UPDATED May 26, 2023, at 9:10 PM

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.

All polls

KEY

ESTIMATE

PROJECTION

90% OF POLLS PROJECTED TO FALL IN THIS RANGE

DATESSAMPLEi

SAMPLE TYPE

A

ALL ADULTS

V

VOTERS

LV

LIKELY VOTERS

RV

REGISTERED VOTERS

DATESi

SAMPLE TYPE

A

ALL ADULTS

V

VOTERS

LV

LIKELY VOTERS

RV

REGISTERED VOTERS

POLLSTER
WEIGHT
RESULT
ADJUSTED
ADJUSTED NET APPROVAL
May 22-25
5/22-25
1,035LV
May 22-25
1,035LV
1.52
40%
58%
39%
58%
Disapprove+19
May 21-25
5/21-25
1,500LV
May 21-25
1,500LV
1.81
44%
55%
44%
52%
Disapprove+8
May 17-24
5/17-24
1,000LV
May 17-24
1,000LV
0.61
41%
56%
40%
55%
Disapprove+15
May 1-24
5/1-24
1,011A
May 1-24
1,011A
1.48
39%
57%
39%
56%
Disapprove+17
May 20-23
5/20-23
1,500A
May 20-23
1,500A
1.01
46%
50%
47%
51%
Disapprove+5
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Richard Nixon1969-74
Lyndon B. Johnson1963-69
John F. Kennedy1961-63
Dwight D. Eisenhower1953-61
Harry S. Truman1945-53

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