Americans Have Dimmer View Of Biden Than They Did Of Trump Or Obama As Term Ends, Ap-norc Poll Finds

As Joe Biden prepares to leave office, Americans have a dimmer view of his presidency than they did at the end of Donald Trump's first term or Barack Obama's second, a new poll finds.

Around one-quarter of U.S. adults said Biden was a "good" or "great" president, with less than 1 in 10 saying he was "great," according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research .

It's a stark illustration of how tarnished Biden's legacy has become, with many members of his own party seeing his Democratic presidency as merely mediocre. About one-third described Trump as "good" or "great" on the eve of the Republican's departure from the White House in 2021, according to AP-NORC polling , including about 2 in 10 who said he was "great" - even after he helped sparked a deadly insurrection that saw a mob of his supporters overrun the U.S. Capitol. Americans were similarly likely to describe both Biden and Trump as "poor" or "terrible" - about half said this characterized each president's time in office - but about 3 in 10 said Biden was "average," while less than 2 in 10 said this about Trump.

Biden's standing is also much lower than the last outgoing Democratic president, Obama , who left office with about half of Americans describing his tenure as "good" or "great," according to another AP-NORC poll.

Those findings are consistent with data released this week by Gallup, which found Biden's standing similar to that of President Richard Nixon after the Republican resigned during the Watergate scandal. The Gallup analysis found that other presidents who left with poor ratings - including Trump, Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Jimmy Carter - saw views of their presidencies grow warmer with time. But for now, few seem impressed with Biden's time in office, including a sizable chunk of Democrats.