Joe Biden's Approval Ratings Slightly Improved; POTUS Is Warned That Immigration, Inflation Might Affect Support to His Administration

Joe Biden's Approval Ratings Slightly Improved; POTUS Is Warned Immigration, Inflation Might Affect Support to His Administration — Despite President Joe Biden's slightly increased approval ratings, POTUS is warned about the effects of the immigration and inflation issues. Sarah Silbiger/ Getty Images

According to a recent survey, President Joe Biden's popularity rating has risen marginally in the last two months, but the newest figures highlight the public's continued dissatisfaction with Democrats on a variety of subjects.

The poll, conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News, indicated that 42 percent of respondents approve of Biden's performance as president, up 5 percentage points from February's low of 37 percent in Post-ABC News polls.

Immigration, Inflation May Affect Support For Biden

Fifty-two percent disagree with Biden's job performance, down from 55 percent in February. On his management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the president achieved his highest approval rating of 51 percent. With only 28% of US adults giving him favorable grades on inflation, he received the lowest scores.

While Biden's favor rating has risen, citizens in the United States believe Republicans are handling several major issues better than Democrats, indicating that Democrats may face challenges in the November midterm elections, as many have projected.

On the economy, crime, and inflation, poll respondents favored Republicans over Democrats. However, Americans believe Democrats handle education, schools, and immigration better than Republicans, according to The Hill. In the early months of his term, Americans gave President Biden high marks. Vaccines in the millions were delivered across the United States. The White House hailed strong employment growth as evidence of an improving economy.

However, even with the early victories, Biden's senior pollster was already warning that some mounting dangers may sink support for the president and his party. In a bundle of secret polls, voter surveys, and recommendations created for the White House, John Anzalone and his colleagues cautioned, "Immigration is a growing vulnerability for the administration."

Within a month, another dire warning was issued. Another letter obtained by The New York Times stated, "Nearly nine out of ten registered voters are likewise concerned about rising inflation." From April of last year through January of this year, Mr. Biden's inner circle received a series of classified polling data and weekly letters that charted his decreasing support for a president whose first legislative initiatives drew analogies to the New Deal or the Great Society.

Biden Administration Struggles To Face Economic Issues

Despite his pollster's early warnings, Biden and his closest aides have fought to avoid either issue becoming a big political problem. His economic staff predicted that inflation would be brief. His immigration advisers' squabbles stalled any major border-related action.

Despite Biden's ambitious domestic agenda, his pollster cautioned him that most Americans did not understand his economic promises. Anzalone began urging Biden to clarify his ideas for supporting new government services with increased taxes on the rich in April of last year. He also claimed in January that less than a fifth of voters reports hearing a lot about his climate and social expenditure program.

With legislative elections just months away, the polling memos highlight Biden and his party's biggest concerns as they prepare to lose power to Republicans on Capitol Hill, New York Times reported.

As the US deals with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and global disruptions created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen cautioned on Thursday that 'major negative shocks to the economy are unavoidable.

More precautions against financial downturns are needed, according to a Biden administration official, who warns that the economy will continue to be challenged. She added that the Great Recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis taught officials like her to get back on track as soon as feasible.

Yellen's speech at the Brookings Institute on Thursday, however, included no mention of inflation. Instead, she gave a strong defense of President Donald Trump's COVID-19 spending package, which has been accused by some economists of overstimulating the economy and creating today's out-of-control inflation, together with two other Trump-signed measures, as per Daily Mail.