President Joe Biden is kicking off 2024 with yet another round of terrible polling data.
On Sunday, NBC News’ national political correspondent Steve Kornacki broke down the results of the last poll by his network of 2023.
And the results were not good for the president.
“Joe Biden seems poised to be the Democratic nominee. What kind of year has he had politically? Well, again, he started 2023 coming off those good midterms for Democrats and his approval rating of 46/50 wasn’t that bad,” Kornacki began.
However, he continued, “He’s taken a hit this year. And as we start to close out the year, our final NBC poll had him at just 40% approval, 57% disapproval. How does this compare to past presidents entering the re-election year? You can see it. Here’s the 40 that we have Biden at right now.”
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Kornacki then displayed a graphic showing the approval ratings of incumbent presidents in the last NBC News poll of the year heading into their re-election year going back to President George H.W. Bush.
It showed Biden’s approval rating is lower than Bush, who lost his re-election bid in 1992, and former President Donald Trump who also lost his re-election bid.
“President Trump got beat in 2020. He was at 44 heading into his re-election year. Bush Sr. got beat in 92. He was at 52 and heading south rapidly there,” Kornacki said.
He added, “But you see how that number compares. That’s the lowest in an NBC poll for an incumbent facing a re-election year.”
The poll results come as Biden enters 2024 seeking to win re-election.
However, polls appear to show the general election will be a tight race. RealClearPolitics’ average of polls shows Biden losing to former President Donald Trump, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who are all competing for the Republican presidential nomination.
