CNN Poll: Percentage Who Had a ‘Very Positive’ Reaction to Biden’s SOTU at 15 Year Low
President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address is now in the books, and analysis of the speech is underway. After Biden’s remarks on Tuesday night, CNN’s political director David Chalian broke down the results…
President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address is now in the books, and analysis of the speech is underway.
After Biden’s remarks on Tuesday night, CNN’s political director David Chalian broke down the results of the network’s poll.
“It’s not a poll obviously of all Americans. That would not be possible. This is a poll of people who watched the speech,” Chalian began. “And what’s important to note about that is that people who watch a president give a State of the Union tend to be more supportive of that president.”
He continued, “Our survey tonight of speech watchers is about 11 points more Democratic… than the overall population in America. So just keep that in mind as we now show you what this instant reaction was of speech watchers tonight.”
The survey found that 41% of speech watchers had a “very positive” reaction to Biden’s address. That is a 10 point drop compared to the reaction to his speech to a joint session of Congress last year.
Twenty-nine percent of watchers said they had a “somewhat positive” reaction, and 29% said they had a “negative reaction.”
Chalian noted, “That 41% is the lowest ‘very positive’ we’ve seen about the last 15 years of instant polling after the State of the Union address.”