Biden Approval Sinks Further as Russia-Ukraine Crisis Heightens

New polling indicates that only 39 percent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s job as president as the Russia-Ukraine crisis heightens.
According to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll, 56 percent of Americans think Biden’s first year in office was a failure. Among those unimpressed with the president’s track record of rising gas prices, a botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, and a growing crisis on the Southern border, are 66 percent of independents who will likely take their frustrations out at the polls in the upcoming 2022 midterms. Even 15 percent of Democrats admit that Biden’s tenure in the White House thus far has been a failure.
While nearly 40 percent of Americans think inflation should be Biden’s top priority, only 36 percent of them still support how the president is handling the country’s financial circumstances which are plagued with record-high inflation.
As Biden’s popularity drops, American support for U.S. intervention in the Russia-Ukraine conflict also remains low. Only about 10 percent of respondents said foreign policy should be Biden’s top priority right now. Most Americans are more concerned with what’s going on in the homeland and don’t want the president’s attention focused overseas.