Guidance on COVID-19 is seen as confusing, and it weighs on his ratings.
is a simple one: Americans feel worse about the pandemic and economy than they did earlier in his term, and his ratings have suffered for it. On another level, it's a little more nuanced: they do not exclusively blame his policies, but they do demand more attention to inflation just the same; there are many reasons the pandemic is seen as bad, but confusing information stands out as a factor that is hurting views of his handling of it.
His overall approval at the one-year mark is 44%, and it's been in the 40s since this fall. That is, however, despite the fact that only 26% of Americans think things in the country are going well. Mr. Biden saw his approval drop months ago without a subsequent recovery. At the start of his term, his rating was up in the 60s, buoyed by optimism about getting the pandemic under control. The honeymoon had faded by summer., sagged as inflation and COVID cases rose and has not rebounded.
His job rating on handling COVID is down to the lowest point in his presidency, and when asked specifically why they don't think he's handling it well, two-thirds cite information about the outbreak being confusing. Few attribute it to a lack of vaccinations. But it is not just his policies directly that they blame for the economy. Americans who think the economy is bad also blame inflation, supply chain issues, and the coronavirus outbreak along with Mr. Biden's policies.Compared to recent past presidents, one year into their presidencies, Mr. Biden's overall job approval is higher than Donald Trump's and lower than Barack Obama's — he enjoyed better support from independents and Republicans at that point in his tenure. George W.
There's something of a popular narrative that Mr. Biden has difficulty with the more"liberal wing" of his party. This is not really true. Liberal and very liberal Democrats are still more approving of Mr. Biden than are moderate Democrats. Liberal Democrats still say Mr. Biden is focused on the right things. Some of this may be partisans sticking with the"team." But while the very liberal don't approve of Mr.
More broadly, there is little in the way of buyers' remorse among those who backed Mr. Biden for president. About nine in 10 Biden voters still feel better about having him as president than Trump; this includes a large majority of independents who voted for Mr. Biden.
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