The Only Problem Joe Biden Has Is That People Think He’s a Bad President

Other than that, it’s going great.

Well, it’s not really Joe Biden’s only problem, since he’s suffered a collapse in his standing generally. But it’s because so few people think he’s doing a good job that he’s in such an incredibly perilous place.

It’s hard to exaggerate how abysmal Biden’s polling has been lately.

No incumbent president should ever want to be near 43 percent in a head-to-head ballot test. Yet here is Joe Biden at 43 percent in the latest CNN poll, 43 percent in the latest Morning Consult poll, 43 percent in the latest Economist/YouGov poll, and 43 percent in the latest Harvard/Harris poll. (NB: Biden ticked up to 48 when Harvard/Harris pushed respondents to choose between Trump and Biden, and the Economist/YouGov poll had RFK Jr. in the mix.)