Biden’s Approval Rating Takes Its First Little Dip

Jonathan Bernstein: “Guess what? President Joe Biden’s approval rating isn’t set in stone after all. After months of almost eerie stasis, Biden has lost a little ground in public opinion polls over the last month. He’s now at 50% approval and 43.8% disapproval, according to the FiveThirtyEight estimate based on some fancy averaging of all the reputable polls out there.”

“That’s just a small movement from the low-50s range he’s been in since he took office in January. His overall approval range is barely more than five percentage points. By contrast, Donald Trump’s range at this point in his presidency was over 10 percentage points; Barack Obama’s was around 15. So Biden’s remains unusually stable.”

“And his popularity continues to be nothing special historically, at least compared with relatively recent presidents. Through 206 days in office, he continues to have better approval numbers than Trump, Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford, while trailing everyone else, but he’s now close to both Obama and George W. Bush.”