President Biden will be ready to ring in the new year after seeing these numbers.
The 81-year-old commander-in-chief ends 2023 with a lower approval rating than any of his seven predecessors at the same point in their first terms, according to a new Gallup poll.
Biden, the oldest president, will head into 2024 with just 39% of Americans liking his job performance — a slight improvement from the 37% he received in October and November, but still below the rating of every chief executive at the end of their third year in office since Jimmy Carter at the White House.
Former President George W. Bush had nearly the highest midterm approval ratings, with 58% of Americans approving of his job performance in December 2003 following the capture of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Carter and Ronald Reagan each had 54% approval ratings in December 1979 and 1983 – although only Reagan secured re-election the following year when the Carter administration was wracked by ongoing economic problems and the Iran hostage crisis.
President Biden has the lowest approval rating of the past seven presidents at this point in their first terms in office, according to a new Gallup poll. AP Former President Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner to challenge Biden in the 2024 general election, has a 39.9% advantage rating, the RealClearPolitics average shows. AP Biden polled lower than the last 7 presidents in their first term.
George HW Bush and Bill Clinton each posted 51% approval ratings in Gallup polls for December 1991 and 1995, respectively — although again, only Clinton was able to win a second term.
Most recently, former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama scored below 50% with their job approval entering their re-election years, with the former at 45% in December 2019 and the latter at 43% in December 2011.
Biden’s low numbers were driven by four in five US adults rating the nation’s economy as fair (33%) or poor (45%). Only 3% said the economic situation was very good and 19% said it was good.
More than two-thirds (68%) of Americans say the economy is getting worse, while only 28% say it’s getting better — lending credence to other polls showing voters rejecting “Bidenomics,” the president’s name for his financial policies.
In recent election cycles, only former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama were below 50% job approval before their re-election campaigns got into full swing. PHILIPP GUELLAND/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
The White House made the case before this holiday season that prices were down overall from last year, but Republicans have pointed to inflation still outpacing wages as a source of voter frustration.
Gallup rates Americans’ economic confidence at -32, well above the low point of Biden’s presidency in June 2022, when inflation is at its peak and the polling group’s Economic Confidence Index hits -58.
The index ranges from +100 for an excellent and good economic rating to -100 for a fair and poor rating.
Former President George W. Bush had nearly the highest midterm approval rating, with 58% of Americans approving of his job performance. Getty Images
A Gallup poll showed 26% of US adults ranked either the state of the economy (14%) or inflation (12%) as the most important problem facing the country.
Another 16% of Americans say weak leadership is the biggest issue, while the same percentage say immigration is the most pressing problem.
Biden has asked Congress to approve $110 billion in additional funding as part of a national security bill to help Ukraine fight its war against Russia and Israel fight its war against Hamas, as well as provide more spending for US border enforcement.
Biden’s low poll numbers were driven by four in five US adults rating the country’s economy as fair (33%) or poor (45%). Only 3% said the economic situation was very good. AP
The package has stalled in the Senate as Republicans and Democrats negotiate changes to parole and asylum policies for illegal immigrants trying to enter the country.
By party affiliation, 78% of Democrats approve of Biden — three percentage points above the lowest rating recorded for members of the president’s party in October.
But only 34% of independents and 5% of Republicans approve of Biden’s leadership, the poll showed.
The president’s approval rating has remained in the single digits among Republicans since the administration’s failed withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Among independents, Biden reached his lowest approval rating of 27% in November before rebounding this month.
Trump, the Republican front-runner to challenge Biden in the 2024 general election, has a 39.9% advantage rating, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
However, other polls show US voters prefer the way the likely GOP presidential candidate will handle the economy, foreign conflicts and immigration.
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