Joe Biden has a *major* independents problem

R&I – FS
In a Fox News poll from August, more than 6 in 10 (63%) independents said they supported the $1 trillion infrastructure package that has passed the Senate and is mired in a fight between progressive and moderate Democrats in the House. Roughly that same number — 60% — approved of the broader $3.5 trillion social safety net legislation that also remains stuck in Congress, with Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona balking at the price tag.
To be clear: Passing these two pieces of legislation is not a magic bullet that will send Biden’s popularity soaring among independents. But what the poll numbers make clear is that NOT passing some of this spending could have catastrophic political consequences for Democrats when it comes to their courtship of independents.
And given Biden’s already dismal numbers among independents, that’s a political risk his party simply can’t afford to take.

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Article URL : https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/joe-biden-independents-polling/index.html