
Republicans lead 36%-31% among Independents.
Republicans also lead with Hispanics, 48%-41%.
Among Republican voters, the GOP candidate leads 94%-3%, whereas among Democrats, the Democratic candidate lead is only 86%-8%.
Among America’s New Majority, the GOP leads 63%-21%.
73% believe the country is on the wrong track.
This is the same percentage as two weeks ago, which was a new high.
Just 27% believe things are going in the right direction.
A majority of all groups except Democrats say the U.S. is on the wrong track.
Among America’s New Majority, 83% say the U.S. is on the wrong track.
59% disapprove of the job President Biden is doing.
This is a 4% increase in disapproval since May.
A majority of Independents (65%), Swing Voters (63%), and Hispanics (58%) disapprove of Biden
Democrats (79%), Blacks (66%), and Asians (55%) approve of Biden.
75% of America’s New Majority disapproves of Joe Biden