New York Times: Biden Received Early Warnings That Immigration and Inflation Could Erode His Support
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
The correspondence was obtained in reporting for a forthcoming book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future.”
The series of confidential polling data and weekly memos presented to Mr. Biden’s inner circle from April of last year to January of this year provides a road map of the declining support of a president whose initial legislative proposals spurred comparisons to the New Deal or the Great Society.
Despite the early warnings from his pollster, Mr. Biden and his top advisers have struggled to prevent either issue from becoming a major political liability. His economic team said inflation was temporary. Turmoil among his immigration aides delayed any serious action to address the border.
With congressional elections just months away, the polling memos underscore the biggest challenges for Mr. Biden and his party as they face the prospect of losing power to Republicans on Capitol Hill.