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Only about a third of independent voters approve of President Joe Biden's job in August, a new low as he trails his own vice president among the same group and across all voters nationwide, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.
Numbers released eight months into the 78-year-old's presidency weighed the opinions of Americans from September 1 to September 17, beginning just after the US wrapped Biden's chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan and amid a worsening crisis at the southern border.
Just 43 percent of Americans approve of his work in office while more than half - 53 percent - say they disapprove.
Vice President Kamala Harris is faring slightly better, with an approval rating of 49 percent. Her nationwide disapproval is also 49 percent.
It's a steep drop from Biden's 50 percent approval rating in July as most of the US struggled with a summer COVID surge fueled by the Delta variant. Biden's disapproval rating was only 45 percent at the time.
Both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are failing to charm American voters, according to a new Gallup poll
The drop is fueled largely by independent voters, who favored Biden by 61 percent at the highest point. Now only 37 percent of independents approve of the job he's doing. Fifty-six percent of independents disapprove of Biden.
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