Biden vs. Trump: Americans rate president's tenure in office, impact on 2024 presidential election

donald trump and joe biden Opinion polls leading up to the 2024 election show the two sides are evenly matched. New poll results released Friday showed negative sentiment toward both candidates.

what happened: Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump received negative net approval ratings based on several measures of presidential performance, according to an April poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

The survey interviewed 1,204 adults from April 4 to 8, and the survey had a margin of sampling error of +/- 3.9 percentage points.

The survey showed that each president was viewed negatively on a variety of issues.

Biden's backlash: On six of the eight issues, more respondents said Biden hurt a little or a lot than said he helped a lot or a little. These issues include health care costs, the cost of living, voting rights and election security, relations with other countries, abortion laws, and immigration and border security.

The most negative perceptions were about the cost of living, immigration and border security, and relations with other countries.

An equal share of respondents (36%) said they felt Biden helped or hurt job creation. When it comes to climate change, 29% said it helped, 22% said it hurt, and 46% said it neither helped nor hurt.

This finding is not surprising since inflation has soared during Biden's presidency. It peaked at more than 9% in June 2022, coming off that high but still well above the central bank's 2% target. Rising inflation has prevented the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates from a 22-year high of 5.25% to 5.50%.

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President Trump's backlash: Trump's grievances centered around voting rights and election security, climate change, abortion laws, relations with other countries, and health care costs. About 40% of respondents said their former president helped them with living expenses. Another 40% said they felt hurt.

Biden has a slight lead over Trump in recent polls, largely due to dissatisfaction with reversing policy. Roe vs. Wade This decision ensured women's reproductive rights. President Trump reversed his position, insisting that abortion decisions be made at the state level, reversing previous calls for a nationwide ban.

On issues of job creation, immigration and border security, more people say Trump has helped than say he has hurt.

Biden vs. Trump: When asked which president has done more to help people like themselves, 35% of respondents said Trump had done more, while 26% said Biden had done more. 30% thought neither was effective.

Black people are more likely to say that Biden's inauguration (45%) helped them more than Trump's inauguration (10%), but 38% say neither helped them more. answered.

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