President Joe Biden has the lowest job approval rating of any chief executive in the past 15 years, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll found.
Biden's approval rating is 33%, the lowest since then-President George W. Bush in 2006-2008, ABC News reported. Biden also has a 58% disapproval rating.
Such negative approval/disapproval numbers could suggest support of the current House GOP's investigation of Biden's alleged influence peddling and potential impeachment.
The ABC/Ipsos poll also focused on election comparisons:
- Trump Dominates in Party Vote — The poll shows that 72% of Republicans support former President Donald Trump as their nominee. By comparison, just 57% of Democrats said they would be satisfied with him as their party's nominee.
- Younger Blacks Abandon Biden — Biden's job approval rating is 21 points below average among Blacks, compared with 15 points below average among Hispanic people, compared with 6 points among white people. Black voters, once a lock to back Democrats, shows that the demographic no longer guaranteed to support the party's candidates. Biden's support among Blacks falls sharply, the poll shows, with younger Blacks: 32% of Blacks under 50 approve of Biden, 65% of Blacks 50 and over approve of the president.
- Trump More Fit for Job — Asked about the candidates' mental fitess for the presidency, 47% supported Trump, 77, versus 28% for Biden, 81.
- Fit for the job — On the question of physical fitness, 57% supported Trump, while 28% backed Biden.
- Economy Under Biden — With the economy always a top issue, if not the No. 1 issue for voters in a presidential election, Biden's standing is poor. More than half of the respondents (56%) said they disapprove of Biden's handling of the economy, while 31% approved. The poll also indicates that 71% said the economy is in bad shape, while 24% said he economy was good.
The ABC News/Ipsos poll was conducted Jan. 4-8 among a random national sample of 2,228 adults.
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