President Joe Biden’s approval rating average (38.7 percent) in the 13th quarter is the lowest of any president recorded, Gallup polling found on Friday.
Biden’s terrible approval numbers of his 13th quarter in office, which began on January 20 and ended April 19, suggests he will have a difficult time winning reelection.
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Presidents historically need to average around 50 percent to win reelection.
“Jimmy Carter is the only other president with a sub-50% average in his 13th quarter. Three of the four prior presidents who had 13th-quarter approval averages below 50% lost their reelection bids, with Obama the exception,” Gallup reported.
Eisenhower: 73.2 percent Nixon: 53.7 percent Carter: 47.7 percent Reagan: 54.5 percent G.H.W. Bush: 41.8 percent Clinton: 53 percent G.W. Bush:
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