Joe Biden's job approval rating as US president has fallen to a record low of 37% since his inauguration. This is evidenced by the results of a public opinion poll by the Gallup research service. According to the company, 59% of survey participants do not support the actions of the head of the White House. The remaining 4% of respondents refrained from answering.

"At the time Joe Biden started his re-election campaign, the approval rating of his activities (as president. — RT) among the American population dropped to 37%, which is the lowest figure recorded by Gallup for Biden to date, "the service said.

The survey was conducted against the backdrop of plans for the 46th head of the White House to take part in the 2024 elections. Recall that Biden officially announced this on April 25 in a video message to the Americans, stressing that he devoted his first presidential term to "fighting for democracy, protecting rights, ensuring that everyone in the country is treated equally, so that everyone has an equal chance of succeeding." On the same day, the head of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, published on her Twitter the results of opinion polls by leading American TV channels, according to which only about 30% of US citizens support Biden's re-election, while about 70% of respondents believe that the current head of state should not run again.

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"Biden's latest approval rating is based on survey data for the period from April 3 to April 25 (this year. - RT), which was completed on the day Biden announced his candidacy for re-election. This study recorded a drop (Biden's rating. — RT) by three points compared to March and by five points compared to February (this year). - RT)," the sociological service said in a statement.

For comparison, in February 2021, according to the same Gallup, the rating of the American leader was 57%, but in the following months this figure gradually decreased and recently was slightly above 40%. And in July 2022, it dropped to 38% - this level of support was considered minimal for Biden.

One of the main reasons for the fall in the rating of the head of the White House, Gallup calls Americans' dissatisfaction with the economic situation in the country.

"Probably, the economy is a key factor influencing Biden's ratings ... The decline in approval of Biden's activities correlates with the deterioration of Americans' assessments of the US economy. The Gallup Economic Confidence Index for April is -44, down from -38 in March... (Biden's approval rating as head of the White House. — RT) fell below the 40% mark for the second time during his presidency, as Americans' confidence in the economy continues to fall, "the company explained.

Gallup also pointed out that the "economic confidence index" summarizes Americans' assessments of current economic conditions and their perception of whether the situation in the economy is improving or deteriorating.

"In the new survey, 16% (respondents. — RT) assess the state of the economy as excellent or good, 37% as satisfactory and 47% as bad (growth (in this category). — RT) compared to 43% in March)," Gallup explained.

"You're putting the economy at risk"

Republicans are also dissatisfied with the economic measures of the President of the United States. So, at the end of March, Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy sent a letter to Biden in which he blamed him for the country's economic problems.

"As time goes on, I am incredibly concerned that you are jeopardizing an already fragile economy by insisting on your uncompromising stance and refusing to negotiate any meaningful changes to out-of-control government spending along with raising the debt ceiling," McCarthy said, stressing that maintaining Biden's current position in this area would lead to "dire consequences for the whole country."

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In turn, Ronna McDaniel recalled on April 25 on her Twitter that when Biden first took office as President of the United States, inflation was 1,4%, and during his tenure in power it reached the level of 5% or even exceeded it.

For his part, former US leader Donald Trump said on April 27 in a speech to supporters in New Hampshire about the state's movement "towards a depression" similar to the one that began in the last century with the stock market crash in the United States.

"Our country, based on where we are going now, is approaching a depression. We are falling into a depression akin to the one that happened in 1929, but we will not allow that to happen. Energy... It has risen in price so much that prices have risen for everything and inflation has reached a level that we have not had for 52 years. The situation is still terrifying," Trump said.

"A lot of claims have accumulated"

According to experts, against the backdrop of such accusations, another anti-record of the ratings of the current US president will become an additional "unfavorable factor for Biden and his political positions."

"At the same time, the new Gallup data echoes other sociological studies, according to which the overwhelming majority of American voters said they would not like to see Biden as president. Both these data and the results of the opinion poll are the reaction of Americans to Biden's announcement of plans for re-election, and mostly negative, "said Yuri Rogulev, director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States at Moscow State University, in an interview with RT.

According to him, the state of the economy has indeed become one of the main reasons for the fall in Biden's rating.

"Americans are most concerned about rising inflation. The situation in the economy as a result of the policy of the current administration has become very precarious, problems continue in the banking sector, "says Rogulev.

He also added that problems in the economy are far from the only complaint of Biden's critics.

"The second problem in the United States, which was exacerbated by the president's actions, is, of course, the migration crisis. There is a critical situation at the border," Rogulev said.

Recall that Biden has been repeatedly criticized for the aggravation of the migration problem. So, back in October 2022, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, speaking on Fox News, accused the head of the White House of a large-scale humanitarian crisis on the southern border with Mexico.

"If you look at the number of people who cross the border and those who are victims of human trafficking, it becomes clear who is to blame for this: Joe Biden. Let's remember the situation that was two and a half years ago: the number of illegal border crossings was the lowest in several decades!" said Abbott, his words are quoted by InoTV.

Subsequently, other Republicans made similar claims against Biden. The same Ronna McDaniel called the migration policy of the 46th president "cruel and inhumane." Trump said that the United States has become a "dump" because of Biden's actions.

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At the same time, analysts agree that Republicans can contribute to the weakening of Biden's position during the presidential race.

"It will not be difficult for Republicans to play on the fatigue of Americans from the course of the Biden administration, because they have accumulated many complaints about both domestic policy and foreign policy. Biden has not been able to resolve the fundamental issues facing the administration: the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic have not been overcome, the flight from Afghanistan has been carried out, and fuel continues to be added to the fire of the Ukrainian conflict. The split in American society is more obvious than ever, "said Konstantin Blokhin, a researcher at the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in a conversation with RT.

In his opinion, Biden's rating is also negatively affected by the election race that has begun, in which Trump is participating.

"Biden objectively looks very pale against the background of Trump, and the ex-president feels his strength. The head of the White House, who permanently makes a reservation and confuses locations, as well as people, looks losing compared to the active Trump. The Democrats have a crisis of leadership, they do not have a worthy candidate who could compete with Trump in charisma. Given all this, the likelihood of Biden's re-election is extremely low," Blokhin concluded.