Record Number of Americans Think Joe Biden's America Is 'Out of Control'

Sarah Arnold reporting for Townhall 

As the 2024 presidential election nears, Americans are becoming increasingly frustrated with the trajectory of the country under President Joe Biden. 

According to a Hart Research/Public Opinion Strategies/NBC News poll, more than half of all Americans believe the country won’t survive another four years under Biden. 

Seventy-three percent of likely voters say Biden has driven the United States “out of control,” indicating that former President Donald Trump is the favorite to win the November election. (Via the Decision Desk HQ and the Hill. 

In addition, nearly three-quarters of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track— the highest negative number for any president recorded by Hart Research/Public Opinion Strategies/NBC News. 

In comparison, in 2008, 70 percent of respondents said that the country was heading in the wrong direction under George W. Bush’s term and 65 percent said the same about former President Obama. 

This number trumps what voters thought about the country just three months ago. 

In February, only 69 percent of respondents said things in America are heading in the wrong direction. 

In addition, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll found that most independent voters believe Biden is a greater threat to democracy than Trump.

This comes as polls reveal Biden struggles to retain votes from non-whites and young voters. 

In 2020, Biden won voters under 30 by 23 points, Black voters by 79, and Hispanics by 35. However, flash forward four years, and the president has taken a backseat to these demographics. 

On the contrary, Trump is leading Biden by three points among young voters and surging among black and Hispanic voters. A recent Fox News poll found Biden tied with Trump among Americans under 30 in a two-way matchup. When third-party candidates were included, Trump led Biden by ten points with younger voters. 

A USA Today/Suffolk University survey found that Trump leads Biden by five points among Hispanics, while a Wall Street Journal poll found that 30 percent of black men and 11 percent of black women plan to vote for Trump.