Editing Joe Biden (section)

=== Job approval ===
{{See also|2021 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l1=2021|2022 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l2=2022|2023 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration|l3=2023|2024–2025 opinion polling on the Joe Biden administration}}

According to [[Morning Consult]] polling, Biden maintained an [[Opinion poll|approval rating]] above 50% during his presidency's first eight months. In August 2021, it began to decline, reaching the low forties by December.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Joe Biden's Job Approval Rating Steady in December |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/358343/joe-biden-job-approval-rating-steady-december.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123222342/https://news.gallup.com/poll/358343/joe-biden-job-approval-rating-steady-december.aspx |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |access-date=February 2, 2022 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref> This was attributed to the Afghanistan withdrawal, increasing hospitalizations from the [[SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant|Delta variant]], [[2021–2023 inflation surge|high inflation and gas prices]], disarray within the Democratic Party, and a general decline in popularity customary in politics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frostenson |first1=Sarah |date=October 12, 2021 |title=Why Has Biden's Approval Rating Gotten So Low So Quickly? |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-has-bidens-approval-rating-gotten-so-low-so-quickly/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012100615/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-has-bidens-approval-rating-gotten-so-low-so-quickly/ |archive-date=October 12, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |website=[[FiveThirtyEight]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Graham |first1=David A. |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Six Theories of Joe Biden's Crumbling Popularity |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/biden-approval-rating/620751/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112230703/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/biden-approval-rating/620751/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=June 18, 2022 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Rupar |first1=Aaron |date=September 20, 2021 |title=Why Biden's approval numbers have sagged, explained by an expert |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/9/20/22678173/biden-polls-approval-rating-morning-consult |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028195231/https://www.vox.com/2021/9/20/22678173/biden-polls-approval-rating-morning-consult |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |website=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Montanaro |first1=Domenico |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Biden's Approval Rating Hits A New Low After The Afghanistan Withdrawal |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033433959/biden-approval-rating-afghanistan-withdrawal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027035207/https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033433959/biden-approval-rating-afghanistan-withdrawal |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> In 2023, Biden's approval rating was the lowest of any modern{{Efn|The source defines "modern" presidents as all 7 presidents before Biden, or presidents since 1979, which comprise Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump.|name=}} U.S. president after three years in office.<ref name="gallup2023end">{{Cite web|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/547763/biden-ends-2023-job-approval.aspx|title=Biden Ends 2023 With 39% Job Approval|first=Megan|last=Brenan|date=December 22, 2023|publisher=Gallup, Inc.}}</ref>

[[Gallup, Inc.]] found Biden's approval ratings to be consistently above 50% during his first few months in office,<ref name="Gallup Approval">{{cite web|first=Jeffrey M.|last=Jones|date=February 4, 2021|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/329348/biden-begins-term-job-approval.aspx|title=Biden Begins Term With 57% Job Approval|publisher=
[[Gallup, Inc.]]|accessdate=November 9, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Saad |first=Lydia |date=April 23, 2021 |title=Biden Job Approval a Respectable 57% at 100 Days |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/348974/biden-job-approval-respectable-100-days.aspx |access-date=October 1, 2021 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref> but by August, his ratings began to decline.<ref>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Cillizza|authorlink=Chris Cillizza|date=August 18, 2021|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/18/politics/joe-biden-polls-president-afghanistan/index.html|title=Joe Biden's political honeymoon is officially over|agency=[[CNN]]|accessdate=November 9, 2024}}</ref> He had a 98% approval rating from Democrats in February 2021, but by December only 78% approved of his presidency.<ref name="BidenGallup">{{Cite web |title=Presidential Job Approval Center |url=https://news.gallup.com/interactives/185273/presidential-job-approval-center.aspx |access-date=July 31, 2022 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref><ref name="Gallup Approval" /> By October 2023, his rating among Democrats had reached a record low of 75%.<ref name="gallup2023end" /><ref>{{cite web|first=Megan|last=Brenan|date=October 26, 2023|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/513305/democrats-ratings-biden-slip-overall-approval.aspx|title=Democrats' Rating of Biden Slips; Overall Approval at 37%|publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]|accessdate=November 9, 2024}}</ref> His approval rating among Republicans has been consistently in the single digits, aside from his first few months in office.<ref name="BidenGallup" /> Additionally, Gallup noted that Biden's public support eroded each year he was in office: he averaged 49% approval in his first year,<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeffrey M.|last=Jones|date=January 18, 2022|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/389033/biden-year-one-approval-ratings-subpar-extremely-polarized.aspx|title=Biden Year One Approval Ratings Subpar, Extremely Polarized|publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]|accessdate=November 9, 2024}}</ref> 41% in his second,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=January 25, 2023 |title=Biden Averaged 41% Job Approval in His Second Year |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/468806/biden-averaged-job-approval-second-year.aspx |access-date=January 9, 2024 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref> 40% in his third,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Biden's Third-Year Job Approval Average of 39.8% Second Worst |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/609188/biden-third-year-job-approval-average-second-worst.aspx |access-date=January 28, 2024 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref> and 39% in his fourth.<ref name="gallup20250117" /> In July 2024, just before he withdrew from the 2024 presidential election, Gallup found his approval rating had fallen to an all-time low of 36%.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Megan |last=Brenan |date=July 23, 2024 |title=Biden's Approval Rating Hit New Low Before Exit From Race|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/647633/biden-approval-rating-hit-new-low-exit-race.aspx|access-date=July 31, 2024 |website=[[Gallup.com]]}}</ref> Gallup found that Biden had an average approval rating of 42.2% throughout his presidency, which was lower than all other presidents' except Trump's first term, at 41.1%. Biden's final approval rating in January 2025 was 40%, which was low but still higher than several other presidents' final approval ratings.<ref name="gallup20250117" /> Gallup's averaged polls of Biden's presidency found that he was the second-least popular president in its polling history, ahead of Trump.<ref name="gallup20250117">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Jeffrey M. |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Biden Job Approval Second Lowest Among Post-WWII Presidents |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/655298/biden-job-approval-second-lowest-among-post-wwii-presidents.aspx |access-date=2025-03-14 |publisher=[[Gallup, Inc.]]}}</ref>

CNN and CBS News found Biden's final approval rating to be 37% and 36%, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=De Pinto |first1=Jennifer |last2=Salvanto |first2=Anthony |last3=Backus |first3=Fred |last4=Khanna |first4=Kabir |date=2025-01-19 |title=Biden's presidency viewed negatively by most Americans — CBS News poll - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-presidency-opinion-poll-2025-01-19/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Agiesta |first=Jennifer |date=2025-01-15 |title=CNN Poll: Biden leaves office with his approval rating matching the lowest of his term |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/15/politics/cnn-poll-biden-presidency/index.html |access-date=2025-03-14 |publisher=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> Polling aggregator [[FiveThirtyEight]] found that Biden had a final average approval rating of 37%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210128161428/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 28, 2021|title=How popular is Joe Biden?|website=FiveThirtyEight|access-date=February 3, 2025}}</ref>