United States President Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 37%, according to an NBC News poll released Sunday, as his favorable continue to fall and he tries to engage a largely apathetic electorate ahead of his and former President Donald Trump’s likely November rematch.
The NBC News poll, conducted Jan. 26-30, comes after Trump won his party’s presidential nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth month, and amid positive news on the U.S. economy, including growing consumer confidence and more than 300,000 jobs created last month.
Breaking the key facts of the poll, an American business magazine – Forbes say some 60% of registered voters polled by NBC disapprove of Biden’s performance, down from NBC polling in November that had the president at 57% disapproving.
While Biden’s approval rating has gone down, NBC’s findings are mostly consistent with other recent polls.
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Biden’s average approval rating sits at 39% as of Saturday, according to a FiveThirtyEight average of polls.
The new NBC poll shows Trump beating Biden by five points, 47% to 42%, among registered voters in a head-to-head 2024 general election race.
Biden’s polling head-to-head against Trump fell about 7% in the past year as the president had 49% of voters’ support in July 2023, according to NBC.
On the question of which candidate would better handle the economy, Trump leads Biden 55% to 33%—marking a sizable increase in support for Trump, who in October 2020 held a seven-point lead over Biden, 48% to 41%. Trump’s issue-specific polling leads include immigration control and securing the border (where he beats Biden by 35%), improving America’s standing in the world (he tops), and having the necessary mental and physical health to be president ( 23% over Biden). Biden leads Trump in NBC’s poll on his protecting of immigrant rights (by 17%) and his handling of abortion (by 12%).
Biden holds a six-point lead over Trump 50% to 44%, according to a Quinnipiac University poll from last week.
