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China "Spy Balloon" Incident Fails To Dent Biden's Approval Rating

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New polls based upon survey data conducted after Chinese "Spy Balloon" incident suggest that the episode hasn't significantly affected President Biden's approval rating despite sustained attacks from Republican lawmakers.

  • Biden's approval rating currently stands at 43% on FiveThirtyEight's approval tracker, marginally below the 44.1% he experience in mid-January before taking a hit from the story that he had improperly stored classified government documents.
  • According to RealClearPolitics, Biden's approval rating stands slightly higher at 43.7%

Figure 1: President Biden Approval Rating (FiveThirtyEight)

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