Biden’s Economy Is Great Everywhere Except in the Polls

As the US economy continues to improve, President Joe Biden continues to not get credit for it. Only 35% of voters in seven swing states trust Biden on the economy, according to a Bloomberg/Morning Consult poll, with 51% saying it was better under Donald Trump.

This is undoubtedly a frustrating situation for the president, his campaign and Democrats overall. But they can take solace, if that’s the word, from the fact that Biden is doing better than most of his peers around the world. The American public’s discontent may not be about Biden-specific issues such as his age, his party or his dog — it’s just part of a global trend of bitterness and anger toward almost all incumbents.

How’s that for optimistic?

Yes, Biden’s approval rating in another Morning Consult survey is a dismal 40%. But that’s better than Canada’s Justin Trudeau (33%), the UK’s Rishi Sunak (28%), France’s Emmanuel Macron (26%), Germany’s Olaf Scholz (25%) or Japan’s Fumio Kishida (22%). The only leader of a G-7 country with better numbers than Biden is Italy’s Giorgia Meloni, at 44%. Not coincidentally, Meloni took office only about a year ago — mostly after the major inflationary episode of 2021-2022 had begun to improve.

For everyone else, the good news is that the inflation situation is improving. The bad news is that the public is still upset about the inflation that already happened, and is in no mood to forgive and forget.

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