President Joe Biden has never been as popular as his former boss, Barack Obama.
But for 37 straight days, he’s also been less popular than his former foe, the controversial former President Donald Trump.
In new data compiled by Rasmussen Reports, Biden has sat at or above a 58% disapproval rating for 41 days of his presidency. That’s over 10% of his tenure so far.
Today’s Rasmussen polling, for example, is 58% disapproval and 41% approval of the current president.
At this stage of his presidency, Obama had suffered a disapproval rate that bad twice.
Trump, meanwhile, experienced just 16 days at or above 58% disapproval at this stage of his presidency, 392 days in.
Biden has been consistent recently in Rasmussen’s approval index, and that is not a good thing. He has averaged about a minus 25, which is the difference between the president’s “strong approval” and “strong disapproval.” Today, those numbers are 20% and 48%, for a minus 28 rating.
Recent polling has shown voters are dissatisfied with most aspects of the president’s performance, and they are especially concerned about the coronavirus, inflation, and national disunity.
Democratic pollster Celinda Lake, in her latest Battleground Poll memo, wrote, “Americans remain depressed about the way things are going in the country, with just under one-third (32%) of voters saying things are heading in the right direction (including only 15% who feel that way strongly). In contrast, a 62% majority believes the country is on the wrong track, including fully half (50%) who feel that way strongly.”
