The previous low for Biden found in the same poll was 38% back in May. It took only a month of bad inflation numbers and higher gas prices to knock two more points off that number for the new low to become 36%.
What will it look like a month from now, could Biden really be pushing below the mid-thirties?
Biden is getting absolutely decimated on the economy along with Democrats and the federal government as a whole. Aside from Biden’s terrible approval, a majority of respondents also say government action has continued to worsen their situation, not improve it:
A majority of 57% say that the actions of the federal government over the past six months have hurt their family when it comes to their most important concern. Just 8% say Washington has helped them and 34% say federal actions have had no real impact on their top concern. In prior polls, between 34% and 47% said government actions have hurt them on their biggest family concern.
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Biden’s overall job rating continues to trend downward. Currently, just 36% approve of the job he is doing while 58% disapprove. It has now been a year since Biden held a net positive rating (48% approve and 44% disapprove in July 2021).
There are two charts Monmouth includes that demonstrate the hellish situation the Democratic Party now finds itself in.
The first has to do with asking whether government actions have helped or hurt, a metric that has only gotten worse for Biden:
Finding that 57% of respondents say government impact is making things worse is a new high. A response like this clearly means most Americans are not buying the “Putin price hike” lie and instead lay the blame at the feet of the federal government and President Biden.
The next chart Monmouth includes is Biden’s approval over time. The approval number line would make a fantastic water slide:
It’s almost been completely flipped since Biden took office back in January 2021. Biden has made every wrong turn one could make to keep pushing his numbers downward.
One more data point that illustrates the total disconnect between Biden and middle-class voters. Despite press conferences and plans to lower gas prices or drive down the cost of living, the average American just isn’t seeing it or believing it:
Currently, 54% of Americans say the middle class has not benefited at all from Biden’s policies. This is up from 36% one year ago and it is also higher than 36% who said the same about former President Donald Trump at about the same point in his term (April 2018). It is even higher than 46% who said the same about former President Barack Obama in 2013, when Monmouth first posed this question.
That must be a gut punch for Scranton Joe to be leaving the middle class far worse off than President Obama or President Trump. It’s honestly hard to drive up negative ratings this far this fast yet Biden has managed to do it.
If a majority of Americans now feel that Biden’s policies have done more harm than good, where does that leave Democrats running for re-election in tight districts this November? The simple answer is that most of them will lose, and lose hard.
The top six concerns from voters according to Monmouth:
- 33% Inflation
- 15% Gas prices
- 9% Economy
- 6% Bills/groceries
- 5% Abortion
- 3% Guns
The top three items comprise 63% of the total, nothing else even comes close. On each item, voters see Biden as doing more harm than good. Democrats are in for a shellacking if this trend continues.
