A new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows President Biden’s approval rating almost 20 points underwater, with just 39 percent expressing approval of Biden’s job performance and 57 percent registering their dissatisfaction.
The poll also found a shift in attitudes around masking: 49 percent of registered voters want mask mandates lifted, while 43 percent oppose their being rescinded.
Disapproval with Biden is wide as well as deep. A recent Civiqs poll indicates that the president has a negative net approval in every U.S. state but four: Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
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Biden is least popular West Virginia — an important state given Senator Joe Manchin’s position as the median member of the U.S. Senate — where a whopping 78 percent of registered voters disapprove, and 17 percent approve of his job performance.
“If I can’t go home to the people of West Virginia, I can’t vote for it,” Manchin said in December.
In Vermont, where Biden notched his highest approval, 50 percent approve and 39 percent disapprove.
The polling shows the president struggling even in the country’s bluest states, including California and New York, where he is down by 10 points. In his home state of Delaware, Biden boasts a -20 net approval rating.
Compounding the bad news for Biden and his party is a terrible showing in states that will be key to the 2022 midterms, including Arizona (-29), Colorado (-17), Georgia (-18), Nevada (-23), Ohio (-30), Pennsylvania (-21), New Hampshire (-10), Texas (-34), and Florida (-24).
Republicans need a net gain of just five seats in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Senate to reclaim their majorities in Congress in November.
Source: National Review
