President Biden

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

President Biden’s job approval ratings

Date NBC WP/ABC CNN FOX QUINNIPIAC
JUNE’22 xxx xxx xxx 43/57 35/56
MAY’22 xxx xxx xxx xxx 38/55
MAY’22 42/54 xxx xxx xxx xxx
APR’22 xxx 42/52 41/59 45/53 40/51
APR’22 xxx xxx xxx xxx 35/55
MAR’22 xxx xxx xxx xxx 40/54
MAR’22 41/54 xxx xxx 45/54 38/55
FEB’22 xxx 38/57 42/57 xxx 37/56
JAN’22 44/54 xxx xxx 47/52 34/54
DEC’21 xxx xxx 48/52 47/51 xxx
NOV’21 xxx xxx 45/54 xxx xxx
NOV’21 xxx 38/57 48/52 44/54 38/53
OCT’21 45/52 xxx 50/50 xxx 40/51
OCT’21 xxx xxx 50/50 xxx 40/53
SEPT’21 xxx xxx xxx 50/49 44/50
SEPT’21 xxx 44/51A 52/48 xxx xxx
Date ECON/YOUGOV POL/MORNCON
JUNE’22 44/51 40/56
JUNE’22 43/51 39/58
MAY’22 44/51 42/56
MAY’22 43/51 44/54
MAY’22 42/51 42/55
APR’22 46/50 41/55
APR’22 xxx 42/55
APR’22 43/51 45/52
APR’22 46/49 41/55
MAR’22 43/50 xxx
MAR’22 45/49 42/54
MAR’22 41/53 42/55
MAR’22 44/49 45/51
FEB’22 42/53 43/53
FEB’22 41/51 41/55
FEB’22 45/49 xxx
JAN’22 xxx 43/54
JAN’22 41/51 42/55
JAN’22 42/53 xxx
JAN’22 45/51 40/56
DEC’21 xxx 43/53
DEC’21 42/53 46/51
NOV’21 44/50 xxx
NOV’21 43/51 44/53
NOV’21 45/49 46/51
OCT’21 xxx 45/52
OCT’21 42/51 46/51
OCT’21 44/49 45/52
SEPT’21 46/58 47/50

As of June 14, 2022, the following is Biden’s approval rating based on Real Clear Politics.

Approval Disapproval Date
Over all 39.9% 54.4% 6/15/22
On the economy 33.6% 61.4% 6/14/22
On foreign policy 39.0% 53.7% 6/14/22

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

  Gallup (All Adults) FiveThirtyEight (Reg/Likely
Date Approval Disapproval Approval Disapproval
5/22/22 41.0% 54.0% 41.1% 54.3%
4/19/22 41.0% 56.0% 42.4% 53.1%
3/18/22 42.0% 54.0% 42.1% 52.8%
2/17/22 41.0% 55.0% 41.4% 53.0%
1/16/22 40.0% 56.0% 42.5% 52.1%
12/16/21 43.0% 51.0% 43.7% 50.7%
11/16/21 42.0% 55.0% 42.8% 51.7%
10/19/21 42.0% 52.0% 44.1% 49.9%
9/17/21 43.0% 53.0% 45.7% 48.8%
8/17/21 49.0% 48.0% 48.5% 45.9%
6/18/21 56.0% 42.0% 51.8% 42.4%
5/18/21 54.0% 40.0% 52.7% 40.7%
4/21/21 57.0% 40.0% 53.4% 40.1%
3/15/21 54.0% 42.0% 53.8% 40.2%

Using Gallup (all adults) as the marker – Biden’s approval rating has fallen by 13 points in the last year and his disapproval has grown 14 points.


Judges Nominated and Confirmed to Date

As of June 15, 2022, the United States Senate has confirmed 68 federal judges nominated by President Biden. One Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 16 judges for the United States Courts of Appeals, and 51 judges for the United States District Courts.

There are currently 6 vacancies on the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 68 vacancies on the U.S. District Courts, and 2 vacancies in the United States Court of International Trade.

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 – 1 year + 60 1 16 51  
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]


There are roughly 4,000 politically appointed positions in the executive branch and independent agencies, including more than 1,200 that require Senate confirmation.

The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service are tracking 799 of those 1200 positions.

• 357 have been confirmed by the Senate
• 137 nominees are being considered by the Senate
• 2 picks are awaiting formal nomination
• 101 positions have no Biden nominee
• 174 appointees are serving in termed positions or were held over from previous administrations [WP 6/9/22]


The following are the favorability ratings for a variety of political leaders
based on the Real Clear Politics averages for 6/14/22.

Favorable Unfavorable
Biden 43.6 52.7
Harris 39.4 52.1
Pelosi 34.0 57.4
McConnell 25.5 56.8
McCarthy 28.3 42.7
Schumer 30.0 46.8