Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Biden Is Pretty Popular, But Not Off the Charts

Presidential approval ratings tend to be high for new presidents. Trump was a glaring exception.

January 29, 2021 at 12:30 PM UTC

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

So far, so good.
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We already have the first hint of President Joe Biden’s popularity at the earliest stage of his presidency: The FiveThirtyEight estimate has him at 54.2% approval and 34.7% disapproval.