Biden is losing support among the population

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Joe Biden comes off particularly badly in the economic and political favor of the citizens

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High fuel prices thanks to strong inflation, the ongoing corona pandemic or the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan: a lot is currently not going well for Joe Biden.

This is also reflected in the satisfaction ratings of the US President: they keep falling.

Of around 1000 participants in a telephone survey, only 41 percent were of the opinion that Biden is doing a good job overall, 53 percent gave him a bad report, according to the survey carried out on behalf of the Washington Post and the ABC broadcaster.

Biden's approval ratings have fallen in three consecutive polls.

In April, around three months after taking office, 52 percent of those surveyed said he was doing a good job.

Biden's popularity had suffered severely recently.

In particular, the massive rise in inflation in the USA could be dangerous for him, with consumer prices recently increasing by 6.2 percent compared to the same month last year.

This is the highest rate of inflation since 1990. In addition, given the tight majorities in Congress, Biden's democratic party is finding it very difficult to implement its political plans.

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In the survey by "Post" and ABC, approval for Biden's management of the corona pandemic has fallen from 64 percent in April to 47 percent.

With regard to Biden's economic policy, 39 percent of those surveyed gave him a good report, 55 percent said they were dissatisfied.

In doing so, some Americans may do him a bit of an injustice.

According to the White House, the strongest inflation in the US for more than three decades is due to the corona pandemic - and not to Biden's policy.

"There is no doubt that inflation is currently high, it is affecting the wallets of Americans," Biden's economic adviser Brian Deese told NBC.

“But it's important that we put that into context.

When the president took office, we were facing a major economic crisis. "

Rising prices are a global problem, Deese said.

In fact, the rate of inflation is currently high in Germany as well.

In this country, prices have recently risen more sharply than they have been since 1993.

Bottlenecks in production and in global supply chains are also considered reasons for this.

apr / dpa