Biden, Democrats Lose Ground on Key Issues: WSJ Survey

A new Wall Street Journal poll shows more troubling news for President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats less than eight months before the midterm elections.

The survey found that 57% of voters remained unhappy with Biden's job performance, even after imposing sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and his State of the Union speech, WSJ reported Friday.

Just 42% approved of Biden's job performance – a number virtually unchanged from the previous WSJ poll in mid-November.

With half the respondents citing inflation as the top issue affecting the country, 63% said they disapproved of Biden's handling of rising costs — the president's worst rating on six policy issues surveyed in the WSJ poll.

A total of 47% said Republicans were better able to handle inflation, compared with 30% who chose Democrats.

Voters said the GOP (45%) more than Democrats (37%) had a better plan to improve the economy.