By Dave Workman
The latest Rasmussen survey on which direction the country is headed comes to a tie, with 47 percent of poll respondents saying the nation is heading in the right direction, while 47 percent say the country is on the wrong track.
It doesn’t often happen, but when it does, it is significant and it illustrates the political divide currently existing in the U.S.
The survey results show a significant change from this time last year, when only 31 percent of survey participants said the U.S. was headed in the right direction, and 63 percent—just over a 2-to-1 margin—said the country was on the wrong track. At this time last year, Joe Biden was still in the White House and now there are serious questions about who was actually in charge.
That much was discussed in the New York Post back on May 25, when the tabloid reported “A small, tight-knit group in former President Joe Biden’s inner circle was running the White House like a “politburo,” and they were the “ultimate decision-makers” as Biden’s health and cognitive function continued to decline, according to the authors of a bombshell new book.
“Usually, the term ‘politburo’ refers to the top echelon of a communist state,” the Post story stated. “Many of the seasoned politicos had been around Joe Biden for decades. Regardless of official titles in his 2020 campaign and administration, the ‘politburo’ generally called the shots and got Biden to agree.”
This “politburo” reportedly “included a coterie of seasoned political veterans, including Mike Donilon, Steve Ricchetti and Bruce Reed — but also family members such as first lady Jill Biden and the president’s son Hunter, the authors of “Original Sin” claim.”
The Post story appears to reinforce the notion that Biden had “handlers” who called the shots, not the Delaware Democrat, himself.
Rasmussen’s poll was conducted June 15-19 among 1,855 likely voters. It has a margin of sampling error of +/- 2 percentage points with a 95 percent level of confidence.
But now Donald Trump is in the Oval Office, and is trying to wrap up a peace agreement between Israel and Iran after a U.S. air strike reportedly devastated Iran’s nuclear capability.
According to Rasmussen’s Daily Presidential Tracking Poll, 52 percent of likely voters approve of Trump’s job performance, while 47 percent disapprove. These numbers include 36 percent who “strongly approve” and 39 percent who “strongly disapprove.” This gives Trump a Presidential Approval Index rating of -3, Rasmussen said.
Workman is editor-in-chief of TheGunMag.com, a publication owned by the Second Amendment Foundation.
