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Democratic Party leaders across the country arecalling on party bossesto curtail, postpone or dramatically rethink the party snational conventionscheduled for July in Milwaukee, concerned that holding a mass gathering just as levels of infection are expected to ebb could expose thousands to thecoronavirusonce again. Calls from the party stanley termoska faithful to rethink the Democratic National Convention come as the party s presumed presidential nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, for the first time publicly expressed doubt that the gathering could proceed as it has in the past in an MSNBC interview Tuesday.The Democratic National Convention is scheduled to run July 13 to 16 in a city already facing questions about whether it can accommodate 4,750 delegates, plus thousands of other party officials, corporate sponsors and journalists. Cancellation or curtailment of the national convention, the first ever held in Cream City, could lead to millions of dollars in lost revenue. The 2016 Democratic convention stanley cup generated $231 million for Philadelphia. AMar stanley website quette University Law School pollreleased on Wednesday finds that 62% of Wisconsin residents believe the convention should not be held as an in-person event. Just 22% believe it should meet as scheduled.But party leaders are increasingly resigned to the need to make big changes. It s more likely that it gets canceled than it happening. That s 100% true, said Alexis Wiley, a DNC superdelegate from Michigan. A traditional convention is o Vvpi Huntsman, excluded from Iowa debate, holds N.H. town hall
CBS/AP President Barack Obama s overall job approval rating was down to just 43 percent in the latest CBS News/New York Times P stanley cups oll, his lowest stanley canada rating so far. Even more, 50 percent disapprove. And while he retains the support of most Democrats, he has lost the support of independents, 54 percent of whom disapprove of the job he is doing. No doubt the poor economy - 86 percent say it is in bad shape -- has kept Mr. Obama s job approval ratings low.Obama s approval rating drops to all-time low; Public split on jobs plan Previous modern presidents who have been re-elected to second terms have also held office during bad economies. President Ronald Reagan faced an unemployment rate of over 9 per vaso stanley cent in 1983 - similar to the current jobless rate - and his 46 percent job approval rating at this point in his presidency was similar to that of President Obama now. In 1995, President Bill Clinton s approval rating was 43 percent. CBS Others have lost their bids for re-election. In September 1991, President George H. W. Bush received a very high 70 percent approval rating, but that was a reflection of the public s approval of the successful Persian Gulf War earlier in the year. Throughout 1992, his approval ratings fell precipitously, to just 31 percent in July. And Jimmy Carter, another president who faced tough economic con
