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The two-day national poll still shows Biden's approval near the
lowest level of his presidency. His general unpopularity weighed
on Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections when Republicans
narrowly seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Biden, who turned 80 this month, has said he intends to run for
reelection in 2024 and would likely make a final decision early
next year after consulting with his family. His political
prospects got a boost in the midterms when Democrats, while
losing control of the House, still performed better than
expected.
This week, Biden's approval rating rose 3 percentage points from
37% in a Nov. 21-22 poll. Seventy-eight percent of Democrats in
the poll said they approved of his job in the White House, up
from 73% in the prior poll. His support among Republicans held
at 9%.
Taking office in January 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19
pandemic, Biden's term has been marked by the economic scars of
the global health crisis, including soaring inflation. This
year, his approval rating drifted as low as 36% in May and June.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout
the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults,
including 453 Democrats and 365 Republicans. It has a
credibility interval - a measure of precision - of 4 percentage
points either way.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Richard Chang)
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