Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Biden’s Approval Rating Takes Its First Little Dip

Afghanistan? Unlikely. The delta variant? That would make sense. Significance for the president’s political prospects, either in 2022 or 2024? Absolutely zero.

August 16, 2021 at 11:30 AM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

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.

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Guess what? President Joe Biden’s approval rating isn’t set in stone after all. After months of almost eerie stasis, Biden has lost a little ground in public opinion polls over the last month. He’s now at 50% approval and 43.8% disapproval, according to the FiveThirtyEight estimate based on some fancy averaging of all the reputable polls out there.