CNBC Poll: Biden Falls to 41% Approval as Public Loses Hope on Covid and the Economy

The Wages of Trumpalnizure.

Just 41% of the public approve of President Joe Biden's job performance, compared with 52% who disapprove, according to the CNBC All-America Economic Survey.

Fifty percent now approve of his Covid-19 handling, compared with 53% in July, and 45% disapprove, compared with just 38%.

Inflation now ties with the coronavirus as the biggest concern for Americans, up 16 points from the prior survey.

President Joe Biden's approval rating slipped deeply underwater in the CNBC All-America Economic Survey as Americans soured on his economic leadership, lost some confidence in his handling of the coronavirus, and grew increasingly concerned about inflation and supply shortages.

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Biden's negative 11-point net rating compared with a positive 3 points in the July survey, when 48% approved and 45% disapproved.

Behind the decline is a surge in negative views of his handling of the economy, with just 40% approving and 54% disapproving, a 7-point increase from July.

A bare majority of Americans still approve his handling of the virus, but the margin narrowed considerably. Fifty percent now approve compared with 53% in July, and 45% disapprove, compared with just 38%.

The president's numbers are declining as concerns about the economy, inflation and supply shortages rise sharply.

Inflation now ties with the coronavirus as the biggest concern for Americans, up 16 points from the prior survey. A plurality of 47% of the public believe there will be a recession in the next year, up 13 points from when the question was last asked in 2019.

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Recession worries come with increasingly negative views about the current and future state of the economy: 46% say the economy will get worse in the year ahead, the most in the 13-year history of the poll and 79% judge the economy as just fair or poor, the most since 2014.

Welcome back to the Obama Economy. Only worse this time, somehow.

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Just 31% say now is a good time to invest in stocks, the lowest since 2016.

Jay Campbell, partner at Hart Research Associates, the Democratic pollster for the survey, points out that Biden's numbers on the coronavirus are particularly worrisome since he believes Biden's perceived ability to deal with the pandemic was a major reason for his election.

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The survey clearly shows Americans noticing the supply and labor shortages that are plaguing businesses. Some 60% of the public say goods that were once easy to buy are in short supply, including food and groceries, paper products, and cleaning products.

Also, 66% appear to have noticed labor shortages, saying they have experienced stores closed on odd days or at strange hours when they normally would be open.

Meanwhile, network "news" shows are embargoing the polls.

The Joe Biden presidency is collapsing and the networks don’t want you to know about it. Two just-released polls have found the Democrat at record lows. But between the evening newscasts on Tuesday and the morning shows on Wednesday, offered zero coverage of the very bad news for Biden.

Rasmussen has even more bad news for President Turnip Mash: clear majorities do not believe he's mentally competent to hold the job of president, nor that he's even making his own decisions.

Rasmussen Reports surveyed 1,000 likely voters and asked, "How confident are you that Joe Biden is physically and mentally up to the job of being President of the United States?"

A full 50 percent said they are "not at all confident," while another eight percent said "not very confident."

In fact, only 27 percent said they were "very confident" Biden was up to the job of being president, while 14 percent said "somewhat confident."

Basically, only 41 percent of voters believe Biden has what it takes mentally and physically to be president.

Rasmussen also asked, "Is Joe Biden doing the job of president, or are others making decisions behind the scenes?"

Only 38 percent believe Biden is making decisions, while a clear majority of 53 percent say others are making decisions for him.

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