A new Washington Post poll found disastrous numbers for incumbent President Joe Biden, who is now 10 points behind former President Donald Trump in the latest measure of the US electorate.
The 80-year-old president’s approval rating is about 37 percent, similar to May but five percentage points lower than February.
Biden’s rejection rate is 56 percent. The poll also asked whether voters, in retrospect, approve or disapprove of the job Trump has done during his time in office.
48 percent say they agree with it and 49 percent say they disapprove. When he left office in January 2021, Trump’s approval rating was closer to 38 percent.
The comparison of the two likely candidates showed that Trump was ten percentage points (52 to 42) ahead of Biden among registered voters.
The Post attempted to explain Trump’s apparent advantage over Biden by writing, “The unusual composition of the Trump-Biden coalitions in this poll suggests it is likely an outlier.”
The poll results also come after a week of gaffes for Biden, who trashed a speech he gave to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday evening.
President Joe Biden is ten points behind Donald Trump in a current WaPo poll
Trump appears to be headed for a third Republican nomination for president
Biden initially declared rapper LL Cool J’s name false before referring to the artist as a “boy,” a term widely viewed as derogatory in the black community.
Trump appears to be on a smooth path to the Republican nomination. He is favored by 54 percent of Republicans, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has fallen from 25 percent of Republicans to just 15 percent since May.
The man once thought to be the only figure in the Republican Party capable of toppling Trump has fallen behind him by 47 percentage points, according to a recent Fox poll.
Although there are 91 felony counts against him across four indictments, Trump’s numbers remain unchanged in all polls. In the WaPo poll, 53 percent of respondents said he is held accountable under the law like anyone else, but 40 percent — including three-quarters of Republicans — say he is being unfairly victimized.
When asked a similar question about President Biden in connection with the recent impeachment inquiry led by Republicans in the House of Representatives, 58 percent of respondents said he would be held fairly accountable. 32 percent said he was being unfairly targeted by political opponents.
Oval Officer’s current resident also suffers from health issues. Biden has spent many weeks in recent weeks touting his flagship economic plan, “Bidenomics.” But his deserved approval rating for his handling of the economy has fallen to 30 percent – the lowest level of his presidency.
According to the survey, about 75 percent of Americans believe the economy is “not so good” or “bad.” Fully 87 percent of Americans say gas and energy prices are “not so good” or “bad.” And 91 percent of people say the same about food prices.
A majority of respondents (44 percent) said they were not as financially well off as they were before Biden took office, while 39 percent said they were in about the same position and 15 percent said they were better off.
Joe Biden botched his speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday night
Trump appears to be on a smooth path to the Republican nomination. He is favored by 54 percent of Republicans, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has fallen from 25 percent of Republicans to just 15 percent since May
On the issue of migration, which has plagued many Democratic-run cities with new intensity for at least a year, Biden faces further poor job performance ratings.
Only 23 percent of Americans said they approved of his handling of the issue, while 62 percent said they did not.
The survey also found that U.S. sentiment toward the war in Ukraine continues to shift. 41 percent of Americans said they believe the U.S. is doing too much to help, while 31 percent said they consider the level of aid to be good and 14 percent said they believe that the USA provided too little aid.
Looking closer at the details of the Trump/Biden matchup captured in the poll, men said they favored Trump at 62 percent, while 32 percent were those who favored Biden. Four months ago, Trump’s lead among men was 16 points, just over half his current lead of 30 points.
Trump is also about 20 points ahead of Biden among voters under 35. In the last direct duel between the two, Biden was able to win voters under the age of 35 with a double-digit lead.