President Biden's approval rating has hit a new low of just 36%, and his approval among Democrats has dropped 9 points since June, a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/ maristpoll finds.
Biden's approval rating in the poll is now at 36%. That's a 4 percentage-point drop from June, and inside the numbers, it's attributable to a 9-point decline within his own party.
Biden has continually faced a lack of enthusiasm among his base. He was never progressives' preferred choice for president, but many held their nose to vote for him against Trump. In his run for the White House, Biden promised progressives the political equivalent of the moon, but he has run into the realities of governing.Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced he would not support funding of the Biden administration's climate and energy programs.
They say he has also repeatedly folded in negotiations and put too much stock in the power of his personal relationships, particularly with Manchin. Progressives bristle at the fact that Biden hasn't pushed to punish Manchin by, for example, stripping him of his energy committee chairmanship. Biden's cratered approval numbers are a bad sign for Democrats in this midterm election year. The party in power traditionally faces headwinds in a president's first midterm, and when its president's approval rating is this low, that can spell even more trouble.
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