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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4977770" data-attributes="member: 48469">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/24/afghanistan-woes-sink-bidens-approval-41-usa-today-suffolk-poll/8244854002/[/URL]&quot;For President Joe Biden, the cost of the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/22/afghanistan-pullout-could-hurt-biden-midterms-us-policy-goals/8182656002/" target="_blank">war&#039;s chaotic end</a> has been steep. His overall job approval rating now stands at 41% who approve versus 55% who disapprove – a big drop in the closely watched barometer of political health. Until last week, national polls generally showed his approval rating above 50%.Now, while he has held the backing of 87% of Democrats, only 32% of independents say he&#039;s doing a good job.The poll was taken Thursday through Monday, when the nation&#039;s headlines were dominated by <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/08/17/taliban-takes-control-afghanistan-biden-responsible/8154395002/" target="_blank">scenes of desperate families </a>trying to evacuate the Kabul airport and a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/24/texas-town-iraan-essentially-closes-covid/8253550002/" target="_blank">surge of COVID-19 cases</a> across the United States.Half approved of his handling of the pandemic, 39% of his handling of the economy, 26% of his handling of the Afghan withdrawal.&quot;Today, President Biden&#039;s overall approval has taken a turn for the worse due to his awful job performance rating on Afghanistan,&quot; said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk Political Research Center. &quot;His approval on immigration and the economy are also upside down. The only issue keeping him remotely in the game is his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, where he is barely at 50%.&quot;Biden&#039;s decision to pull out troops was backed by most Americans, 53%-38%. But almost two-thirds, 62%, disapproved of the way his administration has handled that withdrawal.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4977770, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/24/afghanistan-woes-sink-bidens-approval-41-usa-today-suffolk-poll/8244854002/[/URL] "For President Joe Biden, the cost of the [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/22/afghanistan-pullout-could-hurt-biden-midterms-us-policy-goals/8182656002/']war's chaotic end[/URL] has been steep. His overall job approval rating now stands at 41% who approve versus 55% who disapprove – a big drop in the closely watched barometer of political health. Until last week, national polls generally showed his approval rating above 50%. Now, while he has held the backing of 87% of Democrats, only 32% of independents say he's doing a good job. The poll was taken Thursday through Monday, when the nation's headlines were dominated by [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/08/17/taliban-takes-control-afghanistan-biden-responsible/8154395002/']scenes of desperate families [/URL]trying to evacuate the Kabul airport and a [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/24/texas-town-iraan-essentially-closes-covid/8253550002/']surge of COVID-19 cases[/URL] across the United States. Half approved of his handling of the pandemic, 39% of his handling of the economy, 26% of his handling of the Afghan withdrawal. "Today, President Biden's overall approval has taken a turn for the worse due to his awful job performance rating on Afghanistan," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk Political Research Center. "His approval on immigration and the economy are also upside down. The only issue keeping him remotely in the game is his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, where he is barely at 50%." Biden's decision to pull out troops was backed by most Americans, 53%-38%. But almost two-thirds, 62%, disapproved of the way his administration has handled that withdrawal." [/QUOTE]

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