Democratic hopes that the end of the pandemic would boost Biden’s poll numbers don’t seem to be panning out.

A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that just five percent of Americans say the coronavirus pandemic “is the most important issue that you want the President and U.S. Congress to make a top priority.” Most Americans (50 percent) answered inflation and the economy, while 25 percent said Russia and Ukraine, and 15 percent said immigration and the border.

The same poll finds that only 19 percent of Americans say that “COVID is still a serious threat that should continue to be treated as a public health emergency that includes restrictions.”

Despite the end of the pandemic as a major public-policy concern, Biden’s approval rating remains mired in the low 40s. The latest Journal poll shows his approval rating at 42 percent approve, 57 disapprove — essentially unchanged from November’s results of 41 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove.

Polling averages have also shown little improvement in Biden’s job-approval rating since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 23.