{"id":545,"date":"2023-02-11T02:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/?p=545"},"modified":"2023-02-11T02:05:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T02:05:15","slug":"a-cnn-poll-claims-a-record-low-72-of-viewers-43-of-republicans-approved-of-president-bidens-sotu-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edenreports.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/a-cnn-poll-claims-a-record-low-72-of-viewers-43-of-republicans-approved-of-president-bidens-sotu-address\/","title":{"rendered":"A CNN Poll Claims a Record Low 72% of Viewers, 43% of Republicans Approved of President Biden&#8217;s SOTU Address"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/23601613-cnn-sotu-reaction-poll\">CNN Poll conducted by SSRS<\/a>, 72% of Americans who viewed President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address had a favorable reaction, with 34% expressing a very positive reaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pattern of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">widespread yet largely positive reception<\/a>&nbsp;is reminiscent of the response to Biden&#8217;s speech last year, the poll&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">claims<\/a>. In 2022,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">71%<\/a>&nbsp;of those who listened to his speech had a favorable reaction, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">41%<\/a>&nbsp;expressing a highly positive response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typically, presidential addresses to Congress receive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">positive marks<\/a>&nbsp;from speech-watchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">recent years<\/a>, past presidents such as Donald Trump (76% positive), Barack Obama (84% positive), and George W. Bush (84% positive) have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">received high levels<\/a>&nbsp;of positive reactions from viewers during their third-year addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, President Biden&#8217;s speech received the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">lowest level of very positive reactions<\/a>&nbsp;in CNN&#8217;s speech reaction polls, with only&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/biden-state-of-the-union-2023\/h_2ba5925736eda5fb0883e61d8004793d\">34%<\/a>&nbsp;of viewers reacting positively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, some Americans are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">not convinced<\/a>&nbsp;that as much as 72% of viewers approved of Biden&#8217;s State of the Union Speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden&#8217;s first SOTU address got&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/03\/biden-sotu-ratings-down-from-first-addresses-by-trump-obama\/\">fewer views<\/a>&nbsp;than both Trump&#8217;s and Obama&#8217;s, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/03\/biden-sotu-ratings-down-from-first-addresses-by-trump-obama\/\">38 million<\/a>&nbsp;viewers tuning in compared to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/03\/biden-sotu-ratings-down-from-first-addresses-by-trump-obama\/\">45.5 million<\/a>&nbsp;for Trump and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/03\/biden-sotu-ratings-down-from-first-addresses-by-trump-obama\/\">48 million<\/a>&nbsp;for Obama. This may be due to the fact that it appears that the American population&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/07\/1152540265\/biden-2023-state-of-the-union-what-to-watch-for-key-issues\">remains discontent<\/a>&nbsp;with the current state of the country. A substantial&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/07\/1152540265\/biden-2023-state-of-the-union-what-to-watch-for-key-issues\">two-thirds<\/a>&nbsp;of the population believe that the country is moving in the wrong direction and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/02\/07\/1152540265\/biden-2023-state-of-the-union-what-to-watch-for-key-issues\">majority hold unfavorable opinions<\/a>&nbsp;about President Biden&#8217;s performance in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There also seems to be a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">lack of confidence<\/a>&nbsp;in the country&#8217;s leadership.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">Results<\/a>&nbsp;show that a significant percentage of Americans, ranging from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">68% to 72%<\/a>, have expressed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">low confidence<\/a>&nbsp;in President Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and their respective political parties in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering these&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/americans-low-confidence-leaders-gop-risk-political-disputes\/story?id=96887707\">findings<\/a>, the State of the Union does not appear to be very promising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a&nbsp;CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, 72% of Americans who viewed President Joe Biden&#8217;s State of the Union address had a favorable reaction, with 34% expressing a very positive reaction. The pattern of&nbsp;widespread yet largely positive reception&nbsp;is reminiscent of the response to Biden&#8217;s speech last year, the poll&nbsp;claims. 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