Just How Bad Has Joe Biden's Presidency Been? Americans Weigh In—and It's Not Pretty

As his tumultuous reign finally nears its end (has it truly only been four years? It seems like a decade – lost in the wilderness), the general consensus among Americans is that his legacy will not be a positive one, as per Gallup. A survey conducted by the organization in December and released on Tuesday indicates that “Americans Think History Will Rate Biden Presidency Negatively.”

That’s a nice way of saying his numbers are horrendous.

A significant majority of Americans anticipate that Joe Biden’s tenure as president will receive a negative assessment from future historians. Fifty-four percent of American adults believe that Biden will be remembered as a “below average” (37%) or “poor” (17%) president, while only a small percentage… [a few] think he will be considered “outstanding” (6%) or “above average” (13%). An additional 26% believe he will be seen as “average.”

It is perplexing to consider who these apparent six percent of individuals are who rate him as “outstanding.” One cannot help but question whether they have been residing on a planet different from ours.

Biden is right on par with Richard Milhous Nixon, but Nixon’s legacy was tarnished by Watergate. Biden’s legacy was tarnished by… Biden.

Compared with nine recent presidents included in the new Gallup poll, Biden rates most similarly to Richard Nixon, who has a -42 net rating (12% outstanding or above average versus 54% below average or poor). Biden receives more “poor” reviews than Nixon does (37% vs. 30%), but Biden gets more outstanding or above-average ratings.

Not surprisingly, Trump proved to elicit the most significant differences in opinion, scoring big numbers in both the positive and negative ratings:

George W. Bush and Donald Trump also receive more negative than positive evaluations among recent presidents, with Trump getting both relatively high positive (40%) and negative ratings (44%) for his first term and the fewest average ones (16%). Trump’s 31% “poor” ratings are similar to those of Nixon, but Trump’s 17% “outstanding” ratings are higher than for most other presidents.

Out of the nine presidents evaluated, JFK had the best net rating, with Reagan coming in second. I personally vote for Reagan, but that’s just me.  

John Kennedy is rated best by Americans – with a net rating of +68, while Ronald Reagan (+38) and Barack Obama (+21) also get substantially favorable reviews.

The results are based on a Dec. 2-18 Gallup poll. The poll was completed before the Dec. 29 passing of Jimmy Carter, which could have affected the way people remember his presidency. Carter, along with Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush, receives slightly more outstanding or above-average ratings from Americans than below-average or poor ones.

Even leftist Biden-apologist Chris Cillizza, formerly of CNN, knows the numbers are not good for Ole Joe:

These numbers shouldn’t come as a huge surprise; even Biden’s cheerleaders seem to be phoning in their supposed enthusiasm since his campaign-ending debate performance in June. Nobody actually really likes him, or he wouldn’t have been shoved aside in an Obama-Schumer-Pelosi-Jeffries coup. But former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), if she were capable of feeling any shame, should be deeply questioning her judgment tonight. She won’t, but she should.

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