U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating rose 1 percentage point to 39% this week, but was still near the lowest level of his presidency, according to a two-day Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Tuesday.
Biden’s unpopularity weighed on Democrats in the Nov. 8 midterm elections when Republicans narrowly seized control of the U.S. House of Representatives, although Democrats maintained and even narrowly widened their control of the U.S. Senate.
Taking office in January 2021 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Biden has grappled with the economic scars of the global health crisis, including soaring inflation. This year, his approval rating drifted as low as 36% in May and June.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted online in English throughout the United States, gathered responses from 1,005 adults, including 450 Democrats and 346 Republicans. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of 4 percentage points either way.
