Less than a THIRD of Americans approve of Biden’s handling of the economy, guns and immigration
- Biden gets 31 percent approval for gun and immigration policies
- Its poor economic numbers come despite an inflation rate of 3.4 percent
- His underwater assessments come as he tries to ramp up the presidential campaign
Only a third of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy as he ramps up his presidential campaign and the Republicans vying to replace him are entering a critical period.
His assessments of the economy come after Biden repeatedly touted the country’s 3.4 percent unemployment rate, the lowest in decades. Biden and his economics team have also pointed to several months of consecutive declines in key inflation indicators.
The AP-NORC Poll comes as multiple studies show there is a close race for the White House, with Biden narrowly leading former President Donald Trump.
It also follows polls showing that many Americans do not want Biden or Trump to return to power, while sharing their lingering concerns about the age of the 80-year-old president.
Biden is performing even worse on other top themes, after a trip to Japan where he tripped while visiting a shrine.
Only a third or fewer of Americans polled approve of President Biden’s handling of the economy, gun policy and immigration
On gun policy — in a year where mass shootings have exceeded the number of days ticking on the calendar — Biden gets 31 percent approval and 67 percent disapproval.
He has reiterated his calls for a ban on assault weapons and other measures, with no sign of new action in Congress. He was able to implement gun security measures after an earlier round of mass shootings, touting the effort as the first in a generation.
Biden is doing just as badly on immigration — after the end of the Title 42 authority and a week earlier this month of detentions at the border that hit a staggering 10,000 a day.
President Biden’s approval stands at 40 percent in the survey, with 59 percent disapproval of how he carries out his duties as president
Biden’s low immigration numbers follow the end of Title 42 authority and a wave of migration of people who traveled through Mexico
Biden has repeated his call for a ban on assault weapons, to no effect
His poor gun policy numbers follow a series of mass shootings involving powerful weapons such as the AR-15
The past year has also seen the phenomenon of Republican governors in border states bussing migrants to liberal and northern cities. That has led to criticism from New York Mayor Eric Adams of Biden.
Biden’s troubles with the economy come as he enters high-stakes negotiations with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. House Republicans are demanding spending cuts as the price for lifting the debt ceiling. Bankruptcy could plunge the economy into recession, but severe spending cuts could also halt growth while hampering the agenda Biden wants to pursue.
Biden’s support is far from absolute within his own party. About half of Democrats polled approve of his handling of guns and immigration policies.
President Biden’s approval stands at 40 percent in the poll, with 59 percent disapproval of how he approaches his job as president.