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Demovictory9

(32,457 posts)
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 08:05 PM Aug 2022

Joe Manchin is the least popular figure in latest NBC News poll. 11% view positively

Joe Manchin is the least popular figure in latest NBC News poll
Just 11% of registered voters said they had positive views of the West Virginia Democrat.


Roughly one-third of voters — 34%— had negative feelings, making Manchin the most unpopular figure in the poll with a net-negative rating of 23%.

None of the figures or groups had net-positive ratings. In order from most positive to least positive, the survey found the following net ratings:

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.: -6 points (28% positive, 34% negative)
The U.S. Supreme Court: -7 points (35% positive, 42% negative)
Joe Biden: -8 points (40% positive, 48% negative)
The Republican Party: -15 points (34% positive, 49% negative)
The Democratic Party: -17 points (34% positive, 51% negative)
Donald Trump: -18 points (36% positive, 54% negative)
Kamala Harris: -18 points (32% positive, 50% negative)
Mike Pence: -19 points (25% positive, 44% negative)
Manchin: -23 points (11% positive, 34% negative)

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/joe-manchin-least-popular-figure-latest-nbc-news-poll-rcna44264

The disdain for Manchin spanned political parties, with 40% of Democrats, 31% of Republicans and 30% of independents viewing him negatively.

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Joe Manchin is the least popular figure in latest NBC News poll. 11% view positively (Original Post) Demovictory9 Aug 2022 OP
Post removed Post removed Aug 2022 #1
The guy who passed President Biden's biggest achievement. empedocles Aug 2022 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2022 #4
It would have been Biden's second biggest achievement if he didn't squash the first one. TheBlackAdder Aug 2022 #5
The President had too much help from both wings of the Democratic Party, empedocles Aug 2022 #7
He will just blame Cinema for that. GreenWave Aug 2022 #3
I think... Mike Nelson Aug 2022 #6
He had high approvals in his own home state JI7 Aug 2022 #8
Since the only opinions that matter are WV voters, it is irrelevant what everyone else thinks MichMan Aug 2022 #9

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Mike Nelson

(9,956 posts)
6. I think...
Tue Aug 23, 2022, 08:27 PM
Aug 2022

... he achieved his goal. His home state will remember the months of acting Republican, and forget the short moments he voted to impeach The Donald and supported Biden's agenda.

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