Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Can Biden Regain Popularity? Well, Reagan Saw Worse

The last four presidents who won re-election had weak approval ratings during their first terms. Still, congressional Democrats need leadership as a big week looms.

September 27, 2021 at 7:30 AM EDT

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

He’s having a bad month.
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Odds and ends as we enter a big week in Congress:

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