President Joe Biden finally did it. The lackluster leader’s approval rating has fallen below every president of the modern era at this stage of their term.
Citing approval polling dating back to Harry S. Truman in 1945, FiveThirtyEight said that no president has been below, or even equal to, Biden’s average of 40.9% on Day 490 of their presidency.
Former Presidents Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Gerald Ford had lower average approval ratings at some stage early in their presidencies, but Biden has caught up, and today’s average was the first for which he was below all presidents since Truman, a potentially troubling trend as Democrats ready for the midterm elections.
Biden's net approval dips to lowest of presidency: @FiveThirtyEight
Joe Biden is now the Least Popular President (net approval) at this point in office
Biden's net approval is 4 points lower than Trump's at this time in office pic.twitter.com/CurB7eAKpC
— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) May 25, 2022
Also today, Reuters’ pollster Ipsos pegged Biden’s approval rating at just 36%, his worst yet.
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