Russell James Ramsland Jr. is a cybersecurity analyst and former congressional candidate from Dallas, Texas. He works for Allied Security Operations Group and has filed multiple affidavits in election-related lawsuits in 2020.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is plunging into the next phase of his administration with the steady approval of a majority of Americans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows Biden is buoyed in particular by the public’s broad backing for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
In the fourth month of his presidency, Biden’s overall approval rating sits at 63%. When it comes to the new Democratic president’s handling of the pandemic, 71% of Americans approve, including 47% of Republicans.
The AP-NORC poll also shows an uptick in Americans’ overall optimism about the state of the country. Fifty-four percent say the country is on the right track, higher than at any point in AP-NORC polls conducted since 2017; 44% think the nation is on the wrong track.
Those positive marks have fueled the Biden White House’s confidence coming out of the president’s first 100 days in office, a stretch in which he secured passage of a sweeping $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and surged COVID-19 vaccines across the country. The U.S., which has suffered the most virus deaths of any nation, is now viewed enviably by much of the rest of the world for its speedy vaccination program and robust supplies of the shots.
“We are turning a corner,” said Jeff Zients, the White House’s COVID-19 response coordinator.
The improvements have also impacted Americans’ concerns about the virus. The AP-NORC poll shows the public’s worries about the pandemic are at their lowest level since February 2020, when the virus was first reaching the U.S. About half of Americans say they are at least somewhat worried that they or a relative could be infected with the virus, down from about 7 in 10 just a month earlier.
As has been the case throughout the pandemic, there is a wide partisan gap in Americans’ views of pandemic risks. Among Democrats, 69% say they remain at least somewhat worried about being infected with the virus, compared with just 33% of Republicans.
Despite the overall positive assessments of Americans, Biden’s advisers are well aware that the next phase of his presidency is potentially trickier. Vaccination rates have slowed, and the administration is grappling with how to persuade those who are reluctant to get the shots about their safety and efficacy.
Biden’s legislative agenda for the rest of this year also faces obstacles on Capitol Hill. Republicans are resisting his calls for passing a sweeping infrastructure package, and there’s insufficient support among Democrats for overhauling Senate rules in a way that would allow the party to tackle changes to immigration policy, gun laws and voting rights on its own.
There are also potential warning signs emerging on the economy after a strong start to the year. A new government report out Friday showed employers added just 266,000 jobs in April, sharply lower than in March and far fewer than economists had expected. The slowdown was attributed to a multitude of factors, including nearly 3 million people reluctant to look for work because they fear catching the virus. Some businesses — and Republican lawmakers — also argue that a $300-a-week jobless benefit, paid for by the federal government, is discouraging some of the unemployed from taking new jobs.
Biden, however, argued that the report is an indication that more federal spending is needed to help bolster the economy. He’s pitched to Congress a $4 trillion package for spending on infrastructure, education and children, a measure many liberal Democrats say should be bigger and most Republicans argue is far too large.
“We never thought that after the first 50 or 60 days everything would be fine,” Biden said after Friday’s job report was released. “There’s more evidence our economy is moving in the right direction. But it’s clear we have a long way to go.”
What’s unclear is whether the employment slowdown will continue or how it will impact Americans’ views of Biden’s handling of the economy. Ahead of Friday’s new jobs numbers, his approval rating on the economy stood at a solid 57%.
Compared with Biden’s approval ratings on the pandemic, there is a starker partisan divide in views of his handling of the economy. Nearly all Democrats, 91%, back his economic stewardship, while just 19% of GOP voters do.
While the pandemic and the economy have dominated Biden’s early months in office, other significant issues loom.
Immigration in particular has become a growing concern for the White House as it grapples with an increase in migration, including by unaccompanied minors, at the U.S. border with Mexico. Republicans have tried to tie the uptick to Biden’s rollback of more stringent border policies enacted by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Immigration is also among Biden’s lowest-rated issues in the AP-NORC survey. Overall, 43% approve of his handling of the issue, while 54% disapprove.
The president also receives lower marks on gun policy, which has catapulted back to the forefront of the national debate following a string of mass shootings across the country. Americans are largely split over Biden’s approach to the issue, with 48% approving and 49% disapproving.
The next phase of Biden’s presidency is also likely to include more action on foreign policy. He announced that all U.S. troops will withdraw from Afghanistan by September, and American negotiators have resumed discussions with Iran on a new nuclear agreement. The White House has also signaled that Biden may hold his first in-person meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer.
Thus far, a slim majority of Americans, 54%, say they approve of Biden’s foreign policy.
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The AP-NORC poll of 1,842 adults was conducted April 29-May 3 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
27 Answers Profile photo for John Blackstock John Blackstock, Bassist, currently studying data analytics Answered December 8
So far, there isn’t one.
Which is strange, because the amount of evidence generated by fraud large enough to change an election, would be massive. There would be thousands of people involved in this conspiracy in order to make it happen.
And I’m not talking about the evidence that Trump and his people have come up with. I mean large amounts of smoking gun, red-handed, obvious instances of voter fraud.
And there would be a lot of it to find.
So, there are a lot of different allegations of fraud, but I’ll go with the big ones here. Algorithms changing votes, dead people/ineligible people voting, and … (more) 83 comments from Curtis W. Scissons and more Profile photo for Kyle Breaux Kyle Breaux, Lifelong Democrat Answered December 8 Well see—first you have to believe their alternative facts, and then there’s a lot of evidence.
All you have to do is ignore what Dominion says about their own voting machines and accept that a bunch of ballots for Biden were duplicated into the system by having to rescan.
You just have to believe Trump’s wild assertions of dead people voting that were debunked by his own commission in 2017.
Just accept that mail voting is fraudulent because the votes weren’t tallied by election night—even though red states made laws that the votes couldn’t be tallied until election night…
You just have to toss ou … (more) Adding comments disabled Profile photo for Kristen Cox Kristen Cox, Small business owner Answered December 8 Well there is video footage of four workers scanning ballots after telling everyone else to leave they were done for the day. Ballots that came from hidden suitcases. Not at all fishy. Seems legit right.
listen to the Georgia and Michigan hearing, it’s hard to stomach.
also the voting systems are very easily manipulated to change votes, it’s simple programming. Why did the information have to get sent to Germany and Spain to be counted. Why did Trump have a lead in the six states and then have them all stop counting and then start back up and shockingly the lead is gone. It’s fishy. But hey just allow a forensic audit of the ballots and the machines and we will find out real fast if there is a problem. The side that is wrong will know they are wrong.
The lower courts dismissing and ruling against Trump is exactly what he wants. The faster the better, once it gets to the Supreme Court its game over.
seriously, let’s audit the machines and the ballots. Prove him wrong.
189 viewsView 2 upvotes 15 comments from Dave Banks and more Related Questions More Answers Below Trump supporters say that there has been evidence of mass voter fraud in this election, but the media just isn’t reporting on it. Where is this “evidence”? What evidence is publicly available showing the 2020 election fraud? Is there any evidence of Donald Trump's lies and fraud that can convince his "base" to turn against him? Profile photo for Jeff Wainright Jeff Wainright, Support Engineer (2007-present) Answered December 8 Where is it? Gosh you can’t miss it.
See that road over yonder? Follow that road counterclockwise until the farting pigeon tells you to turn around and go back three miles.
Once you get there, the opera singing pig will show you the hidden road. Many people have said how beautifully he sings - most people don’t know how he does it.
Follow the hidden road north by southwest for a spell. Keep an eye out for the Oratory Tree. You will need to memorize his rather lengthy soliloquy and recite it back verbatim while standing on one foot and picking your wife’s nose … blindfolded. Once you complete this … (more) 1 comment from Michael Davies Profile photo for Kevin Davidson Kevin Davidson, lives in The United States of America Answered December 8 I’ve been watching this issue closely since the election, and I have a fairly good idea what the Trump follower considers evidence. There are many issues they raise from malfeasance of election officials, to mathematical artifacts, to eyewitness testimony and even video evidence.
The disconnect between the certainty they have based on this evidence and its universal rejection by courts, including even by judges Trump appointed, must be disconcerting, and if they avoid all mainstream news sources, they aren’t going to find out what’s wrong. It’s a problem I do not have a solution for.
What I have … (more) 1 comment from Richard Reynolds Profile photo for Mike Winslade Mike Winslade, former Self Employed Answered December 11 The latest court filing in Texas vs (4 other states) alleges that the fraud is undetectable[1]
So now we have mountains of evidence of undetectable fraud. Or maybe just a lot of hot air.
The previously submitted “mountains of evidence” (aka “Kraken released”) consisted of:
Witnesses who recant their testimony[2]
Witnesses who cannot be believed[3]
And witnesses who saw something that wasn’t fraud but they didn’t like it[4]
A verifiably undetectable Kraken.
Q: Where is the "mountain of evidence" to prove the fraudulent election that Trump followers keep proclaiming exists?
Profile photo for Edward Dorsey Edward Dorsey, MFA World Music & Music Composition, California Institute of the Arts (1986) Answered December 8 It is just a stack of paper with people believing they saw something or feel something must be wrong so somebody needs to check. All imagined or believed or just plain mistaken. It is all a bunch of crap, which is why the Donald election fraud lawsuit attempts in court don’t claim “fraud”. They can’t claim fraud, except during the statements to the press. They can’t do that in court.
They just want the airtime and once thrown out of court hope that the general accusations stick. They can’t get the lawsuits moving with the useless not real “evidence” they have in hand. It is all a show, not some … (more) Profile photo for Fleche Rouge
Profile photo for Don Wynn Don Wynn, lives in Chicago (1960-present) Answered March 2 Well, now its the changing of rules for mail in ballots that was the fraud. Or rather it ALLOWED for fraud, because now its too late to ‘catch’ the fraud that just HAD to have happened. And of course there is the always reliable from the theorists “just wait, all the court cases aren’t finished yet and the states are looking into the fraud as well, it’ll all come out and you’ll be eating crow and Biden will be removed”, etc., etc. To which I reply “Yeah, and you can call me Blue Boy while I hold my breath waiting for that to happen!”
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There isn’t any. None at all.
What we are seeing is a con man, Trump, making baseless claims, and mass hysteria, on the part of his cult followers, as they convince themselves to believe him. The mass hysteria is more scary to me than the con man.
161 viewsView 15 upvotes 2 comments from David Craig and more Profile photo for Joshua Hayward Joshua Hayward, Analyst studying politics for 20+ years Answered February 27
What is evidence?
In a normal court proceeding:
1. A single affidavit is evidence.
2. A single eyewitness is evidence.
3. Forensic accounting is evidence.
4. Testing of faulty equipment is evidence.
Here Is The Evidence Crowdsourcing Evidence For Journalists https://hereistheevidence.com/ Gaslighting is telling people a blatant lie and trying to get them to believe the lie instead of their own senses. I saw the election eve bumps and said to my self, as a data scientist you know that's not right…
Prove me wrong, there was fraud.
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Profile photo for Richard Doherty Richard Doherty Answered December 25 I personally believe that Biden was elected fairly and that the total amount of actual fraud is tiny compared to the total number of votes.
But to be fair to the question asker and the other side, here is a fairly well organized list of election problems, with links to sources sorted by likely accuracy. Here Is The Evidence
The other posters here have well articulated why this was a fairly clean election, and Americans should be very comfortable with the final Biden outcome.
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Profile photo for Darren Bord Darren Bord, Designer, musician, fighter, atheist... dog servant Answered December 8
Oh it’s there, trust me! Trump is just waiting for the right moment to reveal it all… which evidently is AFTER all the court dates, media coverage, and public interest.
A week or two after Biden is sworn in he’s gonna release a YUUUUGE amount of evidence, and boy are some of us gonna feel silly.
Or, ya know, it’s all Trump bullshit as usual.
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Profile photo for Paul Haden Paul Haden, former Police Officer (1970-2000) Answered December 11
On the right, on the Yellow Brick Road toward the Emerald City.
The Wizard will show it to you if you re-elect him.
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Ronald J Brown, Retired English teacher, high tech guru and tax specialist Answered December 8
Where is the "mountain of evidence" to prove the fraudulent election that Trump followers keep proclaiming exists?
Excellent question. You’d think that if there was a “mountain” of evidence his lawyers could present this evidence in courtrooms so that the judges wouldn’t dismiss their claims.
166 viewsView 7 upvotes Adding comments disabled Profile photo for Ross Lumbus Ross Lumbus Answered December 8 1000’s of affidavits, missing truck full of ballots, video evidence, huge anomalies and such.
What is it EXACTLY are you saying or wanting SPECIFICALLY?
104 viewsView 1 upvote · Answer requested by Michael Davies 9 comments from Michael Davies and more Profile photo for Anonymous Anonymous Answered December 8
This mountain of evidence is lies, innuendo, rumour, fabrication and baseless allegation on the right-wing media sites. That is all it is.
Profile photo for Penelope Greenfield Penelope Greenfield, lives in The United States of America Answered December 8 There is no mountain of evidence. If there were, they would have produced it for court proceedings as evidence for their countless cases.
82 viewsView 4 upvotes · Answer requested by Michael Davies 1 comment from Michael Davies Profile photo for Mike Burch Mike Burch, Poet, Editor and Publisher Answered December 8 Don the Con is a con man, and con men lie to get what they want. The only “mountain of evidence” is the enormous mountain of lies being spewed by Trump and his “crack legal team” who seem to be smoking crack between lawsuits and kissing Trump’s a$$-crack.
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Profile photo for Barbara Vines Barbara Vines, lives in Freeport, Illinois Answered December 8 It exists in the minds of trump and his cultist followers. Nowhere else.
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Profile photo for Harold Thorne Harold Thorne, Retired AF Intel Analyst and Factory Supervisor Answered December 8 The mountain of evidence is that there is no evidence of fraud. That particular mountain was built by election officials, governors, and judges capped by the Attorney General, who planted the flag on top.
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Profile photo for Roger Bliss Roger Bliss, Engineer / Programmer (1987-present) Answered December 12 That “mountain of evidence” became an invisible molehill when he was asked to show it in court.
Maybe he will release that evidence after he releases his tax return.
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Profile photo for John Thompson John Thompson, former Lawyer (1989-2019) Answered December 13 Apparently down the front of Giuliani’s pants. He just seems to get distracted by something when he fumbles for it, though.
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Profile photo for Tom Anderson Tom Anderson, BA from Florida Atlantic University (1997) Answered December 8 It isn’t a mountain, it is, in trump’s words, “a huge dump”, and his followers are eating it up.
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Profile photo for Roger Kinnard Roger Kinnard, neurologist/investor Answered December 12 Since just saying that there is a mountain of evidence has not convinced judges, it is time for Trump and the AG of Texas to actually produce this mountain of evidence and take it to federal court to get relief. Keeping it hidden is not working.
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Profile photo for Richard Gould-Saltman Richard Gould-Saltman, Card-carrying patriotic radical American Updated February 27 Ever drive through Coalinga, California, downwind of the Harris Ranch, on a hot day? You’ll smell a similar “mountain of evidence”.
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Profile photo for Harvey Kravetz Harvey Kravetz, Been a political wonk since Truman v Dewey Answered February 17 The Republicans know the election was rigged they rigged it and still lost, no wonder they are so obsessed with voter fraud.
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Profile photo for Joseph Vahabzadeh Joseph Vahabzadeh, knows English Answered January 2 No such evidence exists. Trump's supporters are quite aware of this, but cannot bring themselves to admit it.
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