Gallup: Joe Biden Hits Worst 'Approval Rating' in History for Presidents at this Point in 1st Term

Americans are less positive about Joe Biden's job than in the previous quarter – or for most of the past three years

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Texas Insider Report) — The violence and escalation of pro-Palestinian protests on College Campuses across the U.S., unending inflation that continues to squeeze America's working-class families with higher gas prices and sticker shock at the grocery store, and the ongoing Border Crisis that many see as increasing the nation's crime rates have led Joe Biden to the lowest "Approval Rating" for any president at this point in their 1st Term, says the latest polling numbers just released by the Gallup Corporation.

In the latest Gallup Poll conducted April 1st-22nd, things have gone from bad to worse for the 81-year-old Democrat – with just 38.7% of Americans "approving" of the job Biden is doing.

The record low is essentially unchanged from Biden's March (40%) and February (38%) readings.

And, the Gallup Analysis said, there are no signs of Mr. Biden’s "approval rating" reversing course – given that it has been in a steady decline since he took office in 2021.

“None of the other nine presidents elected to their first term since Dwight Eisenhower had a lower 13th-quarter average than Biden,” said Gallup, referring to the period between Jan. 20th and April 19th.

“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.”

The findings come as the Biden White House has struggled to adequately address even one of the major issues Americans say is their top concern.

The Gallop Poll showed just 1-in-3 "Independent Voters" (33%) approve of Mr. Biden’s job performance, yet another warning sign about his reelection prospects.

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- Among men under 30, Biden went from a 26-point lead in 2020, to a mere 6% lead in the current poll. Just 32% of men under 30 now say they identify as Democrats, down from 42% in 2020. Over the same period, the share of young men identifying as Republican has increased from 20% in 2020 to 29% today.

Biden continues to get extraordinarily low approval ratings from Republicans – just 2% in the latest poll – while the vast majority of Democrats, 83%, continue to rate Biden’s performance "positively."

Bottom Line

Needing some sort of positive momentum to put him in position for reelection, that didn’t occur during the past three months.

In fact, Americans are less positive about how Joe Biden is doing his job than they were in the previous quarter – or for most of the past three years.

This is even after Biden delivered his election-year "State of the Union" speech in March – usually an opportunity for the incumbent to sell their accomplishments directly to the American people.

Jimmy Carter is the only other president with a sub-50% average in his 13^th quarter.

Three of the four prior presidents who had 13^th-quarter approval averages below 50% lost their reelection bids.

With just six months remaining before November's Election, Mr. Biden now sits in a weaker position than any prior incumbent president – and faces more difficult odds with more difficult prospects than any president before him.

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