President Joe Biden delivers remarks after he announced cabinet nominees that will round out his economic team. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.Only 39% of U.S.
adults approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to the poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research, dipping from already negative ratings a month earlier.Overall, only about 2 in 10 adults say the U.S.
is heading in the right direction or the economy is good, both down from about 3 in 10 a month earlier. Those drops were concentrated among Democrats, with just 33% within the president’s party saying the country is headed in the right direction, down from 49% in April.RELATED: Russia-Ukraine war fails to fuel Biden approval rebound, AP-NORC poll findsOf particular concern for Biden ahead of the midterm elections, his approval among Democrats stands at 73%, a substantial drop since earlier in his presidency.
In AP-NORC polls conducted in 2021, Biden’s approval rating among Democrats never dropped below 82%.The findings reflect a widespread sense of exasperation in a country facing a cascade of challenges ranging from inflation, gun violence, and a sudden shortage of baby formula to a persistent pandemic."I don’t know how much worse it can get," said Milan Ramsey, a 29-year-old high school counselor and Democrat in Santa Monica, California, who with her husband had to move into her parents’ house to raise their infant son.RELATED: President Biden reportedly tells Obama he’s seeking re-election in 2024Ramsey thinks the economic.