While President Biden remains an unpopular president—his approval rating in recent months has been even lower than that of his historically unpopular predecessor, according to FiveThirtyEight—polls show that he's received a boost from recent successes. According to the latest Gallup poll, Biden's approval rating is now at 44%, his highest in the year since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. In July, it was 38%. Gallup says the boost came from independents, whose approval of Biden jumped from 31% to 40%. The pollsters say his 81% approval rating among Democrats and 4% rating among Republicans was little changed month-over-month.
The only area where Biden received an overall approval rating higher than 50% was on the COVID-19 response, of which 58% of respondents, including 20% of Republicans, approved. He scored 50% on the environment and 46% on the situation in Ukraine. His lowest approval rating, 31%, was on the economy. A Reuters poll released earlier this week put Biden's approval rating at 41%, the highest Reuters has seen since early June. Gallup notes that at 44%, Biden's approval rating ahead of the midterm elections is higher than that of Barack Obama and Donald Trump before the 2014 and 2018 midterms. (More President Biden stories.)
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