A majority of Americans believe President Biden will be remembered as a below-average president when he leaves office, according to a poll Wednesday.
According to the latest Gallup poll, 54% of Americans say Biden will be remembered as “below average” (37%) or “poor” (17%). However, only 19% were confident that he would leave a positive legacy, with 6% saying he was “outstanding” and 13% saying he was “above average.”
According to the poll, just over a quarter of Americans, or 26%, think Biden will be remembered as an average president.
The Gallup poll ranks Biden alongside nine other recent presidents, with only President Richard Nixon found to be less popular. Mr. Nixon’s net positive rating was -42, while Mr. Biden’s was -35. The next closest president was George W. Bush at -9.
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President Joe Biden speaks at the 2024 White House Tribal Nation Summit at the Department of the Interior on December 9, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Gallup noted that presidents like Biden who serve difficult terms typically see their approval ratings rise several years after leaving office. The pollster noted that Presidents Jimmy Carter, Trump and Bush benefited from this trend.
President-elect Trump’s net positive rating for his first term was -4. The most popular president was John F. Kennedy at +68, followed by Ronald Reagan at +38.
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Gallup surveyed 1,003 U.S. adults by cellphone and landline from Dec. 2-18. The poll touts a 4% margin of error.
The poll came on the same day that Biden acknowledged concerns about his age and spoke about his heritage in an interview with USA Today in the Oval Office. He still maintained that he could have won another term had he run against Trump, but admitted he didn’t know if he would have been able to last four more years.
Biden said he still believes he could have defeated President-elect Trump had he stayed in the race. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
“Do you think you had the energy to serve as president for another four years?” asked Susan Page of USA Today.
“I don’t know,” Biden said. “That’s why when I first announced it, I talked to Barack (Obama) about this and I said I think I’m that person. After (my son) Beau died, I had no intention of running away. –I’m not kidding, I’m serious. And then when Trump ran for re-election again, I really thought I had the best chance of beating him. ”
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“But I also didn’t intend to be president when I was 85, 86. So we talked about passing the baton,” Biden added, specifically reflecting on concerns about his age before dropping out of the party. Ta. Presidential election.
President Joe Biden (right) awards former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, in the East Room of the White House on Saturday, January 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Seneta)
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Biden said his “hope” is that history will remember “that I came into the company with a plan to restore the economy and reestablish America’s leadership in the world.”
“I hope my legacy will be that we got an economy in turmoil back on track and put it on track to lead the world in terms of new kinds of rules of the road.”
When contacted by FOX News Digital about the poll, the White House declined to comment on the record.
