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two-day national poll found that 55% of Americans disapprove of
Biden's job performance.
Biden's approval rating has been below 50% since August 2021,
raising alarms that his Democratic Party is on track to lose
control of at least one chamber of Congress in the Nov. 8
midterm election.
Biden's popularity this year has suffered from a surge in
inflation, with Russia's invasion of Ukraine helping drive fuel
prices higher and global supply chains still hindered by the
COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, his approval rating was 36%,
matching the low point of his presidency reached in May.
On Friday, however, Biden welcomed an economic report that
showed strong growth last month in the number of U.S. jobs, with
the unemployment rate holding at 3.6%.
His approval rating within his own party rose this week to 74%
from 69%. Only 12% of Republicans approve of his performance in
office.
Biden's lowest ratings have rivaled the lows of his predecessor,
Donald Trump, whose popularity bottomed out at 33% in December
2017.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English throughout
the United States. The latest poll gathered responses from a
total of 1,004 adults, including 418 Democrats and 365
Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of
precision - of four percentage points.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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