With the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election nine months out, NBC News’ latest poll shows incumbent President Joe Biden with an approval rating of 37%, marking his lowest level in NBC’s poll since he was elected.
The same poll shows former President Donald Trump with a 16-point advantage over Biden on being “competent and effective”, a reversal from 2020, when Biden led Trump on that quality by nine points.
Trump holds a 22-point advantage over Biden on the question of which candidate would do a better job handling the economy, with 55% picking Trump and 33% choosing Biden.
Also in the poll, Trump has the edge on securing the border and controlling immigration (35 points over Biden), on having the necessary mental and physical health to be president (+23), on dealing with crime and violence (+21), on being competent and effective (+16), and on improving America’s standing in the world (+11).
The NBC News poll was conducted Jan. 26-30 of 1,000 registered voters — 867 contacted via cellphone — and it has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points. The margin of error for the 349 Republican primary voters is plus-minus 5.25 percentage points
