Majority of Americans say Biden’s presidency will be remembered as ‘below average’ or ‘poor’: poll 

More than half of Americans believe President Biden will be remembered by history as a “poor” to “below average” commander in chief, according to a new poll. 

The Gallup survey released Tuesday found that 37% expect Biden to be regarded as a “below average” president, while 17% indicated that the 82-year-old commander in chief will be remembered as a “poor” leader of the US. 

Only 6% of US adults responded that history would remember Biden as an “outstanding” president and 13% thought his legacy would be regarded as “above average.” 

Another 26% said Biden will go down in history as just an “average” president. 

Biden’s -35 percentage point net positive rating ranks near the bottom of the list of presidents Gallup surveyed. 

Only former President Richard Nixon, who resigned from office under threat of impeachment during the Watergate scandal, had a lower net positive rating than Biden, at -42 percentage points. 

Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump scored a -4 percentage point net positive rating, getting both relatively high positive (40%) and negative ratings (44%) for his first term and the fewest average ratings (16%) out of the 10 presidents measured. 

Former President John F. Kennedy had the highest net positive rating, at +68 percentage points, according to Gallup. 

Biden’s ratings were tepid even when only responses from Democrats were considered. 

A majority of Democrats (54%) said the president would be remembered as “average” to “poor,” while 44% felt his legacy would be “above average” to “outstanding.” 

“Biden’s fellow Democrats are less enthusiastic about his presidency than they are about other recent Democratic presidents, and Biden is the only recent Democratic president who currently has a net-negative evaluation among independents,” the pollster said. 

The president was plagued by allegations during his only term that his family benefitted from an influence peddling scheme run by his son, Hunter Biden, and brother, James Biden. 

Biden faced an impeachment inquiry over the allegations but was never formally impeached. 

He was also vehemently criticized by Republicans over the botched US withdrawal from Afghanistan, which resulted in the Taliban retaking control of the country, and the record number of illegal border-crossings under his watch.  

Gallup noted however that former Presidents Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush and Trump “have seen the harsh ratings they received at the time they left the White House soften considerably over time,” suggesting that the same thing could happen to Biden. 

The survey seems to support longtime Democratic strategist James Carville’s recent assessment that Biden ruined his legacy by deciding to launch an ill-fated re-election campaign. 

“The most tragic figure in American politics in my lifetime is President Biden,” Carville declared last month. 

“It’s all so f—ing self-inflicted … He knows that he f—-ed up,” the pundit added. 

Biden, who has spent 48 of the last 52 years in public office, will leave the White House on Jan. 20 when Trump, 78, is inaugurated as president. 

The former Delaware senator and vice president was essentially forced to end his re-election bid last July after a disastrous debate against Trump and growing concern from Democrats about his mental acuity and ability to defeat the 45th president on Election Day. 

Biden reportedly grumbled in the waning weeks of the 2024 presidential campaign that his legacy was dependent on Vice President Kamala Harris beating Trump, which she was unable to do despite a massive fundraising advantage.