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Joe Biden’s average approval rating falls below 50% for first time as President

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President Biden’s approval rating has fallen to 49.3 percent in the FiveThirtyEight average of polls, the first time Biden has dipped below a 50 percent approval rating since entering office.

The president’s FiveThirtyEight average approval declined to 49.3%, while his disapproval rating sits at 44.2%. Biden, whose presidency has largely been defined by his efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, has seen his numbers slip with the emergence of the Delta variant. There has been a gradual decline in Biden’s numbers in the FiveThirtyEight average – on February 22, shortly after taking office, his approval rating was at 54.7%, with 38.1% disapproving.

As recently as July 26, Biden’s FiveThirtyEight approval average was 52.7%, with an average of 42.7% of respondents disapproving. A FiveThirtyEight analysis also pointed out that the president’s approval had been slipping among independent voters – an important part of his 2020 electoral coalition.

Biden’s approval rating on Monday slipped below 50% for the first time in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. It now sits at 49.4%, wth 47.2% disapproving of the president’s performance. That same day, Reuters/Ipsos released a poll showing that Biden’s national approval rating had slipped to 46%, a notable dip from the president’s 53% approval rating in its Friday polling.

A source close to the White House told Mediaite that “The American people support the president and his agenda, including his plans to create millions of middle-class jobs, take on prescription drug prices, and his decision not to surge thousands more American service members into harm’s way in Afghanistan to stop a coming offensive.”

ARTICLE: PAUL MURDOCH

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Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

Paul, 37, is from Scotland in the UK, but currently lives and works in Bangkok. Paul has worked in different industries such as telemarketing, retail, hospitality, farming, insurance, and teaching, where he works now. He teaches at an all-girls High School in Bangkok. “It’s a lot of work, but I love my job.” Paul has an active interest in politics. His reason for writing for FBA is to offer people the facts and allow them to make up their own minds. Whilst he believes opinion columns have their place, it is also important that people can have accurate news with no bias.

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