A new national poll suggests so President Biden Approval ratings remain very low, with only a few days left until the country's 46th president leaves office.
Only 36% of Americans approve of the work Biden is doing in the White House, according to the latest CNN SSRS poll, while 64% said they disapprove. The approval rating matches the president's previous low in cable news network polls during Biden's only term in office.
The poll was released on Wednesday, just hours before the president delivers his farewell prime-time address to the nation, with just days remaining until Biden's term and succession expire. President-elect Trump In the White House.
Biden's approval rating is 43% — slightly higher but still in negative territory — in national polls conducted by USA Today/Suffolk University and Marist College Which, along with a CNN poll, was conducted earlier this month.
Will history be kind or unkind to President Biden?
President Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department in Washington, Monday, January 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The trio of polls also indicate that many Americans view Biden's presidency as a failure.
Sixty-one percent of those questioned in CNN poll They said they generally considered Biden's presidency a failure, with 38% considering it a success.
According to USA Today/Suffolk University Survey, And released on Tuesday, 44% of registered voters said history will judge Biden as a failed president, while 27% said he will be judged as a fair president. 21% of those surveyed said history will view Biden as a good president, while only 5% said he will be viewed as a great president.
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Just over a third of adults across the country questioned in the Marist poll, released Wednesday, said Biden would be remembered as one of the worst presidents in American history, with 19% saying he would be considered a below-average president.
28% of respondents indicated that Biden's legacy would be considered average, while 19% said he would be viewed as above average or one of the best presidents in the country's history.
President Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress at the White House, Sunday, January 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Bals Sinita)
In his Oval Office address, Biden will likely aim to cement his legacy as a president who pushed for political stability at home while strengthening America's leadership abroad, and as a leader who guided the nation out of the COVID-19 pandemic and made historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy while lowering prescription drug prices.
Biden stressed, in a message to Americans issued early Wednesday morning, that when he took office four years ago, “we were in the grip of the worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and the worst attack on our economy.” Democracy since the Civil War.
“Today, we have the strongest economy in the world, and we have created a record 16.6 million new jobs. Wages have risen. Inflation continues to fall. The racial wealth gap is the lowest in 20 years,” he noted.
A majority of Americans say this is how they would view a Biden presidency
Biden's approval rating ranged between the low and mid-50s during his first six months in the White House. However, the president's numbers began to decline in August 2021 in the wake of Biden's much-criticized handling of the tumultuous crisis. America's exit from Afghanistan, After a spike in COVID-19 cases that summer, mainly among unvaccinated people.
The decline in the president's popularity has also been driven by rising inflation — which began rising in the summer of 2021 and so far remains a major concern for Americans — and an increase in migrants trying to cross into the United States along the border. Southern border.
Biden's approval ratings dipped below zero in the fall of 2021 and never returned to positive territory.
The president's only term in the White House ends on Monday, January 20, with Trump's inauguration as Biden's successor.
President Biden meets with President-elect Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, November 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
However, according to a USA Today/Suffolk University poll, 44% also said that history will view Trump as a failed president.
One in five said Trump would be viewed as a great president, with 19% saying he would be good, and 27% saying he would be judged a fair president.
Trump finished his first term in office with negative approval ratings, including 47% approval Fox News poll Four years ago.
In a Marist poll four years ago, when Trump finished his first term, 47% thought he would be remembered as one of the country's worst presidents.
As Trump prepares to assume the presidency again, the Marist Poll indicates that opinions of him remain low, with 44% of Americans viewing him favorably, and 49% having a negative opinion of the next president.
However, opinions about Trump's first term have risen in several polls conducted since his convincing victory in November's presidential election over Vice President Kamala Harris. He succeeded Vice President Biden in July as the Democratic standard-bearer in the 2024 election after the president withdrew from the race following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.
The poll also indicates that Americans have high expectations for Trump when it comes to the economy.
The survey statement highlighted that, “While many Americans feel that the current economy is not working well for them, residents nationwide have become more optimistic about the future of their finances.”
President-elect Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The poll also indicated that Americans are divided on Trump's proposed mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
According to the poll, more than six out of 10 disagree with Trump's pledge to pardon his supporters who were convicted in the riot that took place on January 6, 2021 at the US Capitol.
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The Marist poll was conducted Jan. 7-9 and included 1,387 adults across the country. The poll's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
The CNN poll was conducted Jan. 9-12 and included 1,205 adults across the country. The poll's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.
