The poll raises concerns among Democrats ahead of November's midterm elections. Democrats are looking to cling to their razor-thin majorities in the House and the Senate, but a string of poor approval polls for Mr. Biden signal trouble for their plans.
The poll found that 54% of Americans disapprove of Mr. Biden's job performance as the country grapples with record-high inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Mr. Biden's approval rating is down roughly 3 percentage points from the prior survey. Respondents said their top concern is the economy, followed by the Ukraine war and foreign conflicts.
Since the bungled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August, Mr. Biden's approval ratings have steadily dropped.
The recent poll also found the U.S. remains polarized by political parties, with 77% of Democrats approving of Mr. Biden's job performance, compared to 10% of Republicans and 27% of independents.
Reuters said former President Donald Trump polled at similar percentages around the same time of his presidency.
Mr. Trump had a 40% approval rating in March of his second year in office, which was up slightly from 33% in December 2017, the Reuters poll found.
The poll surveyed 1,005 adults, including 432 Democrats and 366 Republicans. It was conducted March 21-22, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Reader Comments
40% of the criminals/corrupt/neo-liberals/militarist/lowbrow/woke that voted for Let's go Brandon?
Or 40% of Americans?
There must be glitch in that count. The true number is more like 4% right now.
I guarantee you the "approval": is less than half this figure.
Polls are nothing but propaganda in the modern world - they assume we are herd animals - they may be correct considering the number of masked morons I see out there. They're a series of ones and zeros.