Biden’s approval rating in Georgia is sliding into dangerous territory, according to a new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, a troubling development for Democrats as they look to pick up the governor’s mansion this year and hold onto their recent electoral gains.
The survey shows that roughly one-third of Georgia voters – about 34 percent – approve of Biden’s job performance, a significant decline from last May, when his approval rating in the Peach State sat at 51 percent. It’s also notably lower than his national average, which currently sits at just under 42 percent, according to the data website FiveThirtyEight.
The Journal-Constitution poll is particularly bad news for Democrats in Georgia, a former Republican stronghold that has emerged as a key battleground state in recent years. Democrats are hoping to protect the seat of Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) this year, as well as flip the governor’s mansion.
Stacey Abrams, the 2018 nominee for governor who’s making another run for the office this year, is trailing Gov. Brian Kemp (R) by a roughly 7-point margin. In a head-to-head matchup, Kemp notches 48.1 percent support to Abrams’s 40.8 percent, according to the survey.