Biden’s approval rating matches record-low: Poll

President Joe Biden's approval rating has reached its lowest level in two years, tying his record.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that just 36% of people approve of Biden's job as president, tying his record low-performance rating in July 2022. The new rating is a decrease of 2 percentage points from one month prior.

Biden started with a positive approval rating, which he held until August 2021, after which it never recovered.

Especially worrying for Biden is that respondents gave former President Donald Trump significantly higher ratings in several key fields, including the economy, immigration, and foreign conflicts and terrorism.

Roughly 40% of respondents said that Trump had better economic policies, compared to 30% who sided with Biden. Trump was far ahead on immigration with a 42% preference, compared to just 25% who picked Biden. On the matter of foreign conflicts and terrorism, 36% of respondents favored Trump, compared to 29% in favor of Biden's approach.

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The one issue in which Biden emerged on top was political extremism — 34% said that they preferred Biden's approach, compared to 30% who preferred Trump.

Polls have Biden and Trump neck-and-neck for the November election, with the former president arguably holding his best chances since departing office in 2021.