Joe Biden, the (still) unpopular president
By
Stacey Dec
March 27, 2024 12:41 pm
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JOE BIDEN, THE (STILL) UNPOPULAR PRESIDENT. There’s been a lot of wishful reporting about the political fortunes and reelection hopes of President Joe Biden. Look at some of the headlines: “Biden gains on Trump in 6 battleground states.” “Biden-Trump rematch tightens.” “Biden’s polling is improving.” And more. A recent modest uptick in Biden’s polls, which may or may not signal the start of a real change in the presidential race, has excited many commentators.
But remember a fundamental problem for Biden. Most voters do not approve of the job he is doing as president, and they have not approved of it for the last three years. If that does not change by Nov. 5, the president will not win reelection.
Biden’s job approval at this moment is 40.3%, with a disapproval of 56.1%, according to the RealClearPolitics average of polls. That is a very, very slight improvement from Biden’s recent lows in job approval this year, 39.2% on March 6 and 39.3% on Jan. 16.
Biden’s problem is that his job approval rating has bounced around in a very limited (and low) range since his first year in the White House. It first dipped into negative territory — that is, with approval lower than disapproval — on Aug. 24, 2021, when he had been in office for seven months. It fell below 45% on Oct. 7, 2021, and it has never risen as high as 45% since.
Biden’s job approval hit a bottom (so far) of 37.1% on July 20, 2022. After recovering to around 44%, it has moved between 40% and 44% ever since, with the exception of a couple of dips into the high 30s.
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