President Biden concludes his first year in office with the second-lowest approval rating of any President's freshman year at the White House.
His approval rating first dipped below the 50 percent mark in mid-August and Biden has failed to recover since, according to RealClearPolitics data.'s turbulent withdrawal from Afghanistan in late August and the consequent terrorist attack on Kabul airport which killed 183 people, among them 13 U.S. troops.
The emergence of the Omicron variant and subsequent spike in coronavirus cases, prolonged economic uncertainty, continued inflation and disruption in the national supply chain, as well as political blows such as recent failures to pass keyThe American population has also seemingly lost trust in Biden's administration, as an average of 62 percent believe the country is heading down the wrong track, according toWASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: U.S.
The final quarter of Biden's freshman year at the White House — which ran from October 20 to January 19 — he averaged an approval rate of 41.7 percent. This is the second-lowest approval rating for an incumbent president's fourth quarter, beaten only by Trump's fourth quarter average approval of 36.9 percent, according to Gallup statistics.
All other predecessors averaged approval ratings of over 50 percent in the fourth quarter of their inaugural year, with W. Bush peaking at 85.7 percent following stringent support after the 9/11 terror attacks.
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