Majority of Americans say Bidens presidency will be remembered as below average or poor: poll

More than half of Americans believe President Biden will be remembered by history as a “poor” to “below average” commander in chief, according to a new poll. The Gallup survey released Tuesday found that 37% expect Biden to be regarded as a “below average” president, while 17% indicated that the 82-year-old commander in chief will be remembered as a “poor” leader of the US. Only 6% of US adults responded that history would remember Biden as an “outstanding” president and 13% thought his legacy would be regarded as “above average.” Another 26% said Biden will go down in history as just an “average” president. Biden’s -35 percentage point net positive rating ranks near the bottom of the list of presidents Gallup surveyed. Only former President Richard Nixon, who resigned from office under threat of impeachment during the Watergate scandal, had a lower net positive rating than Biden, at -42 percentage points. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump scored a -4 percentage point net positive rating, getting both relatively high positive (40%) and negative ratings (44%) for his first term and the fewest average ratings (16%) out of the 10 presidents measured. Former President John F.Kennedy had the highest net positive rating, at +68 percentage points, according to Gallup. Biden’s ratings were tepid even when only responses from Democrats were considered. A majority of Democrats (54%) said the president would be remembered as “average” to “poor,” while 44% felt his legacy would be “above average” to “outstanding.” “Biden’s fellow Democrats are less enthusiastic about his presidency than they are about other recent Democratic presidents, and Biden is the only recent Democratic president who currently has a net-negative evaluation among independents,” the pollster said. The president was plagued by allegations during his only term that his family benefitted from an influence peddling scheme run by his son, Hu...