It seems Young Americans have lost confidence in Biden.
In an expected turn of events, after Joe Biden’s unspeakable series of failures, the series of bad news continues to slap Joe as well.
Now, new data shows Biden’s approval rating among young people has collapsed by double digits in his first 14 months as president.
This week, a Gallup analysis of its polling over the breadth of Biden’s term was released. Biden’s approval rating declined by 19 points among millennials, from 60% approval to 41%, and 21 points among Generation Z, from 60% to 39%. Older generations, meanwhile, had changed their opinions significantly less.
“As a result, older Americans are now more likely to approve of the president than younger Americans are,” Gallup reported.
More from Gallup Analysis report:
This analysis is based on aggregated Gallup poll data since Biden became president, dividing his presidency into three distinct periods defined by his average approval rating at the time.
- During the honeymoon phase of Biden’s presidency, spanning January 2021 through June of that year, an average of 56% of Americans approved of how he was handling his job as president.
- The first obvious decline in Biden’s approval occurred in July and August 2021, when 49% of Americans, on average, approved.
- By September, Biden’s approval rating had fallen further to the low 40% range; it has stayed there since, averaging 42%.
Gallup interviewed roughly 6,000 adults in the first and third of these periods, and over 2,000 in the middle period.
During Biden’s honeymoon period, 60% of both Generation Z adults and millennials approved of the job he was doing, putting these groups above the national average approval rating. His support was below the national average among baby boomers (53%) and, especially, traditionalists (48%) early in his presidency.
By the summer, as coronavirus cases unexpectedly rose, Biden had lost significant support among Generation Z, millennials and Generation X, ranging from seven- to 10-percentage-point drops. But his approval rating held steady among baby boomers and traditionalists.
All generational groups have become less approving of Biden since the summer, after the troubled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in late August 2021, with the exception of traditionalists, whose approval has not changed.
According to a focus group conducted by Democratic surveyor Navigator Research as reported by Daily Wire:
Previous polls have also shown that Biden’s approval is experiencing a collapse among key demographics. The Daily Wire reported in February that Biden’s approval rating fell 10 points among African American voters over the course of the year 2021, from 86% to 76%, and fell by a massive 25 points among young black voters especially, from 88% to 63%.
New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also warned that the Biden administration was experiencing a collapse of support from young people, who make up much of the base of the party.
Here’s what she said during an interview:
“We need to acknowledge that this isn’t just about middle of the road, an increasingly narrow band of independent voters. This is really about the collapse of support among young people, among the Democratic base, who are feeling that they worked overtime to get this president elected and aren’t necessarily being seen.”
Also, according to recent polling, Biden has also hit the lowest overall approval rating of his presidency so far:
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey of 800 Americans taken between April 7 and 10 found that most people did not think the American economy was doing well…
The survey also found that Biden’s approval had sunk to a new low of 38% overall, with 53% disapproval. Just 35% of voters approved of Biden’s handling of the economy, while 60% disapproved. Biden’s approval on the Ukraine crisis was slightly higher: 40% of respondents approved of his handling of the Russian invasion, while 49% disapproved.
The Quinnipiac poll of more than 1,400 adults, conducted between April 7 and 11, found similar results on Biden and Ukraine: 39% of respondents said they approved of Biden’s handling of the invasion. Overall, Biden’s general approval rating dropped to just 33%, matching his low point in Quinnipiac’s polling from January, with 54% disapproving, one point higher than in January. Biden also matched his lowest mark among registered voters, with just 35% approval, while 55% disapproved, also one point higher than January.