Gallup confirms the erosion in Biden's support; as of late July his approval rating stood at 50%, the lowest of his term to date. According to Gallup's Presidential Approval Center , then-President Donald Trump was at just 38% approval in the late summer of 2017. And Trump's approval rating never got to 50% in his entire term in office. Roughly seven months into his first term, Barack Obama had a 59% approval rating in Gallup numbers while George W. Bush's approval stood at 56%. That history has plenty of Democratic candidates and party strategists nervously watching Biden's latest poll slippage.

Source: CNN August 18, 2021 15:33 UTC