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The president's approval rating has stayed below 50% since
August, a warning sign that his Democratic Party could lose
control of at least one chamber of the U.S. Congress in the Nov.
8 midterm elections.
Thirty-four percent of Americans say the economy is the most
important issue currently facing the United States. Biden has
been plagued by 40-year-highs in inflation, with Russia's
invasion of Ukraine restricting global fuel supply and supply
chains still constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among his own party, Biden's approval rating remains largely
unchanged since last week - at 73% compared to 74% on June 15.
In August, 85% of Democrats approved of Biden's performance.
But among Republicans, Biden's rating slipped to 7% compared to
11% on June 15. Only 18% of Americans think the country is
headed in the right direction.
Biden's approval rating is approaching - but has not yet reached
- the lowest levels seen by his predecessor, Donald Trump, who
had a 33% approval rating in December 2017.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English throughout
the United States. The most recent poll gathered responses from
1,002 adults, including 435 Democrats and 379 Republicans. It
has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of four
percentage points.
(Reporting by Rose Horowitch; Editing by Scott Malone and Sandra
Maler)
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