President Biden just this week got socked with a Quinnipiac poll putting him at an astonishing 35 percent approval rating among registered voters, indicating that Biden is neither enjoying a rally-round-the-flag effect due to war in Europe nor convincing voters that the devastating 40-year-high wave of inflation that amounts to a drastic and sudden pay cut for working Americans is all Vladimir Putin’s fault.
Biden’s approval rating is 40.6, disapproval 52.3, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.
At the same point in the previous presidency, President Trump spent the month of April 2018 around 42 percent approval, up a tick to around 42.8 percent on April 13. His disapproval numbers were right around 54 percent all month, dipping a bit below that on April 13.
So Biden has slightly lower favorables than Trump, but Trump had slightly higher unfavorables (with fewer voters undecided about Trump). Recall that Trump’s party lost 41 seats in the House during the 2018 midterms. The Republicans can probably thank the Senate Democrats for their disgraceful behavior toward Brett Kavanaugh that autumn for their pickup of two Senate seats.