CNN's own heavily Dem poll gave Biden lowest 'very positive' SOTU response in 15 years: 'The tide did not turn tonight'

President Joe Biden received the lowest marks in CNN's post-State of the Union poll in 15 years, despite the respondents being significantly more Democratic than the general public.

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After Biden's speech, CNN political director David Chalian revealed the results from CNN's post-SOTU poll and explained why the poll signals bad news for Biden.

"This is a poll of people who watch the speech. And what’s important to note about that is that people who watch a president give a State of the Union tend to be more supportive of that president or in that president’s party," Chalian explained. "And so our survey tonight of speech watchers is about 11 points more Democratic as a body of people here that were pulled than the overall population in America."

Despite the overwhelming Democrat bias in the pool of respondents, just 41% of people polled said they had a "very positive" reaction to Biden's speech, while 29% said they had a "somewhat positive" reaction and 29% said they had a "negative reaction."

The "very positive" number is down 10 points from 2021, when CNN recorded a "very positive" reaction among 51% of respondents. The significant drop is a problem for Biden because, as Chalian explained, "that 41% is the lowest very positive we’ve seen in about the last 15 years of instant polling after the State of the Union address."

Even more troubling for Biden was that a majority of respondents told CNN that Biden failed to sufficiently address violent crime and historic inflation. According to CNN's poll, only 47% of respondents said Biden adequately addressed inflation and just 46% of respondents said he sufficiently addressed violent crime.

"Majorities for both inflation and violent crime said he did not do enough," Chalian observed. "And again, I just want to remind you that is the majority of a speech-watching audience that is more Democratic than the American populace overall."

Meanwhile, respondents gave Biden positive marks on Ukraine — 69% said he adequately addressed Russia's invasion of Ukraine — but the same respondents, when asked to choose the most important issue between the economy and Ukraine, overwhelmingly (64% to 36%) said the economy was more important than Ukraine.

"The tide did not turn tonight," Democratic political strategist David Axelrod reacted.