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A new study shows that President Joe Biden's approval ratings have dipped to their lowest yet.
In the poll released by the Associated Press (AP) and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), 33% of American adults say they approve of Biden's handling of the economy, and just 24% believe that the national economy is doing well.
These low approval scores come at a time when inflation is high and home loan interest rates currently hover around 6.9%, making it challenging for individuals to buy new homes.
Another sore topic is Biden's handling of immigration. In the 2022 budget year, which ended in September, agents apprehended immigrants a record 2.38 million times at America’s Texas border.
Employing a measure referred to as Title 42, Donald Trump’s administration used coronavirus restrictions which allowed American border patrol officers to turn away foreigners; however, these restrictions recently ended.
The new AP-NORC survey also showed that Biden has received low approval ratings for his handling of migration and gun policy, with only 31% saying they approve of the president's performance on those issues. Even amongst Democrats, the survey discovered that only about half approve of his handling of immigration and firearms.
This comes in the wake of this month's shooting at an Allen, Texas shopping center in which eight victims were killed and seven were injured.
Overall, 40% of those surveyed say they are happy with how Biden is doing his job.
Biden recently returned from Japan, where he attended the yearly G7 summit. While there, he canceled planned trips to Papua New Guinea and Australia in favor of returning to the U.S. earlier to focus on economy-related talks with Republican lawmakers, as there are high stakes at play.
It is believed that a default on U.S. federal government financial debt could severely affect the global economy, per AP.
The poll surveyed 1,174 adults from April 29 to May 3, with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.