Headline RoundupOctober 12th, 2021

Perspectives: President Joe Biden's Falling Poll Numbers

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Joe Biden's approval ratings are falling, according to several national polls conducted over the past week.  The FiveThirtyEight polling average says an aggregate of 49.2% of voters disapprove of Biden's presidency, while 44.5% approve.  Polls suggest that support for Biden has declined in particular among key Democratic constituencies, including Latinos, black people, women and young people; some also suggest the drop is due to the disorderly U.S. exit from Afghanistan and from the rise of the COVID-19 delta variant.

Media from the right, left and center shared perspectives on the decline in Biden's approval rating, with many suggesting that despite the fact that attention on Afghanistan is fading and COVID-19 cases are falling, Biden's approval ratings haven't recovered.

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