Biden 'Approval Rating' Drops to New Record Low, As Nearly 80% of Voters Say 'Country on Wrong Track'

“The fact that more Independent Voters are feeling the pain is a warning sign.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — President Joe Biden's "Approval Rating" is continuing to sink further according to the most recent Monmouth University Poll – and remains underwater by double-digit margins – as more than 80% of "Registered U.S. Voters" now say the U.S. is on the wrong track.

The poll released Thursday, May 12th found that:
 

• Biden's "Approval Rating" has now declined to 38%, which when compared to a 57% "Disapproval Rating" leads to a near -20% net negative differential.
• And, those numbers show a continued decline from March's already low numbers, when Biden had a 39% Approval Rating and a 54% Disapproval Rating – a -15%difference.

Perhaps most concerning for National Democrats during the 2022 mid-term election, the Monmouth Poll also found a consistent drop in the number of Americans who are optimistic about the country's direction under Biden:
 

• Just 18% of Americans believe "the country is on the right track" – down from an already concerning 24% two months ago.
• In January 2021 – when Mr. Biden took over the presidency – 42% of Americans said the country was "headed in the right direction," while 51% said it was not.

The Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll that was also released Thursday showed that:
 

• 58% of "Likely U.S. Voters" disapprove of Biden’s job performance, while
• 40% approve.

Those latest figures include:
 

• 45% who "Strongly Disapprove" of the job Biden is doing, and
• just 19% who "Strongly Approve",
• giving Biden a Presidential Approval Index Rating of -26. 
  • See the trends here.

In the Monmouth University Poll, among typical household expenses most Americans pay:
 

• 58% say it is currently difficult for them to Afford Gas,
• 52% say it is difficult for them to pay Grocery Bills,
• 51% say it is difficult for them to pay their Tax Bills,
• 51% say it is difficult for them to pay Health Care Deductibles & Out of Pocket Expenses,
• 48% say the same about Health Insurance Premiums, while
• 37% say making their Mortgage or Rent Payment is difficult.

A Monmouth Poll from 2017 – the year before Democrats took control of the House of Representatives – found that more people said paying these expenses were easy to meet, and fewer said they were difficult to meet, with the ease of buying groceries being the starkest change – 62% said it was easy in 2017, compared to 47% in 2022.
 
Monmouth conducted the live telephone interviews with each of the poll's 807 respondents between May 5th-9th, and reports a +/- 3.5% margin of error.