A new poll from CNN has cast a light on exactly how unpopular incumbent President Joe Biden really is heading into the November general election.
Biden's approval rating is down 2% since January, as new polling from CNN shows him trailing former President Trump, 49% to 43%.
CNN reported:
Looking back, 55% of all Americans now say they see Trump's presidency as a success, while 44% see it as a failure. In a January 2021 poll taken just before Trump left office and days after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, 55% considered his time as president a failure.
Assessing Biden's time in office so far, 61% say his presidency thus far has been a failure, while 39% say it's been a success. That's narrowly worse than the 57% who called the first year of his administration a failure in January 2022, with 41% calling it a success.
Republicans now are more unified around the idea that Trump's presidency was a success than Democrats are that Biden's has been one. Overall, 92% of Republicans call Trump's time in office a success, while just 73% of Democrats say Biden's has been a success so far. Among independents, 51% say Trump's presidency was successful, while only 37% see Biden's as a success.
Trump celebrated the news with a post to his Truth Social account Monday, writing:
GOOD POLL NUMBERS, FROM CNN OF ALL PLACES, AGAINST THE WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES (BY FAR!).
The poll garnered 1,212 responses and was conducted April 18th to 23rd. The margin of error was 3.4 points.
