Biden is in a terrible position right now.
President Joe Biden’s approval rating has plummeted to a record low of 37.4%, with a disapproval rate of 56.6%, as reported by the polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight.
This significant decline in support coincides with a noticeable drop in approval among nonwhite voters. Additionally, progressive factions have criticized the administration’s response to Israel’s actions in Gaza following the Hamas attack on October 7, according to Business Insider.
Biden’s approval ratings began to deteriorate following the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and have not recovered since.
On August 15, 2021, as the Taliban rapidly took control of Kabul, Biden’s approval rating was at 49%, based on Gallup’s data, just seven months into his presidency. By the following month, it had dropped to 43%.
In contrast, former President Donald Trump’s approval rating has seen a slight increase since he left office after the Capitol riot. FiveThirtyEight’s weighted average shows Trump with a 41.6% approval rating, despite the legal challenges he faces, including being the first former president convicted of a felony.
In 2016, Gallup identified Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the most unpopular presidential candidates since Gallup began tracking such data in 1956, as noted by Business Insider.
During Biden’s most recent quarter in office, ending April 18, his approval rating reached its lowest point for any president in decades during that period. Four other modern presidents also had sub-50% approval ratings at this stage of their terms, with only President Barack Obama managing to secure reelection.
By comparison, Trump’s Gallup average at this same point in 2020 was 46.8%, yet he lost the election to Biden in November.
