Low Approval
A composite of state-by-state polling, conducted over the past three weeks, shows that the lack of approval for the job President Biden is doing is very broad and very deep.
Of the 50 states, only four states have polls showing Biden with a higher approval rating than disapproval rating…and in no state does he have a majority of voters signaling approval.
He’s most popular in Vermont, with only 50 percent approving…Hawaii is at 49, Massachusetts 48, and Maryland 45. That’s it, the only four states where his approval rating outpaces his disapproval rating.
The most recent numbers from Iowa show 60 percent disapproval, 31 percent approval and 9 percent who are neutral on the question.
Interesting, but not overall surprising given the fight between the White House and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, is that Biden’s approval in West Virginia is the lowest in the country at only 17 percent. Not much better in Wyoming…only 19 percent approve of the president’s job performance there. North Dakota respondents approving of Biden’s job performance is only 20 percent.
To a large degree, this is sort of a “who cares” thing. Polling is open to interpretation depending on who was surveyed, what questions were asked, how many were surveyed, etc. But regardless of all those variables, there is a very clear trend that should worry Democrats as the midterm election approaches.
We know that in most cases, the party in power in the White House loses seats in Congress in the midterm. Having a wildly, broadly unpopular president can’t help Democrats in that regard—unless they pivot dramatically to distance themselves from Biden. And I doubt that approach is going to happen.
