Americans Find ‘Uncle Joe’ Reassuring

The Los Angeles Times says President Biden “has an ability to put forward progressive ideas in a way that strikes centrist voters as nonthreatening.”

Said Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher: “You cannot underestimate how comfortable Uncle Joe is for a lot of people. They give an old, white guy the benefit of the doubt.”

“Even as Biden has pushed activist policy, he’s succeeded in lowering the temperature of Washington’s political debates. That reduced partisan intensity has helped him, strategists in both parties say. But it could create a problem down the road, depriving Biden of the fervent support that can sustain a president in bad times.”