The poll found 50% of Democrats approve of how Biden has navigated the conflict while 46% disapprove — and the two groups diverge substantially in their views of U.S. support for Israel. Biden’s support on the issue among Democrats is down slightly from August, as an AP-NORC poll conducted then found that 57% of Democrats approved of his handling of the conflict and 40% disapproved.

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    That’s part of the problem, though: the left never fell in love with him. He got elected by a small margin in a few key states similar to that of Trump 2016 mainly due to not being Trump rather than any merit of his own.

    It might not work a second time since voters have ridiculously short memories and “not the other one” tactics are much less effective for incumbents.

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      Not to mention some key progressive campaign promises have not materialized or were straight up broken.

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        Which ones? The ones I followed, he invested more political capital in than I ever expected.

        EDIT: My own research, looks like the big one is healthcare. He’s constantly talking about it and constantly “doing something behind closed doors” about it, but nothing has manifested yet. I wonder if it’s because it would never pass the current congress, or if there’s bigger (or more dishonest) reasons.