Biden’s 3rd Year Approval, Only 1 President Got Lower Than Him

Looking back over all the President’s we’ve had its not hard to determine who should win 1st place for the worst approval as President.

(Though he’s not techinically President, you know what I mean.)

And while Biden might not be there yet, don’t give up on him.

There’s still time for him to over take Jimmy Carter for the #1 place slot.

Gallup reports:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — During President Joe Biden’s third full year in office, spanning Jan. 20, 2023, to Jan. 19, 2024, an average of 39.8% of Americans approved of his job performance. Among prior presidents in the Gallup polling era who were elected to their first term, only Jimmy Carter fared worse in his third year. Carter averaged 37.4% approval in a year in which gas prices soared, inflation reached double digits and Iranian militants took U.S. citizens hostage.

Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon also had sub-50% third-year averages. Dwight Eisenhower’s 72.1% is the highest for a third-year president.

Biden’s third-year average was lower than both his first-year (48.9%) and second-year (41.0%) averages. Though better than his third-year average, his first- and second-year ratings also ranked as the second lowest for recent presidents, ahead of only Trump in both years.

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Biden registered new personal lows of 37% job approval in April, October and November 2023 surveys.

Gallup’s latest job approval rating for Biden, from a Jan. 2-22 survey, is 41%, while 54% disapprove of how he is performing his job. Since September 2021, after the troubled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Biden’s approval rating has ranged from the high 30s to low 40s. Before that, during the first six months of his presidency, he enjoyed majority-level approval ratings.

Only Jimmy C had worse ratings then Biden. pic.twitter.com/Uea1Tzl46R

— GM_Anon (@AnonWeaponry3) January 26, 2024

Don’t get too comfortable there, Jimmy C.

Biden’s eyeing to beat your rating.

Red State adds:

Perhaps as expected, Joe Biden’s third-year job approval is the lowest seen by a president since Jimmy Carter in 1979.

According to the latest Gallup poll, Biden’s overall approval rating from between January 20th, 2023, and January 19th, 2024 sits at just 39.8 percent, second only to the famously incompetent Jimmy Carter.

Meanwhile, Democrats still overwhelmingly approve of Joe Biden’s performance by 83 percent, while just five percent of Republicans agree he is performing well. The data therefore points to the importance of independents in this year’s election.

The pollster explains that Biden’s job approval rating is well below the 50 percent that a president normally requires for successful re-election, meaning that it does not bode well for his chances this November.

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Even CNN has to admit the truth.

Here’s a clip from them about his approval rating last September.

Not much has changed though:

CNN POLL: With Biden's approval rating at just 39%, only Jimmy Carter was less popular at this point in their presidencies pic.twitter.com/zcqC0GGn4R

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 7, 2023