How does he rack up versus Obama & Trump?
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Earlier this week, we posted some results from a 130,000 person survey done by a polling company called Civiqs.
The poll centered on the question: Do you approve or disapprove of the job that Joe Biden is doing as president?
Consistent with other recent polls, Civiqs found that at the national level a majority disapproves of the job Biden is doing .. and his job approval is underwater (or, “upside down”) by 16 percentage points … and he’s underwater in all but 5 states.
A couple or readers opined: “Yeah, but Trump was worse”.
As evidence, one reader linked me to a Statista recap chart.
Fair enough…
> Biden started out at about 57% approval … and has already fallen 24 percentage points to 43%
> Trump was slower out of the gates with about 45% approval … and, to a comparable time point in his term of ofice, he dropped about 7 percentage points to 38%
> For reference. Obama started out at a sky high 67% approval … and slid about 16 percentage points to 51%.
Bottom line: Trump certainly didn’t get a honeymoon period … his “opposition” was entrenched from the get-go … so, his 7-point performance slide was less than Obama’s 16 point drop or Biden’s 24 point slide.
That said, it’s true that Biden is outscoring Trump 43% to 38% ten months into their presidencies.
But…
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Taking a longer-run view, note that Trump rallied from his 38% low to almost 50% … as the economy grew, the Southern border was contained and the Middle East stabilized.
Then, Covid hit our shores and Trump’s approval plummeted back down to about 35%.
The question of today: Has Biden’s slump bottomed out?
If so, will his performance earn him the same approval trajectory that Trump enjoyed pre-Covid?
I’m betting the under on that one.
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Thanks to JD for raising the question and feeding me the Statista lead.
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