According to one report, President Biden's average job approval rating in his third year in office was the lowest of any US president since President Carter. new gallup poll Published on Thursday.
Biden's average presidential approval rating in Gallup polls during his third year (January 20, 2023 to January 19, 2024) was 39.8%.
Mr. Biden's current presidential approval rating is 41%, which is the worst approval rating of any president since Mr. Carter, who lost his re-election campaign with an average poll of 37.4% in his third year. Carter's third year in office was marked by some of the worst times in history, with the Iran hostage crisis, soaring gas prices and double-digit inflation.
Biden's performance in his third year was worse than that of former President Trump, who had an average approval rating of 42% in his third year in office.
During Biden's first two years in office, his average approval rating was higher than Trump's. Biden's average approval rating was 48.9% in his first year and 41% in his second year.
In recent years, as the political environment has become increasingly polarized, fluctuations in presidential approval ratings have been decreasing. Democrats typically approve of their own party's president and disapprove of their Republican president, and vice versa.
Gallup's analysis reveals this trend. Looking at the average approval ratings for the third year of every president since Eisenhower, the average partisan gap was largest in Trump's third year (82 points), followed by Biden's third year (78 points).
Mr. Biden's average approval rating in his third year was 83%, the highest among Democrats since Gallup began polling in the 1950s, and the lowest ever among Republicans at 5%.
President Trump's average approval rating among Republicans in his third year was 89%, tied with his elder President Bush and second only to Eisenhower, who averaged 91% approval among Republicans. But Trump's average approval rating among Democrats in his third year also hit an all-time low of 7%.
The average national poll from The Hill/Decision Desk Headquarters for a hypothetical 2024 matchup between Biden and Trump shows Trump leading by 2.2 percentage points, followed by Biden at 41.6 percent with 43.8 percent support.
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