US President Joe Biden arrives aboard Air Force One at TF Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, US on July 20, 2022.
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More Americans now think President Joe Biden is doing a bad job than at any point in his presidency, according to a major poll released Wednesday.
Just 31 percent of American adults say they approve of how Biden is handling his job, while 60 percent disapprove, the Quinnipiac University poll found.
Biden’s approval rating among registered voters also hit a record low in the Quinnipiac poll, as only 33 percent of voters said they liked the job he was doing and 59 percent disapproved.
The findings came a day after a Reuters/Ipsos poll found the Democrat’s public approval rating had fallen to 36 percent, matching his record low in that poll.
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In the Quinnipiac survey, Biden received the lowest job marks for his handling of the economy, with only 28% of respondents approving of his performance in that area. That result is consistent with another survey finding: 34 percent of Americans said inflation is the most pressing issue facing the United States today.
June inflation rose 9.1% from a year earlier, the fastest pace in more than 40 years.
Biden’s approval ratings also dipped when respondents were asked about his views on gun violence, foreign policy and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The only minor bright spot was in Biden’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, where 50% of those polled approved of the job he is doing, while 43% disapproved.
The Quinnipiac poll had even worse news for Biden when it came to his intention to run for a second term in 2024.
A whopping 71% of those polled said they would not want Biden to run for president this year, and only 24% said they wanted a second term for Biden in the White House.
Many of Biden’s fellow Democrats appear ready to see him leave, according to the poll, which polled 1,523 adults by phone Thursday through Sunday and has a margin of error of 2.5 percentage points.
A majority of Democrats, 54 percent, said they would not want him to run for re-election in two years, the poll found. Forty percent of Democrats said they would like Biden to run.
That contrasts with support for Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, from Trump’s fellow Republicans.
A total of 69% of Republicans say they would like Trump to run for the White House in 2024, while 27% would not.
Among all Americans, 60% said they did not want to see Trump as the GOP nominee.
“There is scant enthusiasm for a repeat Trump or Biden presidency,” said Tim Malloy, a polling analyst at Quinnipiac University.
“But while Trump still has influence with his base, President Biden is underwater when it comes to support from his own party.”
Registered voters were nearly evenly split when asked about the upcoming midterm elections, which will determine which political party holds a majority in both houses of Congress.
A total of 45 percent of those polled said they want the Democratic Party to retain control of the House of Representatives, while 44 percent said they prefer Republicans to take control of that chamber.
When asked which party should control the Senate, it was a dead tie: 45 percent said Democrats, while the same percentage said they wanted Republicans to govern.
Democrats currently hold a majority in the Senate thanks to two independent senators who are in a caucus with 48 Democratic senators and Vice President Kamala Harris, who could break a tie in the 100-member chamber.
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