President Biden’s approval rating hits new low at one-year mark in office according to poll

President Joe Biden answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.More Americans disapprove than approve of how Biden is handling his job as president, 56% to 43%.

As of now, just 28% of Americans say they want Biden to run for reelection in 2024, including only 48% of Democrats.Asked on Wednesday at a wide-ranging news conference about his flagging popularity, Biden responded, "I don't believe the polls."It’s a stark reversal from early in Biden's presidency.

In July, 59% of Americans said they approved of Biden’s job performance in an AP-NORC poll. His approval rating dipped to 50% by late September in the aftermath of the chaotic and bloody U.S.

military withdrawal from Afghanistan and amid surging coronavirus infections and the administration’s fitful efforts to push economic, infrastructure and tax policies through Congress.The latest poll shows that Americans' confidence in Biden's handling of the pandemic — seen as a strength early in his administration — has further eroded as the omicron variant strains the health care system and further exhausts an American electorate that had hoped life would be back to a semblance of normalcy by now.Just 45% say they approve of Biden's handling of COVID-19, down from 57% in December and from 66% in July 2021.Americans are even more downbeat about his handling of the economy, with just 37%.