A recent survey revealed that only 34% of Americans supported the course of current US President Joe Biden due to concerns over high prices and security at the US-Mexico border, Bloomberg informed.
According to the latest Monmouth University poll, 54% of the public supported him at the start of his presidency barely three years ago. Today, more than two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Biden’s approach to inflation and immigration, with Democrats loyal to him splitting over border security.
About three in 10 Americans say Biden places a high priority on the policy issues most important to them, compared with 41 per cent supporting former President Donald Trump’s position four years ago. The gap underscores the challenges Biden faces ahead of a potential rematch against Trump in next year’s presidential election.
Biden’s campaign team has been emphasising his economic achievements in an attempt to reverse his falling approval ratings. The team cited falling inflation, strong gross domestic product growth and a solid labour market as signs that the president’s policies were working.
However, voters disagreed with those arguments. According to the Monmouth poll, only 12 per cent claimed their financial situation was improving, whereas 44 per cent indicated they were struggling to preserve their financial situation.
“The Biden administration keeps touting their infrastructure investments and a host of positive economic indicators. Those data points may be factual, but most Americans are still smarting from higher prices caused by post-pandemic inflation.”
In addition, the poll found that only 17% of respondents had a favourable view of the Congress and its leaders, the lowest of the year.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had the highest satisfaction rating on Capitol Hill, with 21% approving of his job performance. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s approval fell to 6%. At the same time, only 17% had a positive view of House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The poll of 803 adults nationwide was conducted by phone from November 30 to December 4. Its margin of error is about 4.8 percentage points.
