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ABC News/WAPO Poll: President Biden in Trouble, Losing to Trump and DeSantis in 2024 Matchups

ByAlki David

May 9, 2023

A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll has revealed some concerning data for President Biden’s re-election campaign. According to the poll, if the 2024 presidential election were held today, President Biden would lose in match-ups against both former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

In the first matchup, Trump received 44% of the votes while Biden received 38%. Undecided voters leaned towards Trump at 49-42. The second matchup showed DeSantis leading with 42% of the votes while Biden trailed with 37%. Undecided voters leaned towards DeSantis at 48-41.

But the bad news for President Biden does not end there. The poll also showed that his approval rating has taken a 6-point dive since February, reaching an all-time low of just 36%. This score is the worst for any first-term president at this point in his term, going all the way back to Truman. Three predecessors who had similar approval ratings, Ford (40%), Carter (37%), and Trump (39%), failed to win second terms.

Furthermore, President Biden’s overemphasis on race in political nominations and appointments has not helped his standing with Black Americans. The poll showed a staggering 30% decline in his approval rating among Black voters, dropping from 82% at his inauguration to just 52% now.

As the 2024 election approaches, President Biden may try to win over Black voters by dangling an empty commitment to reparations, similar to how he made a loan-forgiveness head-fake to younger Americans ahead of the 2022 midterms.

These poll results indicate that President Biden has a lot of work to do to improve his approval rating and his chances for re-election. Only time will tell if he can turn things around and regain the confidence of the American people.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.