Only one-third of American adults say they approve of President Biden's job performance, the lowest rate of any president during his term or the past 15 years.
in ABC News/Ipsos pollwas conducted from January 4 to 8, and only 33% of those surveyed said they supported Biden, down from the previous survey in September 2023, when 37% approved of Biden's performance. did. Biden's disapproval rating was 58%, up from 56% in September.
According to ABC News, this is the lowest approval rating since former President George W. Bush from 2006 to 2008.
Biden, who is seeking re-election, has lower approval ratings than former President Trump, the leading Republican presidential candidate.
When asked whether they would “look back” and approve of the way Trump handled his work as president, 41% said they did, down from 48% in September. President Trump's disapproval rating was 53%, up from 49% in September.
When asked whether Trump and Biden were “honest and trustworthy,” Biden led Trump by 15 points, with 41% saying they were true to Biden (from the previous survey in May 2023). 26% said the same applies to Trump. In May 2023, he was down from 33%.
Mr. Trump led Mr. Biden when asked whether candidates had the mental acuity to campaign effectively and whether they were physically healthy enough to campaign effectively. , compared to last May, both candidates saw their numbers drop.
As for Biden, 28% of respondents said he had sufficient mental acuity, down from 32% last year, while 28% said he was in good physical health, 33% last year. decreased from As for President Trump, 47% said he has sufficient mental strength, down from 54% last May, but still significantly better than Biden's poll. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they were in good enough physical health, down from 64% in May last year.
A sliver of good news for the Biden campaign may come from a drop in disapproval of his handling of the economy. His approval rating on the economy stood at 31%, up from 30% in September, but his disapproval rating fell by 8 points. In September, it was 64%; now it is 56%.
A growing number of Americans appear to be unsure whether to approve of Biden's economic policy response. In several polls conducted over the two-year period from September 2021 to September 2023, only 4 to 6 percent omitted an answer or said they had no opinion on economic approval. was. In January 2024, that number more than doubled to 14%.
But the Biden campaign has previously warned against focusing too much on polls, saying it is still early in the election season.
The poll surveyed 2,228 adults and had a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
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