[Hoot Gibson]

In the biggest understatement so far in 2022, a new NPR/PBS poll shows that Americans believe that Joe Biden's first year in office was a failure. Yes, you read right, a Marist poll commissioned by PBS and NPR shows that most Americans consider Biden's first year in office a failure. Imagine what an unbiased poll result would show.

Poll: Biden’s First Year In Office Was A Failure, Most Say

When President Joe Biden gives his State of the Union address on March 1, he’ll be facing an American public that is largely dissatisfied with his presidency so far, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

A majority of Americans — 56 percent — say Biden’s time in office to date amounts to failure — roughly the same proportion of people who felt that way after Trump’s first year in office. That number includes 91 percent of Republicans and 66 percent of independents. Another 39 percent of Americans overall, including 80 percent of Democrats, say Biden’s presidency has been a success.

If history is any guide, Biden has a long three years ahead. Biden’s first year should be “the most fun you’re ever going to have as president,” said Austan Goolsbee, who chaired the Council of Economic Advisers under President Barack Obama and currently teaches economics at the University of Chicago. After that, “your popularity tends to go down.”