At 13 quarters into his first term, Joe Biden's approval rating stands as the lowest among all post-World War II U.S. Presidents. According to Gallup, the 81-year-old Democrat holds an approval rating of 38.7 percent, marking him as the sole president to dip below the 40 percent mark at this stage in his term.
This places him notably behind predecessors such as Donald Trump, Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter at the equivalent point in their presidencies.
Ranked against 314 quarterly average ratings for presidents since 1945, Biden's current approval numbers position him at 277th place, placing him in “the bottom 12 percent of all presidential quarters,” according to the polling firm's analysis.
Following Biden, the next-worst performer is George H.W. Bush Sr., who experienced a 41.8 percent approval rating during his 13th quarter in 1992. Notably, he was not reelected. Among all presidents with approval ratings under 50 percent at this stage in their terms, Barack Obama stands out as the only one reelected. His approval rating was 45.9 percent, over seven points higher than Biden's current rating.
Biden’s current quarterly average is deemed technically the lowest of his presidency to date, with his approval rating not having surpassed 50 percent since his second quarter, according to the analysis.
This trend is consistent with other polls which, over the past few months, have consistently shown Trump ahead of Biden in most key battlegrounds.
