GALLUP: Biden Facing Worst Reelection Prospects In Decades

GALLUP: Biden Facing Worst Reelection Prospects In Decades


A recent report suggests that President Joe Biden is facing more challenging reelection prospects than any other incumbent president in the past three decades.

According to Gallup, less than 40 percent of those surveyed expressed a desire to see President Biden secure another term, marking the lowest level of support for an incumbent president in 32 years, even lower than his 41 percent approval rating.

“The gloomy results for the liberal president follow several other polls showing him losing to former President Donald Trump, though many of those polls show that voters don’t want either to return to the White House,” the Washington Examiner reported, citing the results.

“However, Gallup did offer a glimmer of hope for the incumbent. The survey firm made the case that a couple of other recent presidents who were underwater in polling leading to an election won, though none were as undeserving as Biden is,” the outlet added.

Gallup’s analysis noted: “In January of prior incumbent reelection years, Gallup asked whether former Presidents Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush deserved reelection. The same question was asked about George W. Bush (October 2003) and Barack Obama (December 2011) late in the years before they sought reelection.

Gallup added: “Of these, the younger Bush (who won reelection) had the highest reelect figure, at 53%, while two incumbents who lost, Trump at 50% and the elder Bush at 49%, scored just below. Although Biden’s current rating ranks lowest among the readings for the past six presidents, his 38% is most similar to Clinton’s 44% and Obama’s 43%, both of whom won a second term.”

The survey revealed that voters hold an even lower opinion of Congress, with only 24 percent believing that members of Congress should be reelected. However, 55 percent indicated that their own representatives and senators should be reelected.

Gallup concluded:

“Voters are not enthusiastic about returning most elected federal officials to office. Biden trails other incumbents at similar points in their presidencies, and voters are less likely than in other recent election years to say members of Congress deserve reelection.”

“While the numbers for Congress are unlikely to improve, based on historical patterns, Biden’s numbers could. He hopes to follow the paths of Clinton and Obama, whose electoral fortunes improved during their reelection years and saw them win second terms, rather than those of Trump and the elder George Bush, whose support for a second term deteriorated over the course of the election year.”


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