Biden’s Popularity Hits a Low as Trump Sees Favorability Surge, Poll Finds

[Social Media]

 

A new Gallup poll reveals that President Joe Biden is the least popular living U.S. president, while his predecessor and likely 2024 opponent, Donald Trump, is enjoying a near-record-high favorability rating.  

 

According to the survey, conducted last month, 57% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Biden, 82, compared to just 39% who see him in a positive light. His declining popularity extends across party lines, with over 60% of independents and even 20% of Democrats disapproving of his leadership.  

 

Meanwhile, Trump, 78, fares significantly better in the public eye. Nearly half of Americans (48%) have a favorable opinion of him, while 50% view him negatively. Among Democrats, just 7% see Trump positively, but 47% of independents share a favorable view of the former president.  

 

“Trump’s and Biden’s ratings are essentially unchanged from those from a survey after the 2024 election, indicating neither has gotten an image boost from the news surrounding the presidential transition,” Gallup reported.  

 

Biden’s highest recorded favorability rating was 61% in January 2017, when he was leaving office as vice president. However, his numbers have steadily declined since his 2021 inauguration, with Gallup noting a month-over-month drop in approval.  

 

For Trump, this latest poll marks one of his highest favorability ratings since Gallup began tracking public perceptions of him in 1999. His previous highs came in 2005, when he was a reality TV star on NBC’s *The Apprentice* and had a 50% favorability rating, and in April 2020, during the early response to the COVID-19 pandemic, when he briefly hit 48%.  

 

 

Former President Bill Clinton, with whom Trump is now tied in favorability, has a lower negative rating (41%) but also lacks a significant popularity boost, earning just 48% in favorability.  

 

By contrast, Barack Obama and George W. Bush remain the most well-regarded of the living former presidents. Obama enjoys a 59% favorability rating, with only 36% viewing him unfavorably. Bush is also viewed positively by more than half of Americans (52%), while 34% disapprove of him.  

 

Recent events have also put the former presidents in the spotlight. At the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter last month, video footage of ex-presidents interacting went viral, with Trump and Obama appearing to have a private discussion on foreign policy matters. A forensic lip reader shared an analysis of their exchange with *The Post*, suggesting the conversation was of significant importance.  

 

The poll also comes amid speculation about the upcoming 2024 election and the political landscape. Gallup conducted the survey between January 21-27, interviewing 1,001 U.S. adults by telephone. The margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2025-02-13

 

 

[impulse]

4 hours ago, Social Media said:

The poll also comes amid speculation about the upcoming 2024 election and the political landscape. Gallup conducted the survey between January 21-27, interviewing 1,001 U.S. adults by telephone. The margin of error is plus or minus four percentage points.

 

Based on a report by NYP 2025-02-13

 

It was written in Feb, 2025, discussing the upcoming 2024 election?  That's AI gone berserk.  Or is it a time warp?

 

[Harrisfan]

6 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

It was written in Feb, 2025, discussing the upcoming 2024 election?  That's AI gone berserk.  Or is it a time warp?

 

Future of news AI. 

 

 

[dinsdale]

Although the article is in the present yet talks about the past the message holds. Sleepy Joe just isn't popular. Now I'd like to see a comparison between Trump and Harris preferably not written by a computer program. 

[hotsun]

The amount of votes Biden got in 2020 needs to be investigated so that level of fraud never happens again

[Harrisfan]

3 minutes ago, hotsun said:

The amount of votes Biden got in 2020 needs to be investigated so that level of fraud never happens again

Crooks never investigate themselves. All part of the covid cover up.

[Red Forever]

This article takes straw clutching to a new level.

Murdoch’s New York Post loves the poorly educated.

[Harrisfan]

4 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

This article takes straw clutching to a new level.

Murdoch’s New York Post loves the poorly educated.

Poorly educated? 

[Chomper Higgot]

Trump and the electorate are in their honeymoon period.

 

His policies and his executive orders that survive u-turns and/or court challenges, have yet to deliver their outcomes.

 

Idiot policies will deliver idiot results.

 

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Trump and the electorate are in their honeymoon period.

 

His policies and his executive orders that survive u-turns and/or court challenges, have yet to deliver their outcomes.

 

Idiot policies will deliver idiot results.

 

Like your election predictions last year?

[dinsdale]

10 minutes ago, Red Forever said:

This article takes straw clutching to a new level.

Murdoch’s New York Post loves the poorly educated.

Interesting. You talk about poorly educated and clutching at straws in an article that uses data. This is NOT an example of clutching at straws. Possibly it's your education levels on show here.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/59-joe-biden-lowest-39-98340966.jpg?w=1021

 

 

[dinsdale]

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Trump and the electorate are in their honeymoon period.

 

His policies and his executive orders that survive u-turns and/or court challenges, have yet to deliver their outcomes.

 

Idiot policies will deliver idiot results.

 

And I guess idiots will continue to call them idiot policies even when they work. No men in women's sports. Is this an idiot policy? Two genders not two thousand. Idiot policy? Billions of dollars being found that are either fraudulent, wasteful or both. Idiot policy? Substantial tightening of the borders. Idiot policy? Criminal illegal immigrants now being deported. Idiot policy? And now for the big one. No more paper straws. Only an idiot would call this an idiot policy surely. 

[Chomper Higgot]

11 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Like your election predictions last year?

A very odd thing to say for someone who only joined the forum last Thursday.

 

[Harrisfan]

Just now, Chomper Higgot said:

A very odd thing to say for someone who only joined the forum last Thursday.

 

98% of socialists said last year Kamala would win. Are you one of the 2%?

[Chomper Higgot]

7 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

And I guess idiots will continue to call them idiot policies even when they work. No men in women's sports. Is this an idiot policy? Two genders not two thousand. Idiot policy? Billions of dollars being found that are either fraudulent, wasteful or both. Idiot policy? Substantial tightening of the borders. Idiot policy? Criminal illegal immigrants now being deported. Idiot policy? And now for the big one. No more paper straws. Only an idiot would call this an idiot policy surely. 

A Trump supporter touts the President of the U.S.bringing back plastic straws as a win.

 

I think you made my pint for me. 

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

98% of socialists said last year Kamala would win. Are you one of the 2%?

I think you made up that 98% and don’t know what a socialist is. 
 

What was your most recent username before this one?

[Cryingdick]

Nobody likes or ever liked Biden who could have guessed, In the future I won't pay attention to out of touch elderly people that haven't set foot in the usa in over 20 years. 

[frank83628]

Strange, because 81 million votes made him the most popular in history.

A man that didnt campaign and the one time in history mass mail in ballots were used🤔

[Harrisfan]

Just now, Cryingdick said:

Nobody likes or ever liked Biden who could have guessed, In the future I won't pay attention to out of touch elderly people that haven't set foot in the usa in over 20 years. 

But they are experts on everything. 

[Harrisfan]

Just now, frank83628 said:

Strange, because 81 million votes made him the most popular in history.

A man that didnt campaign and the one time in history mass mail in ballots were used🤔

Aided by China in the covid cover up.

[Chomper Higgot]

1 minute ago, frank83628 said:

Strange, because 81 million votes made him the most popular in history.

A man that didnt campaign and the one time in history mass mail in ballots were used🤔

Yep, a decisive win.

 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

But they are experts on everything. 

 

If some old dude in a shoebox in Pattaya mutters endlessly under his breath and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a noise? The dems are in a crisis here everybody hates them.

[dinsdale]

1 minute ago, Chomper Higgot said:

A Trump supporter touts the President of the U.S. touts bringing back plastic straws as a win.

 

I think you made my pint for me. 

I guarantee this is a very popular move. Odd how this is the only thing you could respond to from my post. Nothing to say about men out of woman's sports, only two genders, DOGE finding billions of misspent/wasted taxpayer's money , illegals being deported and substantial tightening of the borders then. 

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Cryingdick said:

 

If some old dude in a shoebox in Pattaya mutters endlessly under his breath and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a noise? The dems are in a crisis here everybody hates them.

Sexpats can't say Pattaya correctly. What about the socialists in Phuket? Probably say Fuket.

[Srikcir]

Sounds like Trump misses Biden as a distraction for Trump's own issues.

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, Cryingdick said:

 

If some old dude in a shoebox in Pattaya mutters endlessly under his breath and nobody is there to hear it, does it still make a noise? The dems are in a crisis here everybody hates them.

Socialists are self loathing. 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Sexpats can't say Pattaya correctly. What about the socialists in Phuket? Probably say Fuket.

It's a nice place for those of lesser intelligence to retire on small budgets and fill their days with criticism about the USA because they simply cant afford it.

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, Srikcir said:

Sounds like Trump misses Biden as a distraction for Trump's own issues.

Trump is entirely correct. It takes a new government 6 months or more to implement fiscal policies that can reduce inflation. Ben in the video is an ignorant fool.

[impulse]

29 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Idiot policies will deliver idiot results.

 

The Harris Biden administration was the perfect example of that.

 

[Cryingdick]

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Trump is entirely correct. It takes a new government 6 months or more to implement fiscal policies that can reduce inflation. Ben in the video is an ignorant fool.

Eggs. lol eggs.