Dial Groups

SOTU LIVE DIAL RESULTS: Voters Responded Most Positively to Biden’s Calls to Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Lower Health Care Costs

February 8, 2023
Bryan Bennett

Soft partisans and independents react most positively to Biden’s pledge to protect Social Security and Medicare & the Inflation Reduction Act’s insulin costs cap

Most Reacted Positively To The Speech

The Speech Made Participants More Optimistic About America’s Future

Post-Speech Fewer Are Nervous Or Exhausted, And More Are Hopeful Or Optimistic

Biden’s Image Improves, Especially On The Economy

Most Movement On “Bringing People Together” & Being “Up For The Job Of President”

Confidence Increased Most On Social Security/Medicare, Infrastructure, And Federal Spending

The Speech Made Participants More Hopeful Of Bipartisanship

Post-Speech More See Democrats As Focused On The Right Things

Republicans Fell Short Of Already Low Expectations

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About The Study

GBAO conducted an in-person dial group with 29 respondents in Las Vegas, NV on February 7, 2023. Participants came from a range of political and demographic backgrounds.