Joe Biden's latest presidential job approval rating has set a new record low for futility, putting him in danger of losing reelection.
Biden “averaged 38.7 percent job approval during his recently completed 13th quarter in office, which began on Jan. 20 and ended April 19,” the polling firm Gallup reports, citing its latest survey.”
That would be the lowest mark for that quarter of a president's term since Gallup began polling presidential job approval nearly 70 years ago.
“None of the other nine presidents elected to their first term since Dwight Eisenhower had a lower 13th-quarter average than Biden,” Gallup finds.
“From a broader historical perspective, Biden's most recent quarterly average ranks 277th out of 314 presidential quarters in Gallup records dating to 1945. That puts it in the bottom 12% of all presidential quarters,” Gallup adds.
That number places Biden in infamous company, when it comes to winning a second term in office.
“George H.W. Bush had the previous low 13th quarter average approval rating, at 41.8 percent in 1992. Donald Trump and Barack Obama, Biden's immediate predecessors in office, averaged 46.8 percent and 45.9 percent job approval, respectively, at the same point in their presidencies,” Gallup finds, adding. “Jimmy Carter is the only other president with a sub-50 percent average in his 13th quarter.”
Of the four previous presidents with less than a 50 percent 13th quarter approval rating, only Obama won re-election.
While Obama was aided by personal charisma and favorable news events, it appears Biden won't have those winds at his back in what's left of 2024.
“During the 13th quarter, the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza continued, as did elevated levels of illegal crossings at the U.S. Southern border. In February, a bipartisan immigration reform bill negotiated in the Senate failed to pass,” Gallup notes, adding, “And while macroeconomic indicators, particularly job growth, remain positive, there have been signs that inflation may be increasing again. The stock market, which hit record highs during the quarter, has faltered in recent weeks.”
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