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[KARAH RUCKER]
IT MAY SEEM LIKE AMERICANS ARE DIVIDED ON A LOT OF ISSUES THESE DAYS.
ONE THING THEY’RE NOT DIVIDED ON IS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S DECISION TO EXIT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
NEARLY 90 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS AGREE BIDEN MADE THE RIGHT CALL BY DROPPING OUT, ACCORDING TO A NEW YORK TIMES POLL.
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS LIKELY HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS — DEMOCRATS MOSTLY APPROVE OF HIS PERFORMANCE BUT SEE HIS EXIT AS THE RIGHT POLITICAL MOVE, REPUBLICANS HAVE LARGELY DISAPPROVED OF HIS PERFORMANCE OVERALL.
BUT STILL, ONLY A FEW OTHER ISSUES DRAW SUCH CONSENSUS IN POLLING– SO WHAT ELSE DO AMERICANS AGREE ON?
ALWAYS OR SOMETIMES TIPPING AT SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT.
AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF NORTH KOREAN DICTATOR KIM JONG UN.
GEORGE W. BUSH’S HANDLING OF HIS JOB IN THE WAKE OF 9-11.
SAYING AN AFFAIR IS MORALLY UNACCEPTABLE
LEGALIZING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA.
SMALL BUSINESSES’ POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE COUNTRY.
AN UNFAVORABLE OPINION OF RUSSIA
THE BELIEF THAT CLONING HUMANS IS MORALLY WRONG.
WHILE THESE ISSUES MAY BE MORE LASTING– THE BIDEN CONSENSUS HAS BEEN AN EVOLVING ONE.
POLLING SHOWS MANY DEMOCRATS DIDN’T WANT BIDEN TO EXIT THE RACE BEFORE HIS DECISION– BUT EVENTUALLY MADE PEACE WITH HIS CALL.
TWO WEEKS AGO– A POLL OF PENNSYLVANIA VOTERS REVEALED JUST 46 PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS THOUGHT BIDEN SHOULD DROP OUT. 48 PERCENT SAID HE SHOULD REMAIN IN THE RACE. THIS WEEK’S POLL FOUND 91 PERCENT OF DEMOCRATS APPROVED OF HIS EXIT WHILE 86 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS AND 85 PERCENT OF INDEPENDENTS APPROVED.
BIDEN WAS ADAMANT THREE WEEKS AGO– SAYING HE WOULD ONLY QUIT THE RACE IF “THE LORD ALMIGHTY TOLD HIM TO.”
TURNS OUT A HIGHER NUMBER OF VOTERS SUPPORTED HIM DROPPING OUT THAN THE 81 PERCENT WHO BELIEVE IN THE “LORD ALMIGHTY.”
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