White House Report: Biden’s Approval Rating Plummets
The recent White House Report Card shows President Joe Biden facing a series of challenges. With a record-low approval rating of 38.7%, the lowest in 68 years, and criticisms on economic policies and leadership, Biden’s performance is drawing mixed reviews. Conservative Jed Babbin rated the week a “D-minus,” while pollster John Zogby gave it a “C”. Biden’s statements on various issues have also raised concerns.
This week’s White House Report Card finds President Joe Biden in a tornado of trouble.
Let’s start with his polling. Gallup on Friday averaged other polling that has shown just how unpopular the president is. Biden has dropped to a 68-year presidential low, 38.7% approval. That is nearly 10 points below where former President Jimmy Carter was at this point in his presidency, and we remember what happened in his reelection bid.
That dismal approval rating puts Biden exactly 10 points below the bare historical minimum he needs to secure reelection, according to Gallup.
Next there is the economy. Not only has inflation dug in and GDP petered out, but union workers are publicly ripping Biden’s leadership on live TV.
And there were more examples of the president’s stumbles and mumbles. First there were reports of aides being ordered to walk between the president and media cameras to hide Biden’s feeble gait. There were his weird and wrong claims that he used to drive 18-wheelers. And he’s back to reading aloud directions to “pause” on his teleprompter.
Both our graders saw troubles this week. Conservative Jed Babbin graded it a “D-minus” and highlighted moves by the White House to hurt the economy. Pollster John Zogby graded the week a “C” and said the president’s stumbles have blocked chances to take advantage of problems facing his political foe, former President Donald Trump.
Jed Babbin
Grade: D-
President Biden’s war on the American economy continued with more regulations this week designed to bring it to a halt. And that’s not the half of it.
You might remember former President Donald Trump’s 2017 remark that there were “very fine people” on both sides of the Charlottesville, Virginia. “white supremacist” rally. Biden said that sparked his entry into the 2020 presidential race.
But this week he said something similar when talking about anti-semitic protests at colleges. He condemned the hate talk, but added, “I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians…” Biden is still terrified of the Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) wing of the Democratic Party who won’t vote for him unless he bashes Israel and qualifies every defense of American values with defenses of the Palestinians and their ilk.
Biden also continued his EV push. But his far-sighted regulatory regime is, at the same time, making it harder to produce electricity. This week a final regulation was issued that requires coal and natural gas electricity producers to effectively cut all emissions by 2032. For many the only solution will be to close, thus reducing the amount of electricity available. If you want to shut down the U.S. economy, that’s one easy way to do it.
Meanwhile, inflation caused by Biden’s radical spending continues. Old Joe celebrated Earth Day by subsidizing solar panels — more billions spent on nonsense. Bidenomics continues to wreck our economy.
And let’s not forget Biden’s latest venture into “net neutrality” which will reduce competition on the internet and raise consumer prices.
Fortunately, there wasn’t a lot of international action this week, though the Middle East remains on edge following Israel’s response to Iran’s massive attack last week.
Finally, Old Joe claimed to have driven an 18-wheeler in his long career. Of course, he never did. And he managed to read out loud the instructions on his teleprompter to “pause” at one point. His mental state continues to decline rapidly.
John Zogby
Grade: C
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in a two-way and tied in a five-way race. Not ‘virtually’ tied, but really tied. And they are likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
Biden should have been able to take advantage of Trump’s legal and financial woes, gag orders and all. But the current president got gob-smacked by pretty lousy economic news. No sooner had Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, declared a boom economy, a new report showed the GDP grinding down to an annualized 1.6% growth rate and inflation jumping back to a 3.7%.
The president traveled to key battleground states touting federal spending that was generating jobs and winning adulation from the locals. But his job approval is still at about 40% and he is still trailing in battleground states.
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Jed Babbin is a Washington Examiner contributor and former deputy undersecretary of defense in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush. Follow him on X @jedbabbin.
John Zogby is the founder of the Zogby Survey and senior partner at John Zogby Strategies. His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here. Their firm polls for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Follow him on X @ZogbyStrategies.
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