According to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden‘s public approval rating fell this week to 36%, the lowest level of his presidency.
As Americans suffer from rising inflation, Biden’s overall approval was down six percentage points from 42% last week. The two-day national poll found that 59% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s job performance.
Biden’s approval rating has been below 50% since August, raising alarms that his Democratic Party is on track to lose control of at least one chamber of Congress in the Nov. 8 midterm election. Biden’s approval rating within his own party fell to 72% from 76% the prior week. Only 10% of Republicans approve of his job in office.
Biden’s approval rating however remains higher than the lows of his predecessor, Donald Trump, whose rating bottomed out at 33% in December 2017.
This year, Biden has been dogged by a surge in U.S. consumer prices, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helping drive fuel prices higher and global supply chains still hindered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English throughout the United States. The latest poll gathered responses from a total of 1,005 adults, including 456 Democrats and 358 Republicans.
