CBS News poll of speech watchers: 85% approve, 15% disapprove

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[SoonerPride]

1. That's an amazing number.

[demtenjeep]

2. because he killed it

slayed them ALL

[mucifer]

3. Probably mostly dems watched it.

[highplainsdem]

12. 54% were Dems. See the edited OP for more tweets with info.

[Deminpenn]

24. Interesting partisan demographics

It's in line with recent partisan stats showing there are now more Ind's than Rs.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

29. Wish we knew the makeup of Indendents. Last time I looked

It was roughly 3rds? If I'm remembering right. So if 50%+ of audience were Dems....

[Deminpenn]

30. A lot of establishment Rs became Is

which makes me think the majority of Is are former Rs.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. Did a rough estimate about what this poll really means.

Looked to Gallup for numbers on how Independents lean. It was real fuzzy. Republican leaning slightly ahead and then there are a very small percentage of an independents who are truly independent

That said, audience composed of:
54% - Dems
18% - Reps
25% - Ind

If we split the 25% in a Rep generous way, let's allocate 15% to Rs and 10% Ds, audience composition is:

64% - Dems or Dem leaning
36% - Reps or Rep leaning ( rounding up)

If 85% approved of speech, then 21% were R's or R leaning (85-64).

Sorry, you may not be a numbers nerd like I am. Wonder if this bottom line makes any sense:
21% of Rs liked the speech. Or if I am mixing apples and oranges which is highly likely

[Deminpenn]

34. If 20+% of Rs approved,

that's really very good news. Rs cannot win elections without 90% or more of their partisan voters.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. It was very positive, and maybe more importantly, not full of the partisan rancor that a majority

of Americans are REALLY sick of at this point.

[MustLoveBeagles]

5. K&R

[Blue Owl]

6. Suck it, GOP

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I think that the cameras showed us the 15% - Mitch McConnell and Ted Cruz in the house...

[struggle4progress]

28. Ted wasn't asleep: he was pining for Cancun

[Cha]

8. 15%! That must freak

out you know who.

Excellent Approval.. Makes it hard for the whiners.

[a kennedy]

9. Hate to be a downer and bring up the previous piece of shit, BUT I wonder how the

CBS news poll rated the orange piece of shit’s first address to Congress......just wondering and asking.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Compare that with the former guy.

[Wednesdays]

14. Biden did ten percent better than Rump's first SOTUA in 2018

According to CBS's polls.

[BigmanPigman]

15. I'm surprised it isn't even higher.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Joe praised the Ameican people.

He included us in his speech. This was about US, not him. No accordion playing at all.

[Elwood P Dowd]

13. The the Trump American Bund make up 30% of the population

and they probably didn't even watch it.

[kentuck]

16. The "bi-partisanship" is not in the halls of Congress.

It is within the American people.

Joe Biden seems to understand that.

[gratuitous]

17. Tomorrow's headlines:

What does Biden have to do to win over the 15% or is his administration already doomed?

[uponit7771]

21. +1, like they continue to bring up immigration when even fox polls have it low on the list ...

.... of concerns of Americans.

Pisses me off, Putin's Whore spent four years saying they were the enemy of the people then when he's gone they go back to sensationalism.

Shit ... its a wonder we still can vote, o wait ... kGQP is trying to get rid of that too

[NYC Liberal]

31. The New York Times will do front-page expose on the 15%.

[BootinUp]

18. Looks and sounds like a bump for Biden. nt

[RockRaven]

19. Repukes didn't watch... Big surprise!

[tavernier]

23. My SIL watched for 10 minutes

then left to go to bed saying he had “had enough smoke blown up his ass.”

He is an Indiana farm boy, not particularly smart, but a hard worker. My daughter has a master’s degree and flies around the country teaching nursing students to pass their boards. She is very smart. She just rolled her eyes at his pronouncement and we happily watched the rest of Joe’s speech without interruption.

Fortunately my grown grandkids got her intelligence. They love their dad but shake their heads at his often ignorant remarks that he heard from his redneck pals at the diner where he has breakfast.

I avoid any deep discussion with him when I’m visiting and we get along very well. He loves my cooking and he’s taught me a lot about gardening and farming. I often wonder if the cigarettes or my daughter will kill him first, and she does too, but at least he only smokes out in the barn. I guess time will tell.

[housecat]

26. They don't need to watch or think when they have Fox

[Aussie105]

20. Showing the last guy and his tribe of deplorables

how Presidenting should be done.

Shows the difference between experience (Biden, decades in politics, including 8 years as Obama's apprentice) and those who have none.

The last guy owes America and the world a big apology.

Proud to have watched that speech from the other side of the world.

In a word: Uplifting!

[DeeDeeNY]

22. Still trying to figure out Tim Scott's rebuttal

It made zero sense. Zero.

[housecat]

25. Don't let up.

Keep on this track and don't get distracted by the distractors -- from both parties.

[honest.abe]

27. WOW! That's BFD!

[FlyingPiggy]

32. Those #'s are overwhelming! Not surprised as it was an incredible speech

That hit all the right notes. He’s knocking it out of the park.