As the nation approaches its decision on who it wants for our next president, polling data continues to show a decline in approval ratings for President Joe Biden.

As per a recent survey by Rasmussen Reports, approximately 58% of respondents expressed that President Biden has fallen short in his role, with 40% labeling his presidency as a “complete failure,” the most critical assessment. An additional 18% characterized it as “mostly unsuccessful,” Paul Bedard noted in his “Washington Secrets” column in the Washington Examiner.

A majority of other respondents said they believe his presidency has been successful, though just 9 percent gave him a top grade of “complete success.”

Bedard adds: “Partisan politics in judging Biden play a huge role, though Democrats graded Biden harsher than Republicans graded former President Donald Trump. Among Democrats, 69% called Biden’s presidency a success. However, just 19% of Democrats told Rasmussen that Biden’s was a ‘complete success.’ Some 86% of Republicans gave Biden a thumbs down, while just 13% chose ‘mostly successful.’ And no Republican surveyed gave him a rating of ‘complete success.’ By comparison, voters, in general, approved of Trump. Rasmussen said 56% called Trump’s presidency a success, and 22% called it a “complete success.” And 42% called it unsuccessful.”

Several Democratic respondents agreed: 28% deemed Trump’s presidency as successful, with 11% characterizing it as a “complete success.”

Last week, a plurality of American voters said they believed that Trump’s four years in office were “better than expected,” whereas less than one in seven thought the same of Biden’s term in office.

Forty percent of respondents to a nationwide poll by NBC News on Friday said that they had anticipated a “better” presidency under Trump, the New York Post reported.

31% said it was “about as expected,” and 29% said it was “worse.”

Just 14% of respondents thought Biden’s presidency was “better than expected,” while 42% thought it was “worse.”

Per the poll, 44% more people said it was “about as expected.”