More than one in five Democrats say they disapprove of President Biden’s job performance, with his approval ratings dragging down the party nationally, according to new polling from the Trafalgar Group released on Saturday
In all, 22.7% of Democrats either disapproved or strongly disapproved of President Biden’s job performance, while 70.2% of party voters offered approval or strong approval. A further 7.1% said they had no opinion.
The support among party faithful echoed his performance more broadly. The poll also showed Biden underwater nationally with 55.7% of voters either disapproving or strongly disapproving of the president’s time in office so far. Only 39.1% said they approved of Biden’s performance.
In response to the question of “In general, for whom do you plan to vote in the upcoming 2022 congressional election?” — 48.2% of respondents said the Republican candidate, while just 42.9% said the Democrat candidate. A further 8.9% were undecided.
The poll surveyed 1,079 likely general election voters between Monday and Wednesday, and had a margin of error of 2.9%