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By James Bickerton
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President Biden's popularity is lower in a number of key swing states than his national average, according to a series of surveys conducted by a polling company, a blow to his reelection hopes.
The Civiqs polls, conducted between January 2021 and May 2024, gave Biden an average net approval of -22, a better performance than he recorded in the swing states of Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, which could decide November's presidential election.
Biden is expected to face off in November against Donald Trump, the former president and presumptive Republican candidate, in a rematch of their bitter 2020 contest. Data from election forecasters "270 to Win," drawn from the last eight national polls, put Trump ahead of Biden by an average of 45.8 percent to 44 percent in such a contest.
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Civiqs polled 486,369 respondents online between January 20, 2021, and May 27, 2024, to determine whether they approved or disapproved of Biden's performance. Participants were those who'd signed up to take part in Civiqs surveys, which the company says it monitors to provide a "representative sample" of the American population for each poll.
Over this time, Civiqs found that 35 percent of respondents approved of Biden's performance as president, while 57 percent disapproved, giving a net approval of -22. Overall, the president only recorded a positive approval rating in the states of Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and Vermont.
However, Biden performed worse in several of the states widely expected to swing the election, with a net approval rating of -25 in Pennsylvania, -28 in Nevada, -32 in Arizona, -27 in Georgia, and -24 in Michigan, all of which the Democrat won in 2020.
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Biden performed marginally better than his national average in the swing states of North Carolina, at -20, and Wisconsin, where his net approval was -10. In 2020, Trump and Biden narrowly won the two states, respectively.
The Civiqs surveys also found Biden was noticeably more unpopular with younger Americans over this period. With those aged 18-34, his approval rating was -34, against -10 for those aged 65 and over. In total, 30 percent of men and 40 percent of women approved of Biden's job performance, against 64 percent and 50 percent, respectively.
Newsweek reached out to representatives of Joe Biden and Donald Trump's presidential campaigns for comment via email.
Trump has come under fire after claiming that "Human Scum" are "working so hard to destroy Our Great Country" in a Memorial Day post on Truth Social.
The Biden-Harris HQ X account, which is linked to the official campaign, shared a screenshot of Trump's post, adding: "Trump posts Memorial Day message with zero mention of fallen American service members, instead calling those who don't support him 'Human Scum.'"
Separately, conservative X accounts shared footage that they said showed Biden asleep with his eyes shut at a Memorial Day event at the Arlington National Cemetery.
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