UPDATED Aug. 16, 2022, at 9:37 AM

How unpopular is Joe Biden?

How unpopular
is Joe Biden?

An updating calculation of the president's approval rating, accounting for each poll's quality, recency, sample size and partisan lean. How this works »

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ESTIMATE

PROJECTION

90% OF POLLS PROJECTED TO FALL IN THIS RANGE

	DATES	POLLSTER	GRADE	SAMPLE		WEIGHT						ADJUSTED		ADJUSTED NET APPROVAL
•	Aug. 11-15 8/11-15	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	1.26	43%	55%		45%	50%	-6
•	Aug. 10-12 8/10-12	Big Village	B	826	RV	1.11	41%	54%		40%	55%	-14
•	Aug. 10 8/10	Morning Consult	B	2,004	RV	0.77	42%	56%		41%	56%	-15
•	Aug. 8-10 8/8-10	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	0.88	45%	54%		47%	49%	-3
•	Aug. 7-9 8/7-9	YouGov	B+	1,331	RV	1.15	41%	55%		41%	55%	-14
•	Aug. 11-15 8/11-15	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	1.26	43%	55%		44%	50%	-6
•	Aug. 10-12 8/10-12	Big Village	B	1,006	A	1.24	38%	53%		39%	54%	-15
•	Aug. 10 8/10	Morning Consult	B	2,004	RV	0.08	42%	56%		41%	59%	-18
•	Aug. 8-10 8/8-10	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	0.88	45%	54%		46%	49%	-3
•	Aug. 8-9 8/8-9	Ipsos	B-	1,005	A	0.86	40%	55%		39%	56%	-17
•	Aug. 10-12 8/10-12	Big Village	B	1,006	A	1.24	38%	53%		38%	54%	-16
•	Aug. 8-9 8/8-9	Ipsos	B-	1,005	A	0.86	40%	55%		38%	55%	-17
•	Aug. 7-9 8/7-9	YouGov	B+	1,500	A	1.29	38%	55%		39%	55%	-17
•	Aug. 3-9 8/3-9	Morning Consult	B	45,000	A	2.13	40%	53%		39%	55%	-16
•	Aug. 5-8 8/5-8	The Bullfinch Group		1,208	A	1.07	42%	54%		40%	55%	-14

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A = ALL ADULTS

RV = REGISTERED VOTERS

V = VOTERS

LV = LIKELY VOTERS

Donald Trump2017-2021

Barack Obama2009-17

George W. Bush2001-09

Bill Clinton1993-2001

George H.W. Bush1989-93

Ronald Reagan1981-89

Jimmy Carter1977-81

Gerald Ford1974-77

Richard Nixon1969-74

Lyndon B. Johnson1963-69

John F. Kennedy1961-63

Dwight D. Eisenhower1953-61

Harry S. Truman1945-53

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