President Biden on Monday received his highest approval rating since November, reaching 43 percent.
A new pollthe Financial Times and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michiganwhich found Biden’s approval rating at 43 percent represents a 4-point increase from the same poll in March.
The poll also revealed that 41 percent of registered voters approved of his way of managing the economy, which represented an increase of 5 points compared to March.
Comparing Biden to former President Trump, the poll found that 41 percent of voters trust Trump more than Biden on the economy, 35 percent trust Biden over Trump and 16 percent said they trust neither two in the economy.
Biden has faced a consistently low approval rating in recent months, rarely exceeding 40%. Inan ABC News/Ipsos pollin January, his approval rating dropped to 33%, and a Gallup poll taken in February found it dropped to 38%.
In November, Biden received a 45% approval rating in a Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. He received 44% and 42% in previous months. This higher approval rating was linked at the time to approval of Biden’s handling of the economy, with 44 percent at the time approving of his work in that area.
The new poll was held April 4-8 and included 1,010 registered voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
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