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Has a President in U.S. history with low approval ratings similar to Joe Biden’s at this time during election year ever won re-election?
Comment by SmoothCriminal2018 at 04/01/2024 at 13:43 UTC
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Going by 538’s historical comparison, Reagan is the closest, but his approval rating had already started to rebound at this stage. I do think you should keep in mind approval ratings are different now and we aren’t as likely to see50%+ approvals outside of a presidents honeymoon period these days, so an adjustment needs to be made for that.