New Poll Shows Another Growing Concern Voters Have About President Biden

Madeline Leesman reporting for TownhallVIP 

Last month, a Gallup survey of registered voters found that 61 percent said President Joe Biden doesn’t deserve reelection. On the other hand, 38 percent said they think he deserves to be reelected.

“Voters are not enthusiastic about returning most elected federal officials to office. Biden trails other incumbents at similar points in their presidencies, and voters are less likely than in other recent election years to say members of Congress deserve reelection,” Gallup included in its write-up, which Townhall covered.

Now, a new poll found that only 37 percent of Americans believe that Biden is respected by other world leaders. On the other hand, 58 percent said that he is not respected by world leaders (via Gallup)

The current reading is on par with Biden’s latest overall job approval rating of 38%. It is also identical to the 37% of Americans who thought Trump was respected by world leaders in 2020, which was the highest of his presidency. While 51% of U.S. adults believed Barack Obama was respected by world leaders in 2012, the comparable point to today in his presidency, a similar 39% said the same of Bush in 2004.

Partisans’ views of the amount of respect that Biden garners from world leaders are even more divided than their opinions about the global image of the U.S. The 71-point gap between Democrats (74%) and Republicans (3%) who now think Biden is respected by foreign leaders matches the 2021 record-high difference. Currently, 34% of independents believe Biden is respected.

This is the second consecutive year where 37 percent of Americans said that they think Biden is respected by world leaders.

In the survey, 42 percent of U.S. adults believe the country is viewed very (6%) or somewhat (36%) favorably, down seven points from last year. 

“With ongoing wars between Russia and Ukraine and Hamas and Israel, Biden is dealing with significant international challenges at a time when majorities of Americans are dissatisfied with their country’s position in the world, think the U.S. is viewed unfavorably by the international community and believe world leaders do not respect him,” Gallup’s write-up concluded. “The current ratings from Americans are among the worst Gallup has measured over the past 24 years.”