President Biden

Women in the Biden White House earn 99 cents for every $1 earned by men.

On average, women earn $93,752 in the Biden White House while men earn $94,639. This compares to the Obama White House when women earned between 84 and 89 cents for each $1 earned by a man. In 2020 women in the Trump White House earned 69 cents for every $1 earned by a man. [The 19th 7/1/21]


(The following is based on registered voters unless indicated otherwise.)

President Biden’s job approval ratings

Date NBC WP/ABC CNN FOX QUINNIPIAC
AUG’21 xxx xxx xxx xxx 47/44
JULY’21 48/45A xxx xxx xxx xxx
JUNE’21 xxx xxx xxx 56/43 49/41
MAY’21 xxx xxx xxx 54/42 49/41
APR’21 51/43 52/42 52/45 54/43 48/42
Date AP-NORC ECON/YOUGOV POL/MORNCON
AUG’21 xxx 49/44 52/46
JULY’21 59/41 49/45 52/45
JULY’21 xxx 50/43 52/44
JUNE’21 55/44 52/44 53/44
  xxx 51/43 52/43
MAY’21 xxx 52/42 55/41
APR’21 63/36 A xxx xxx

As of August 5, the following is Biden’s approval rating based on Real Clear Politics:

Approval Disapproval
Over all 50.2% 43.9%
On the economy 51.3% 45.0%
On foreign policy 48.3% 44.0%

Gallup now does monthly or semi-monthly surveys of all adults. WW will include a periodic polling summary–Registered and Likely Voters–by FiveThirtyEight.

Gallup (All Adults) FiveThirtyEight (Reg/Likely voters)
Date Approval Disapproval Approval Disapproval
7/21/21 50% 45% 52.1% 42.6%
6/18/21 56% 42% 51.8% 42.4%
5/18/21 54% 40% 52.7% 40.7%
4/21/21 57% 40% 53.4% 40.1%
3/15/21 54% 42% 53.8% 40.2%
2/18/21 56% 40% 54.4% 37.8%

In an August 6th piece by Amy Walter, Publisher and Editor-in Chief of the Cook Political Report, Walter points out that Biden’s job approval has dropped anywhere from 3 to 10 points since April. She further reports that Americans feel less confident about Biden’s handling of the economy. [CookPoliticalReport]


Judges Nominated and Confirmed to Date

President Biden has been able to affect the federal judiciary early.

As of August 7, 2021, 9 judges nominated by Biden have been confirmed, 4 to the Courts of Appeals, and 5 to the District Courts.

There are currently an additional 76 vacancies in Article III courts; 6 in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 71 in the U.S. District Courts, and 2 in the in the U.S. Courts of International Trade.

President Biden has nominated an additional 24 individuals, 18 to the district and 6 to the circuit courts.

The chart below reflects the number of Article III court judges appointed by every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter.

Total Supreme Ct Appeals Ct District Ct Int’l Trade
Biden – 5 months 9 0 4 5  
Trump – 4 years 234 3 54 174 3
Obama – 8 years 325 2 55 268  
GW Bush – 8 years 325 2 62 261  
Clinton – 8 years 373 2 66 305  
GHW Bush – 4 years 192 2 42 148  
Reagan – 8 years 376 3 83 290  
Carter – 4 years 259 0 56 203

[USCourts/Wikipedia/List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden]