Fifty-seven percent of Americans approve of the job Joe Biden is doing as president in Gallup’s first measurement of the 46th president. That is just below the average 60% rating for post-World War II presidents elected to their first term.
Biden’s 37% disapproval rating is among the highest for a president’s first reading, second only to Donald Trump’s 45%. Americans were much more inclined to form early judgments — good or bad — of these two most recent presidents than their predecessors, with no opinion responses typically exceeding 20% for presidents prior to 2017. CONTINUED
Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup