Joe Biden has recorded a lower average 13th quarter approval rating than any other president in recent history, according to polls.
Biden’s 13th quarter in office, which began on January 20 and ended on April 19, saw the president record an all-time low average approval rating of 38.7 percent, according to Gallup.
The results are the latest warning sign about Biden’s chances of entering a second term. The incumbent has long faced concerns about his age and poor approval ratings heading into November’s election when he is poised to face off against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.
Biden’s 38.7 percent average approval rating in the 13th quarter is lower than any of the previous nine U.S. presidents whose first term coincided with the same period, dating back to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953.
Biden’s most recent quarterly average approval rating is down slightly from the previous quarter’s score of 39.0 percent and 40 percent in the 11th quarter.
The falling average approval rating for Biden arrived after seeing a near all-time low of 38 percent in the most recent Gallup poll, conducted April 1-22. The lowest rating Biden has recorded in Gallup polls was 37 percent in April 2023. The low average approval rating in the 13th quarter arrived as the president has received frequent criticism for his response to Israel’s war in Gaza. The latest quarter has coincided with pro-Palestinian protests starting at New York’s Columbia University breaking out across the nation.