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President Joe Biden is expected to leave his tasks with an approval score that the elected president that Donald Trump had after his first term when his approval fell after January 6, 2021, disturbances in the American Capitol.

Newsweek contacted Biden policy to comment by email.

Democrats under pressure from Biden’s approval note as a key thing that would have possibly carried Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential race opposite Trump, which he lost in November. Democrats deplored Biden’s resolve to stay up for reelection and then drop out of the race.

Meanwhile, recent polls have suggested that Trump’s favorability has rebounded since he left office. His approval took a hit after the Capitol riot when a group of his supporters stormed the building to protest the 2020 election results.

538’s polling aggregate showed Biden 20 points underwater on Wednesday, the last time it was updated. Only 37.1 percent of Americans approved Biden’s job performance, while 57.1 percent gave him negative marks.

This is a worse approval rating than Trump’s when he left office. On January 20, 2021, 38.6 percent of Americans gave Trump positive marks, while 57.9 percent said they disapproved of his job performance.

Before the disturbance of January 6, Trump’s approval score remained under water, but less. On November 3, 2020, one day after election day, 52. 6% of Americans disapproved of their task, while 44. 6% approved.

Trump faced, and continues to face, criticism for the riot. Critics accused him of stoking tensions by repeatedly saying the election was stolen despite a lack of evidence. He faced federal charges over the riot, but the case was dropped after his reelection. He accused prosecutors of targeting him for political purposes and pleaded not guilty.

Biden’s approval rating last hit 40 percent on October 14, 2024, according to 538’s aggregate. His approval suffered due to economic concerns, including inflation that followed the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, though the inflation rate began to decline after 2022. Immigration and the conflict between Israel and Hamas also fueled his low approval.

Despite Biden’s low approval rating, he told USA Today in an exit interview published Wednesday that he has the idea he could have won a re-selection if he had dropped out of the race.

“It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes,” Biden said.

Veteran Democratic Strategist David Axelrod on CNN Wednesday: “This was a judgment, fairly or not, on the Biden administration…We know what polling was on Election Day, and JB had a 40 percent approval rating. I don’t think there’s been a president who won reelection with an approval rating that low.”

Thomas Gift, from the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, previously told Newsweek: “While the myriad challenges of this administration, from a disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal to deep-seated inflation, are top of minds for Americans now, more distance from Biden’s tenure will provide a richer appreciation also of its accomplishments.”

Trump will be inaugurated as the United States’ next president on January 20, 2025.

Andrew Stanton is a Newsweek weekend reporter based in Maine. His role is reporting on U.S. politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of Emerson College. You can get in touch with Andrew by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English.

Andrew Stanton is a weekend reporter for Newsweek in Maine. Their role is to report on American politics and social issues. Andrew joined Newsweek in 2021 from the Boston Globe. He graduated from Emerson College. You can touch Andrew by emailing a. stanton@newsweek. com. Languages: English.