Americans are not satisfied with President Joe Biden or with how things are going in the United States, according to a new Gallup Poll.
The poll, conducted between Dec. 2-18 and released this week, shows 2024 is coming to a close with just 19% of Americans saying they're satisfied with how matters are going, marking the lowest rate since July.
The satisfaction numbers have consistently decreased among members of both political parties, even though a partisan divide remains.
Democrats' satisfaction fell by 19 points, or 47% to 31% between October and November. Republicans' satisfaction, though, rose from 5% to 16%, climbing as President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration in January nears.
Americans' view of the economy also remains low but has been improving, according to Gallup's Economic Confidence Index. The current evaluation of the economy is at -14, marking the highest rate since August 2021. The rate has been climbing since 2022 when it was at -58. Before November's election, the index climbed to -26 confidence in October before jumping to -17 in the weeks after November's election.
The index's theoretical range is from +100, which is where it would be if all Americans rated the economy as being excellent or good and saying it is getting better, to -100, where it would be if everyone rated the economy as being poor and saying it is getting worse.
Meanwhile, Biden's approval ratings remained low, with 39%, or 4 out of 10 Americans approving of the job he is doing. The numbers have remained virtually the same since November, at 37%, and from October, at 41%.
His approval throughout his administration has remained at between 36% to 45% since January 2022, and he has not had a job approval rating of 50% or higher since July 2021.
Biden's approval numbers also showed a partisan divide, including with Democrats by 85%; adults with college educations, 55%; political liberals, 73%; people of color, 53%; and people with no religious affiliations, 51%.
Majorities of Republicans, conservatives, white adults, and those without college degrees, however, disapproved of Biden's job performance, as did majorities in all age and income categories, the poll shows.
Congressional approval also remained low, with its job rating below 20%, much as it has stayed all year. Congressional approval reached 20% in September but dropped to 12% in February and 13% in May.
The pollsters questioned a random sample of 1,003 adults ages 18 and older in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4 percentage points at a 95% confidence level.
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