Biden's already abysmal job approval rating sinks to new low in Gallup polling



While President Joe Biden has been underwater in Gallup's job approval polls for quite some time, he has now fallen to a new low of just 38%.

The July 5-26 survey of adults in the U.S. found that while just 38% approve of how the president is handling his role, a whopping 59% disapprove. While 13% strongly approve, 25%, moderately approve, 45% strongly disapprove, and 14% moderately disapprove.

Just 78% of Democrats and 31% of independents approve of Biden's handling of his role. While 30% of Democrats strongly approve, 48% moderately approve, 13% moderately disapprove, and 6% strongly disapprove. And while 9% of independents strongly approve, 22% moderately approve, 20% moderately disapprove, and 43% strongly disapprove.

"Democrats were already facing a tough environment in this fall's midterms as they seek to retain their narrow majorities in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. Biden's now weaker approval makes their odds of doing so even steeper," Gallup noted.

While Biden has said that he plans to run for re-election as long as he is healthy, he could face a difficult primary contest if public sentiment does not shift in his favor going forward.

A CNN poll found that 75% of "Democrats/Democratic-leaning independents who are registered to vote" believe that the Democratic Party should go with someone other than Biden as the 2024 presidential nominee, while only 25% felt that the party should nominate Biden.

Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota has said that he does not want Biden to run for re-election in 2024.

"Biden has been the principled, stabilizing bridge the country needed. I just believe it’s time for generational change in Congress and the White House," Phillips said, according to CNN's Manu Raju.

Biden is already the oldest president in U.S. history and would be 86 years old by the end of a second term in office.

How low can he go? President Joe Biden's job approval rating sinks to new depths in AP-NORC polling



President Joe Biden is facing the worst job approval rating of his tenure in Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research polling.

A recently conducted survey of adults found that that 39% approve of how Biden his handling his role, while a whopping 60% disapprove. The poll indicates that 12% strongly approve, 26% somewhat approve, 1% lean in the direction of approving, 39% strongly disapprove, 21% somewhat disapprove, and 1% lean in the direction of disapproving.

An AP-NORC poll conducted in April found that 45% approved versus 54% who disapproved. A poll in March found that 43% approved compared to 56% who disapproved.

Biden continues to face dismal rankings on his handling of the economy. Just 33% approve of how Biden is dealing with the economy, while a massive 67% disapprove, according to the recent survey. The April poll similarly found 33% approval versus 66% disapproval.

Biden has long been underwater on his job approval numbers in various polls.

Americans have been getting soaked by soaring inflation that is destroying the purchasing power of their money.

"The all items index increased 8.3 percent for the 12 months ending April, a smaller increase than the 8.5-percent figure for the period ending in March," the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics noted in a consumer price index report released earlier this month.

The national average price for a gallon of regular gas is $4.593 as of Friday, according to AAA.

The recent AP-NORC poll found that 56% think that high fuel prices are more the result of issues beyond the president's control, while 44% think the high prices are more due to the president's policies — a poll in March found almost the same numbers, with 55% indicating that the high prices were more due to conditions beyond Biden's control and 44% indicating that the prices were more due to Biden's policies.

"I feel like the stimulus checks came out and that was the last win of his administration," Democrat Milan Ramsey said about the president, according to the Associated Press. "I think he's tired — and I don’t blame him, I’d be tired too at his age with the career he’s had."

If Biden doesn't run in 2024, Democrats want Kamala Harris or Hillary Clinton to run instead



Could Hillary Clinton make a political comeback as the 2024 Democratic nominee for president? Apparently, nearly one in five Democratic voters would line up to support her in the event that President Joe Biden does not seek re-election.

Those results come from a new new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll of reported by The Hill on Monday that is full of bad news for the president.

Among registered voters surveyed, a 55% majority say they have "doubts" that Biden is mentally fit to serve as president. A greater 62% majority think that the 79-year-old chief executive is showing he is "too old" to be president.

Those who identified as Democrats were more supportive of the president — only 33% said he was too old and 78% think he is fit to serve. Nevertheless, were the Democratic primary for the 2024 presidential election held today, Biden would only earn support from a third of Democratic voters surveyed. Biden held just a 34% plurality of support among 10 prospective candidates, including former rivals Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, and Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Ouch.

There's no way to sugar-coat these poll results. Only a third of voters say the country is on the "right track" and the vast majority (63%) think the economy is "weak" under Biden. The president's approval rating is drowning underwater at 39%, and he gets failing grades on his handling of inflation, immigration, foreign affairs, and the coronavirus pandemic.

Inflation is either the first or second biggest concern for 53% of survey respondents. A total of 76% of voters say they've been impacted by inflation, with most saying they're hardest hit when they buy groceries or gas.

Given Biden's age and his poor performance rating, it's conceivable that he declines to seek a second term in three years. If he doesn't run, the Democratic nomination would be wide open, though 28% of Democrats say they want Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's standard-bearer. Hillary Clinton comes in second-place with 15% support, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 9%, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 8%. Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) make up the "also ran" category of a hypothetical 2024 field.

Over on the Republican side, former President Donald Trump remains the clear favorite for the 2024 nomination. Trump would win 59% of GOP primary voters in a hypothetical 2024 campaign, with the runner-up former Vice President Mike Pence claiming 11% support and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 10%.

If he declines to run again, DeSantis leads the imaginary GOP field with 28% support, followed by Pence at 24%, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at 10%.

While Trump has not yet announced a comeback presidential campaign, he's strongly suggested he intends to run for the White House again. In March, he told a group of Republican donors in New Orleans, "I feel obligated that we have to really look strongly at doing it again. We are looking at it very, very strongly. We have to do it. We have to do it."

Trump wins the hypothetical 2024 rematch with Biden 47% to 41%, according to the poll. In a face-off against Harris, Trump wins by a larger margin, 49% to 38%.

The future is uncertain, and no serious predictions for the 2024 campaign can begin at least until the 2022 midterm elections have passed. But the message Americans are sending to Biden is clear: They don't like how things are going and want better leadership.