President Joe Biden’s approval rating in January, during an election year, is the lowest recorded in the modern era of polling, as per a recent CNN poll. This highlights the significant lack of popularity that the president currently faces. Biden’s approval stands at 38 percent, which is five points lower than former President Trump’s rating in January 2020 and nine points worse than former President Obama’s rating at the same stage of his presidency:
Eisenhower, 1956 — 77 percent
Johnson, 1964 — 76 percent
Carter, 1980 — 58 percent
Reagan, 1984 — 55 percent
Truman, 1948 — 53 percent
Clinton, 1996 — 52 percent
Bush, 2004 — 49 percent
Nixon, 1972 — 49 percent
Obama, 2012 — 47 percent
Bush, 1992 — 47 percent
Ford, 1976 — 45 percent
Trump, 2020 — 43 percent
Biden, 2024 — 38 percent
The recent survey, conducted from January 25-30, involved a sample of 1,212 adults and carries a margin of error of 3.8 points. This poll adds to the growing trend of unfavorable polling results for the president.
37.7 percent approve of Biden
55.6 percent disapprove of Biden
In January, FiveThirtyEight discovered that Biden had the lowest net approval rating in history during his tenure of 1,080 days in office. Below is the net approval rating of past presidents in the modern era at the corresponding point in their presidencies:
Biden: -17.2 points
Trump: -11.8 points
Obama: -0.6 points
Carter: +9.6 points
Clinton: +11.2 points
H.W. Bush: +12.5 points
Nixon: +14.6 points
Reagan: +15.3 points
Truman: +16.7 points
G.W. Bush: +20.3 points
Eisenhower: +62.6 points