Even members of the president’s own party have urged him not to run for reelection as concerns about his fitness and the economy escalate
US President Joe Biden’s approval rating has hit rock bottom, according to a CNN poll published on Wednesday. Just 37% of Americans surveyed over the last month had a favorable view of the Democrat’s job performance.
While the president’s approval ratings never inched far above half the population by CNN’s count, topping out at 53% in April of 2021, his numbers have steadily declined since last December, driven by a dismal perception of his handling of the economy that has extended even into his own party, with 36% of Democrats taking a dim view of his economic policies, according to the poll.
These results reflected respondents’ overall pessimism regarding the nation’s financial fate – just 29% of those polled described the economy as “good” or “very good.” Even Democrats seemed to have…