Host Kate Bolduan said on Monday’s “CNN News Central” that a new Washington Post/ABC News poll indicated that Vice President Joe Biden has “the lowest approval rating for any American president at this point in their first term.”
According to Bolduan, “in the first real look at President Biden’s popularity since he said he would run again, voters say he has a lot of work to do.” Even among his own party’s members. 58% of Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democrats in a recent research by the Washington Post and ABC News want their party to nominate someone else. Biden’s approval rating is still rather low. 36 percent of respondents to a Washington Post/ABC News poll agreed with this statement. No president in American history has had a worse approval rating halfway through their first term. That dates back to Harry Truman’s presidency.
“Take a look at President Biden and Donald Trump,” remarked Arlette Saenz of the press. This demonstrates that although 44% of respondents say they would vote for Trump, just 38% say they would vote for Biden. Then you should check out DeSantis. Some 37% of respondents said they would vote for Biden if the election were held today, while 42% said they would vote for DeSantis. One notable difference between this poll and others that attempt to predict how these candidates would perform in the general election is the format of the questions answered. The process, however, is in its infancy. These data, however, do reveal that the president is trailing his Republican major opponent.