Biden, 'leadership stumbles' at worst approval ratings
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US President Joe Biden is struggling with his worst approval ratings.
If a breakthrough is not found to increase the approval rating, it is predicted that the government will have difficulties in running the country.
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US President Joe Biden with 40 years of political experience.
But less than a year into his presidency, he is facing a crisis with his worst approval ratings.
President Biden seemed to be on track with his 56% approval rating until the beginning of his term in June.
But he broke the 50% line to 49% in August, and his approval rating dropped from 43% in September to 42% in October.
The average over the past three months was 44.7%, the lowest score next to former President Donald Trump among US presidents.
The reasons for his fall in approval ratings include stagnant COVID-19 vaccination rates, chaos in the process of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, and delays in infrastructure and social welfare legislation.
In the United States, the approval rating of a president is a major factor in winning or losing midterm elections.
Typically, if the approval rating for a president is below 50%, the party the president belongs to has lost an average of 37 seats in the House of Representatives in past midterm elections.
The Democrats, which currently hold 221 seats out of 434 in the House, would lose the majority to the Republicans if they lost just eight seats.
A Republican control of the House would put a significant burden on Biden's administration.
[Dick Durbin / Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee: It's an anxious time here on Capitol Hill.]
There is about a year left until the midterm elections scheduled for November next year.
During this period, there are important issues both internally and externally, such as the deliberation of the budget for national reconstruction, the summit of 20 major countries and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
It remains to be seen whether President Biden can find a breakthrough to restore his approval ratings.