President Biden’s approval ratings continue to take into account his handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan, with another national poll showing it falling 10 points, with approval now well below 50 percent.
Forty-one percent of Americans approve of the work the president does and 55 percent disapprove of it, according to a poll released Tuesday by a USA Today / Suffolk University poll.
Biden polls began to fall below 50 percent last week, days after the Taliban took over amid the U.S. military withdrawal.
The sudden acquisition of the extremist group caused chaos at Hamid Karzai International Airport outside Kabul, while thousands of Afghan civilians stormed the facility in a desperate effort to escape Taliban rule.
The poll, conducted Thursday through Monday, found that 53% of Americans supported the decision to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of war, but 62% disapproved of the way the Biden administration managed the evacuation.
“Today, President Biden’s general approval has worsened due to his terrible labor performance in Afghanistan,” said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk Center for Political Research.
“His approval of immigration and the economy is also reversed. The only problem that keeps him remotely in the game is his treatment of the COVID-19 pandemic, where he is barely at 50%, ”he added.
The survey showed that only 26% approved the management of the evacuation by Biden and only 39% approved its management of the economy.
Just under two-thirds of Americans (62%) say former President George W. Bush is responsible for the war, which began in 2001 following the al-Qaeda terrorist attack. September 11th.
The poll says 73% of Americans believe Afghanistan will once again be a safe haven for terrorist groups wanting to attack the US or its allies, while 71% say the US government should not to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan.
And 84% said Afghans working as U.S. Army translators in Afghanistan and at risk of being retaliated against by the Taliban should be eligible for special visas.
Seventy-nine percent of Republicans and 90 percent of Democrats support allowing Afghans and their families to enter the United States.
“How will the rest of the world see the American people if we can’t even help the people who helped us?” Albert Lopez, 37, a security guard and independent voter in Orange County, New York, said in polls.