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On eve of the SOTU address, Biden’s job approval numbers in the 30s

Feb 28, 2022

By Dave Andrusko

On the eve of President Biden’s first State of the Union (SOTU) address, a plethora of recent polls show him with all-time low job approval numbers: “38 percent, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Friday. How about the NPR/PBS/Marist poll?

But those were taken last week. Any change in the latest polls? USA Today/Suffolk tracked Biden’s job approval at 39%. 

The Washington Post/ ABC News found only 37% approve of his job performance “with 55% disapproving,” Gary Langer reported. “That includes just 30% approval among political independents and 10% from Republicans. Even in his own party, nearly a quarter of Democrats either disapprove of Biden (19%) or are withholding judgment (4%).”

In a nutshell, “These are sort of rock-bottom numbers,” said Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which conducted the NPR/PBS/Marist poll. “It’s about as low as you’re going to see him [Biden].”

(That’s yet to be determined.)

Finally, that same poll asked about the first-year grade for the Biden administration. “In all, 56% said Biden’s first year in office was a failure, versus just 39% who said it was a success,” Domenico Montanaro wrote.

 “What’s more, 54% said he’s not fulfilling his campaign promises, and 52% said he has done more to divide the country than unite it, despite uniting the country being a pillar of Biden’s 2020 presidential run,” John Sexton explained.

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