Biden’s approval rating plunges to just 33%, lowest since he took office: poll
President Biden’s job approval rating has plunged to a measly 33%, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday
The dismal rating is the lowest that Pew Research has measured since Biden, 81, took office and represents a 2 point drop since the organization’s last approval survey in June.
The president’s approval rating among registered Republicans and those that lean Republican stayed level at 7%, while his support among Democrats tumbled 4 points from June, to 61%.
The pollster notes that Biden’s job rating among Democrats has fallen 12 points since October 2022 and is “relatively low among most major demographic groups.”
Only about half of black Americans, 52%, say they approve of Biden’s job in the oval office.
The president did even worse with Hispanics and Asians, with 33% and 37%, respectively, saying they approve of the way he’s handled the presidency.
“Large majorities of Americans express little or no confidence in Biden’s ability to handle a number of issues, including economic and immigration policy,” the report said. “Confidence in Biden is particularly low in his ability to bring the country closer together.”
Only 24% said they were confident in Biden’s ability to unite the country. Slightly more were confident about his economic policy decisions, 36%, and his handling of immigration issues, 32%.
The poll measured the responses of 5,203 adults between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3.
The Pew Research Center’s findings come one day after David Axelrod, former President Barack Obama’s top political advisers, warned that Biden’s miserable approval rating – as measured in a recent Wall Street Journal poll – is “very, very dark” news for his re-election campaign.
The Wall Street Journal survey, released Saturday, found that only 37% of voters approved of the president’s job in the Oval Office, while 61% held an unfavorable view of the incumbent.
The same poll had former President Donald Trump leading Biden by four points in a head-to-head matchup, and by six points with independent candidates in the mix.
