Biden has become one of the most unpopular US presidents. The first year of his presidency was remembered by records for inflation, unemployment, COVID infections January

Second from last in popularity

If a year ago Joe Biden won an almost record number of votes in the presidential election, now he is one of the most unpopular leaders in US history. His approval rating by January 2022 is 40% - only below his predecessor, Donald Trump , with 38% approval by the end of the first year of the presidency. Leaders' scores are many times higher - in first place is George W. Bush with 84% approval in January 2002. Barack Obama in January 2010 had 49%, Bill Clinton in January 1994 - 55%.

According to Morning Consult / Politico, Biden's disapproval rating also reached a record high of 56% (4% of respondents were undecided). Among Democratic voters, the president is still popular: he is supported by 78%, but only 34% unconditionally. In December alone, Biden lost 15%. Among Republican voters, 91% do not approve of the actions of the American leader.

The low rating of the president calls into question the position of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives. U.S. leaders whose approval ratings were under 50% in their first year in office lost at least 37 seats in the House of Representatives in the midterms, according to a Gallup study. In other cases, such losses averaged about 14 seats.