![]() ![]() It’s not just border cities that are dealing with this. It took Harris months before even showing up to the border ( her one and only visit), and during the Biden administration, migrant encounters at the border have risen to record levels. What's the endgame?: Biden's White House is fine with the chaos it created at the border What immigration reform?: Biden's new immigration policy has something for everyone to hate He has not taken back the role, but he might as well have. Shortly after taking office, Biden gave Harris the significant job of handling the border crisis. Instead, she’s talking about the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Why wasn’t she chosen to represent the administration? For instance, Biden headed to California on Thursday to see the damage caused from endless rain in recent weeks. Yet, one area of the state hit hard by the deluge is Harris’ home turf of the Bay Area. The White House oddly avoids sending her to events that could showcase her strengths. Kamala Harris' name isn't difficult to pronounce: There's no excuse for getting it wrong Her public appearances aren’t frequent, nor widely publicized.Įven Biden botched the pronunciation of her first name at an event this week – something she has made clear she cares about. Many of us could be forgiven if we’ve forgotten Harris is even around. One recent headline from Reason magazine said: “ Kamala Harris Is a Flop.” And in November, Slate didn’t mince words: “ If Biden Runs Again, He Should Pick a New VP.” Absent from duty The consensus seems to be that she has done an extraordinarily unimpressive job as vice president. The poll showed 64 per cent of Americans did not want Mr Biden to run for the White House again, including 28 per cent of Democrats.That being said, identity politics can only take you so far, and Harris hasn’t brought much else to the table. In a presidential match-up 44 per cent would vote for Donald Trump and 40 per cent for Mr Biden, it said. ![]() If Congressional elections were held today 46 per cent would vote Republican and 38 per cent Democrat, the poll said. The Democrat-controlled Congress recorded just 12 per cent approval and 75 per cent disapproval. Mr Biden's current presidential approval rating was 38 per cent, according to the latest poll. In May 1970, four months in to office, a Gallup poll showed Mr Agnew with 49 per cent approval. But even he recorded higher poll numbers than Ms Harris early on. Richard Nixon's original vice-president, Spiro Agnew, resigned in disgrace, and pleaded no contest to tax evasion, in 1973. Mr Bush himself was a popular vice-president under Ronald Reagan, as was his predecessor Walter Mondale, who became Jimmy Carter's Vice President in 1976. A poll after he had been in office seven months showed Mr Qualye with an approval rating of 43 per cent, and disapproval of just 22 per cent. "It also could spell doom for Democrats in the upcoming midterms."Īt the same stage of Donald Trump's presidency, Mike Pence was recording approval ratings above 40 per cent.īefore that Mr Biden, as Barack Obama's vice-president, Dick Cheney, and Al Gore, were all even further ahead of Ms Harris at the same stage.Įven Dan Quayle, the much-mocked vice-president of George H.W. Unpopularity ‘could spell doom for Democrats’ĭavid Paleologos, of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, said: "The poll is a historic low point for the Biden administration, no matter how you look at it. With her domestic popularity sinking, the White House sent Ms Harris to Paris to meet Emmanuel Macron, the French president. Increasingly, she has not been at Mr Biden's side at public events. In the latest poll, 21 per cent of voters were undecided, indicating Ms Harris's lack of visibility. ![]() Since then Ms Harris has stumbled, including by declining to go to the Mexico border for weeks after Joe Biden put her in charge of the immigration situation there. ![]() It represented a dramatic decline from when Ms Harris took office, when her approval rating was over 50 per cent in several polls. There appears to be no polling record of a modern vice-president being that unpopular nine months into their term. Ms Harris's approval rating sank to just 27.8 per cent, and her disapproval rating was 51.2 per cent, according to a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll. Kamala Harris's approval rating reached a "historic" new low in a poll which appeared to make her the least popular US vice-president at this stage of an administration in at least 50 years. ![]()
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