Washington: President Joe Biden’s approval rating slipped six points from August to 43%, according to a new Marist National Poll with NPR and PBS Newshour, marking the lowest rating for Biden since he took office and highlighting the public’s dissatisfaction with the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The survey of 1,605 U.S. adults was conducted from Aug 30 to Sept 1, immediately after an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 American soldiers and dozens of Afghans outside the country’s main airport during the final, frenzied days of the U.S. evacuation. It shows that public opinion toward Biden and the war has undergone a significant shift since the previous Yahoo News/YouGov poll, which was conducted after the Taliban took control of Kabul two weeks ago.
A majority of adults polled (61%) disapproved how Biden handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan, with many Republicans (94%) and Independents (71%) and a quarter of Democrats (25%) saying they disapproved.
About 71% of Americans thought the U.S.’s role in Afghanistan was a failure, something a majority of Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree on.