UPDATED May 16, 2022, at 8:06 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. How this works »

Polls of likely or registered voters

KEY

ESTIMATE

PROJECTION

90% OF POLLS PROJECTED TO FALL IN THIS RANGE

	DATES	POLLSTER	GRADE	SAMPLE		WEIGHT						ADJUSTED		ADJUSTED NET APPROVAL
•	May 12-16 5/12-16	The Bullfinch Group		1,000	RV	0.99	46%	51%		45%	51%	-7
•	May 11-15 5/11-15	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	1.34	42%	56%		44%	51%	-7
•	May 8-10 5/8-10	YouGov	B+	1,361	RV	1.14	42%	51%		43%	51%	-9
•	May 8-10 5/8-10	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	0.78	40%	59%		42%	54%	-12
•	May 5-10 5/5-10	Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies	B+	790	RV	1.24	42%	54%		42%	54%	-12
•	May 12-16 5/12-16	The Bullfinch Group		1,200	A	1.07	44%	51%		43%	52%	-9
•	May 9-10 5/9-10	Ipsos	B-	1,005	A	0.86	42%	50%		41%	51%	-10
•	May 8-10 5/8-10	YouGov	B+	1,500	A	1.13	41%	51%		42%	51%	-9
•	May 5-10 5/5-10	Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies	B+	1,000	A	1.44	39%	56%		40%	55%	-15
•	May 4-10 5/4-10	Morning Consult	B	45,000	A	2.13	41%	51%		40%	53%	-13
•	May 12-16 5/12-16	The Bullfinch Group		1,200	A	1.07	44%	51%		43%	52%	-9
•	May 11-15 5/11-15	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	1.34	42%	56%		44%	50%	-7
•	May 9-10 5/9-10	Ipsos	B-	1,005	A	0.86	42%	50%		41%	52%	-11
•	May 8-10 5/8-10	YouGov	B+	1,500	A	1.13	41%	51%		42%	52%	-10
•	May 8-10 5/8-10	Rasmussen Reports/Pulse Opinion Research	B	1,500	LV	0.78	40%	59%		42%	53%	-12

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A = ALL ADULTS

RV = REGISTERED VOTERS

V = VOTERS

LV = LIKELY VOTERS

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