Perhaps the proverbial chickens are, in fact, coming home to roost for Biden as he falls to a record low 43%, according to a recent Gallup poll.
The unsurprising, bit nonetheless damning numbers are stated by Newsmax as the following: Biden’s approval is down six points since August and 13 points since June, and his approval is under water for the first time in the poll’s history, as 53% disapprove for a net 10-point disapproval.
The party breakdown of Biden’s approval is held up mostly by Democrats:
- 90% of Democrats
- 37% of independents
- 6% of Republicans
Notably, Gallup found, independent approval has cratered 24 points (from 61%) since Biden took office and 18 points since June (55%). As high as Democratic approval is, the 90% does represent a low from the 98% high when he first took office.
Gallup further reported, “The latest drop in Biden’s job approval score is the second significant decline since June. Biden’s honeymoon ratings near 55% first faltered in July, falling to 50% amid rising COVID-19 cases caused largely by the delta variant. In Gallup’s Aug. 2-17 poll, Biden’s rating was essentially unchanged, at 49%.
Midway through the most recent poll’s field period, as U.S. COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths continued to rise, Biden announced new directives to limit the spread of the disease, including vaccine requirements for private-sector businesses, healthcare workers and federal government contractors.
Except for Donald Trump, every U.S. president since Harry Truman has enjoyed a honeymoon period characterized by above-average approval ratings upon taking office. Biden’s recent slides in approval put him in the company of Trump and Bill Clinton, whose ratings were at or below Biden’s current 43% at some point in the first eight months of their presidencies. However, by September 1993, Clinton’s approval ratings began to recover and averaged 50% that month. Thus, among elected presidents since World War II, only Trump has had a lower job approval rating than Biden does at a similar point in their presidencies.
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