New York Post

Joe’s trumped in poll

Biden ‘sinking’ under weight of woes

- By MARY KAY LINGE

How low can he go? President Biden’s approval rating has crashed to just 30%, its lowest mark yet, in a national poll.

The Civiqs Poll’s daily tracking survey of registered voters found less than a third of Americans giving the thumbs-up to Biden’s onthe-job performanc­e, with 57% disapprovi­ng.

“Joe Biden’s presidency is sinking from a thousand holes in the boat,” said GOP consultant Ryan Girdusky.

The poll, released Friday, found Biden deep underwater with voters in every age bracket, at every educationa­l level, and from both genders. Every one of those groups showed approval rates under 40%, with the youngest voters, age 18 to 34, among the most dissatisfi­ed at a dismal 21%.

In only two states out of 50, deep-blue Hawaii and Vermont, did Biden’s supporters outnumber his detractors.

Democrats and black voters were the two groups still in the president’s corner, the survey found, but not by much.

Just 56% of African Americans, the Dems’ most loyal voting bloc signaled their approval, and Democrats overall hit 64%, a new low.

Even more galling, Biden’s 30% overall approval was far below the 39% that Civiqs registered in 2017 as President Donald Trump’s lowest-ever number, and not even in shouting distance of the 44% approval rating Trump notched at the same point in his presidency.

The survey came at the end of a dismal week for Biden, as the specter of recession loomed, gas prices remained near record highs, parents kept scrambling for baby formula, and a July 4 mass shooting roiled the gun-control debate.

His administra­tion took fire from every side as it failed to secure supplies of monkeypox vaccine and admitted that Border Patrol agents did not whip migrants, as Biden had claimed.

After weeks of brutal criticism from lefty Dems for his flaccid response to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturnin­g Roe v. Wade, Biden sought to relieve the building pressure within his party Friday by signing an executive order meant to help women seeking abortions.

Blasting the decision as “an exercise in raw political power” and a “giant step backwards,” Biden tried to display a firm and furious resolve. But he badly fumbled his podium performanc­e, drawing widespread mockery for an apparent “Ron Burgundy moment” when he blurted out a bit of stage direction — “Repeat the line” — while reading a speech directly from a teleprompt­er, just like the infamous Will Ferrell movie character.

“Whoever controls the teleprompt­er is the real President!” tweeted Tesla billionair­e Elon Musk.

The RealClear Politics polling average, which compiles the results of multiple surveys, pegs Biden’s approval at 38%, but it, too, stands at an all-time low for the president.

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