A Gallup poll released Friday showed President Joe Biden’s approval rating fell to 38% in February, leaving him just 1 percentage point shy of an all-time low. This number is well below the 50 percent threshold normally required for incumbents to achieve reelection.
Biden also has below-average approval ratings for his responses to five key issues facing the United States. These include an all-time low of 28% on immigration and a range of 30% to 40% on the Middle East situation between Israel and Hamas. The situation, the economy, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Gallup poll was conducted among 1,016 adults from February 1st to February 20th, and found that 38% of respondents approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president, while 59% disapprove. I understand.
Two percent of respondents had no opinion about the octogenarian, who is aiming to return to the White House in 2024.
The bad news didn’t stop there, with the 81-year-old’s recent similarly low numbers as well.
Even worse polls for Biden. https://t.co/AtD7RUQV1n
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Biden’s latest approval rating is 3 points lower than his approval rating in January (41%). Biden had a record low approval rating of 37% in Gallup polls conducted in April, October and November of last year.
“Heading into November, history suggests that if Mr. Biden is to win a second term, he will have to make significant efforts to improve his support among Democrats as well as independents. ” suggested a Gallup news release accompanying the data.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Another terrible poll for Biden. https://t.co/LfVzy9HFRg
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Mr. Biden’s approval rating has not exceeded 44% since August 2021, and his average approval rating of 39.8% in his third year in office is the highest among presidents elected in their first term since World War II. This was the second worst number.
Read the full report on Gallup’s findings here
