Biden’s Approval Rating Quietly Sinks to New Low in Devastating Poll That Shows Him 32 Points Underwater

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President Joe Biden’s approval rating sank to a new low in a Marquette University Law School poll released on Wednesday.

According to the survey of 1,063 adults across the country, just 34% of the country approves of the way Biden “is handling his job as president,” while 66% disapprove, putting him underwater by a shell-shocking 32 points.

That’s the worst net approval rating Biden has posted in the poll since taking office. It appears that the president’s decision to go back on his word and pardon his son, Hunter Biden, for any crimes he may have committed over a more than decade-long period, may have contributed to his plummeting popularity. Just 29% of respondents said they approved of the pardon, while 71% disapproved.

Fifty-three percent, meanwhile, say that they approved of the way President-elect Donald Trump handled his job during his first term in office.

Biden has not achieved a positive net approval rating since July 2021. His previous low of -30 came this summer.

The president has faded from the news cycle over his last half-year or so in office. He dropped out of the 2024 presidential race in late July after his performance in his sole debate with Trump and subsequent interviews raised questions about his ability to do the job at his advanced age. In the months that followed, Biden did not make many appearances on the campaign trail in support of his replacement, Vice President Kamala Harris, and he has taken still another step out of the limelight since Trump prevailed over Harris in last month’s election.

Biden’s favorability rating stands a similarly dismal -25. Harris follows him at -16, while Vice President-elect JD Vance comes in at -12. Trump boasts the best showing of the four at -1.

The survey was conducted between December 2-11 and has a margin of error of 3.6%.