[W:199] What Americans Think about President Biden

Doug64 · Dec 29, 2023

Biden's Approval is once again below his Disapproval by single digits, while Trump had his numbers drop back to something more typical--but still better than Biden's current.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 25% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 46% (+2)
Total Disapproval 53% (-1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 54%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 36% (-2)
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 47% (-2)
Total Disapproval 52% (+3)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41% (-1)
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 50%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 32%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Jan 5, 2024

Biden's Approval is back to double-digits underwater.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 24% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 46% (+1)
Total Approval 43% (-3)
Total Disapproval 55% (+2)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 45% (+1)
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 54%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 37% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 43% (+2)
Total Approval 48% (+1)
Total Disapproval 51% (-1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 50%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 32%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Jan 13, 2024

And Biden's Approval sinks even deeper underwater.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 23% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 43%
Total Disapproval 56% (+1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 24% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 55% (+1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 35% (-2)
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 48%
Total Disapproval 51%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 36% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 42% (+1)
Total Approval 48% (-1)
Total Disapproval 51% (+1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 32%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Jan 19, 2024

Biden actually had a decent week, meaning he's only underwater by single digits now (barely).

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 26% (+3)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 45% (+2)
Total Disapproval 54% (-2)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 25% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 46% (+1)
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 54% (-1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 38% (+3)
Strong Disapproval 42% (-1)
Total Approval 49% (+1)
Total Disapproval 49% (-2)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 48%
Total Disapproval 51%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 32%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Jan 28, 2024

And there goes Biden's decent week last time, once again underwater by double digits.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 24% (-2)
Strong Disapproval 45% (-1)
Total Approval 44% (-1)
Total Disapproval 55% (+1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 24% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 55% (+1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 36% (-2)
Strong Disapproval 43% (+1)
Total Approval 48% (-1)
Total Disapproval 51% (+2)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 43% (+1)
Total Approval 48%
Total Disapproval 51%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Feb 2, 2024

And Biden's (comparatively) decent week is back, though Trump was in one of his really good weeks (for him).

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 26% (+2)
Strong Disapproval 43% (-2)
Total Approval 45% (+1)
Total Disapproval 54% (-1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 24%
Strong Disapproval 45% (-1)
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 55%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 38% (+2)
Strong Disapproval 40% (-3)
Total Approval 50% (+2)
Total Disapproval 50% (-1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 42% (-1)
Total Approval 49% (+1)
Total Disapproval 50% (-1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Feb 12, 2024

And And once again Biden had an abysmal week, while Trump's run of better numbers (for him) continued. Another example of why I don't expect Biden to be the Democratic nominee.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 22% (-4)
Strong Disapproval 46% (+3)
Total Approval 42% (-3)
Total Disapproval 56% (+3)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 24%
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 55%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 36% (-2)
Strong Disapproval 40%
Total Approval 49% (-1)
Total Disapproval 50%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41% (-1)
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 50%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Feb 15, 2024

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 40% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Biden’s term in office so far has been successful, including nine percent (9%) who think Biden’s presidency has been a complete success. Fifty-eight percent (58%) view the Biden presidency as unsuccessful, including 40% who deem it a complete failure. Looking back on Trump’s four years in office, 56% of voters consider his presidency successful, including 22% who say it was a complete success. Forty-two percent (42%) see the Trump presidency as unsuccessful, including 28% who believe it was a complete failure.

Fearandloathing · Feb 15, 2024

Doug64 said:
So here's the second of my threads on Rasmussen polls (the first is What Americans Think about Politics, with the background of where these are coming from).

Rasmussen is, so far as I know, the only polling company that still polls on the president's job approval every weekday (except holidays). Rasmussen actually uses a three-day rolling average, with 500 Likely Voters polled daily--so each day's number is from 1,500 Likely Voters over the last three days. Still, every day is a bit too fluid for me, I prefer longer periods. So here's Biden's average numbers over the past week, month, and since he was elected. Then I toss in Trump's and Obama's numbers from the same point in their own presidencies, for comparison.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 21%

Strong Disapproval 48%

Total Approval 41%

Total Disapproval 58%

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 22%

Strong Disapproval 47%

Total Approval 42%

Total Disapproval 57%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 27%

Strong Disapproval 44%

Total Approval 46%

Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 31%

Strong Disapproval 42%

Total Approval 47%

Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 32%

Strong Disapproval 42%

Total Approval 47%

Total Disapproval 51%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 30%

Strong Disapproval 44%

Total Approval 46%

Total Disapproval 54%

Obama's past week:

Strong Approval 25%

Strong Disapproval 42%

Total Approval 45%

Total Disapproval 54%

Obama's past month:

Strong Approval 25%

Strong Disapproval 41%

Total Approval 45%

Total Disapproval 54%

Obama's time in office:

Strong Approval 32%

Strong Disapproval 35%

Total Approval 52%

Total Disapproval 47%

As a former reporter and life survivor of going on eight decades I don't believe poles. Ever.

I certainly don't believe the poles about Biden. Best economy since Reagan, peace, full employment.....

Somebody's hosing somebody.

The last election in Canada had the conservatives winning by a large margin, yet the Liberals were returned with a minority.

When Trudeau first ran they trampled him with back-to-back adds on the evils of legalizing marijuana and got hammered into the electoral wilderness. Two decades later they're still demonizing him, all the while exposing the little conservative leader "Mini Mike" Johnson, a bespeckled look-alike for the beleaguered House Leader named Pierre Poly something or other...an angry little man from Alberta who picks fights with rookie reporters...

When I was media I'd love guys like these. Made my job too easy.

Doug64 · Feb 16, 2024

And Biden's had an abysmal week is now two weeks, while Trump's run of better numbers (for him) got even better.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 22%
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 43% (+1)
Total Disapproval 56%

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 24%
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 44%
Total Disapproval 55%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 53%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 38% (+2)
Strong Disapproval 40%
Total Approval 50% (+2)
Total Disapproval 49% (-1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 50%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Feb 24, 2024

Not only does Biden's run of abysmal weeks continue, but it's been going on long enough to push his term-long average Total Disapproval up another point (unusual this far into a presidential term, with 785 polls being averaged).

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 24% (+2)
Strong Disapproval 44% (-2)
Total Approval 42% (-1)
Total Disapproval 56%

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 23% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 43% (-1)
Total Disapproval 55% (+1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54% (+1)

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 37% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 41% (+1)
Total Approval 49% (-1)
Total Disapproval 50% (+1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 49% (-1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Mar 3, 2024

And Biden's run of abysmal weeks gets even worse..

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 22% (+2)
Strong Disapproval 46% (-2)
Total Approval 41% (-1)
Total Disapproval 57% (+1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 23%
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 42% (-1)
Total Disapproval 56% (+1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 38% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 50% (+1)
Total Disapproval 49% (-1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 49%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Mar 10, 2024

And Biden's run of abysmal weeks continues to get even worse. He might have gotten a slight bounce from the SOTU address, if so it'll show up next week. He desperately needs it.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 22% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 40% (-1)
Total Disapproval 58% (+1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 22% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 46% (+1)
Total Approval 41% (-1)
Total Disapproval 57% (+1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 34% (-4)
Strong Disapproval 42% (+1)
Total Approval 47% (-3)
Total Disapproval 51% (+2)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 37%
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 49%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Mar 16, 2024

Hey, Biden actually had significant improvement! He's still underwater by double digits, but at least not quite as much....

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 23% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 45% (-1)
Total Approval 43% (+3)
Total Disapproval 56% (-2)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 22%
Strong Disapproval 45% (-1)
Total Approval 42% (+1)
Total Disapproval 57%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 34%
Strong Disapproval 43% (+1)
Total Approval 48% (+1)
Total Disapproval 51%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 36% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 42% (+1)
Total Approval 49%
Total Disapproval 50% (+1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Mar 23, 2024

And no change for Biden, holding at that abysmal double-digit underwater.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 23%
Strong Disapproval 44% (-1)
Total Approval 43%
Total Disapproval 56%

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 22%
Strong Disapproval 45%
Total Approval 42%
Total Disapproval 57%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 34%
Strong Disapproval 42% (-1)
Total Approval 46% (-2)
Total Disapproval 52% (-1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 35% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 48% (-1)
Total Disapproval 51% (+1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Mar 31, 2024

And Biden's abysmal double-digit underwater numbers actually get worse, while Trump's abysmal single digit underwater numbers held steady. What a pair.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 23%
Strong Disapproval 47% (+3)
Total Approval 40% (-3)
Total Disapproval 58% (+2)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 22%
Strong Disapproval 46% (+1)
Total Approval 42%
Total Disapproval 57%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 35% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 41% (-1)
Total Approval 46%
Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 34% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 47% (-1)
Total Disapproval 52% (+1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Apr 6, 2024

So Biden has had a strong recovery, though not to the point of getting his underwater approval into single digits. Trump's abysmal single digit underwater approval at this point in his presidency held steady again (unusually steady for him).

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 26% (+3)
Strong Disapproval 45% (-2)
Total Approval 44% (+4)
Total Disapproval 55% (-3)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 23% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 42%
Total Disapproval 57%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 34% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 41%
Total Approval 46%
Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 34%
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Apr 14, 2024

And Biden's strong recovery last week is sinking already.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 22% (-4)
Strong Disapproval 46% (+1)
Total Approval 43% (-1)
Total Disapproval 56% (+1)

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 23%
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 43% (+1)
Total Disapproval 56% (-1)

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 34%
Strong Disapproval 43% (+2)
Total Approval 45% (-1)
Total Disapproval 53% (+1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 34%
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 46% (-1)
Total Disapproval 52%

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

Doug64 · Apr 20, 2024

So Biden's numbers essentially hold even this week--abysmal, but even.

Biden's past week:

Strong Approval 23% (+1)
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 42% (-1)
Total Disapproval 56%

Biden's past month:

Strong Approval 23%
Strong Disapproval 46%
Total Approval 42% (-1)
Total Disapproval 56%

Biden's time in office:

Strong Approval 25%
Strong Disapproval 44%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54%

Trump's past week:

Strong Approval 30% (-4)
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 45%
Total Disapproval 54% (+1)

Trump's past month:

Strong Approval 33% (-1)
Strong Disapproval 42%
Total Approval 46%
Total Disapproval 53% (+1)

Trump's time in office:

Strong Approval 33%
Strong Disapproval 43%
Total Approval 47%
Total Disapproval 52%

[W:199] What Americans Think about President Biden

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