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Biden’s approval drops to 40% – almost the lowest of his presidency: New poll shows president slips under water with just five weeks until midterm elections
- Biden’s approval rating shows signs of moving back to the lowest numbers of his presidency as November’s midterm elections approach
- Biden was at 40% in a Reuters/Ipsos completed Tuesday
- But that was down from the previous month and from previous polls showing his approval rating was in the mid-1940s.
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President Joe Biden’s approval rating is showing signs of slipping back to the lowest number of his presidency as the November midterm elections approach.
Biden was at 40% in a Reuters/Ipsos finalized Tuesday, down from the previous month.
Voters’ preference for the president has been on the rise again in recent months, as his approval score hit an all-time low of 36%.
But as gas prices begin to climb again, summer draws to a close and voters begin to gear up for the 2022 congressional campaign, Biden’s numbers have begun to plummet.
In a Monmouth University poll came out earlier this week, Biden’s approval rating was 38%.
The president is underwater in both the Thirty-fiveEight polling average – 42% approval with 52% disapproval – and the RealClearPolitics average – 43% approval and 53% disapproval.
Both poll aggregators show that Biden’s numbers, which started creeping back to the mid-1940s, are beginning to fall again.
President Joe Biden’s approval rating shows signs of slipping back to lowest number of his presidency as November’s midterm elections approach
Voters give the president particularly low marks on his handling of inflation and the economy.
Inflation has pushed up the cost of food, energy and housing.
Food prices have risen by 11.4% in the past year.
Gas prices, which fell for 99 days, have risen by as much as 60 cents a gallon in recent days in some regions of the country.
An analysis by the Washington Post showed that gas prices rose nearly 40 cents in the state of Arizona, which hosts crucial races for the Senate and governors.
Nevada, which has a major Senate race, saw gas prices rise at least 40 cents a gallon in the past week.
After gas prices fell over the summer, US gas prices have risen again since early fall
Some Democrats are concerned about the high cost of living, and Biden’s low approval rating will prove a deadly combination for their party on the ballot, when control of Congress is at stake.
The White House has blamed the high cost of food and energy on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden has repeatedly called it “Putin’s price hike.”