Four in 10 Americans approve of how President Joe Biden is running the country, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll conducted in the days before he announced his campaign for reelection. Meanwhile, a majority of Republicans currently say they would vote for Donald Trump, even if he is convicted of a crime, but the former president has found little support beyond his base. …
Public approval of Biden’s job as president has languished in the 30s and the 40s for much of his time in the Oval Office, despite the nation’s improved economy and the COVID pandemic entering a new phase under his administration. Shortly before Trump announced his own reelection campaign in 2019, 42 percent of Americans approved of how he was doing his job. CONTINUED
Laura Santhanam, PBS NewsHour
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