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President Biden’s approval rating plunged seven percentage points since February, dropping to near the lowest rates of his presidency as the administration struggles to handle the fallout of recent bank failures and the stubborn effects of inflation, a poll released Thursday shows.
Biden’s approval rating toppled to 38% from 45% in February and 41% in January, percentages that track overall with American’s pessimistic view of the direction in which the country is heading, an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found.
In February, 28% of Americans said they believed the country was heading in the right direction, but that fell to 21% this month.
Biden got more bad news over his handling of the economy, with 61% disapproving and 31% approving.
He scored his lowest approval rating – 36% – last July as the country was in the midst of rising prices for gas and groceries as the highest inflation in four decades ravaged the economy.
Michael McComas, a Michigan resident who voted Republican in 2020, considered Biden as “not great – average, I guess,” and blamed the president for causing inflation because of government spending during the coronavirus pandemic.
