President Joe Biden has upside-down approval ratings of 38%-54% in New Jersey, a state he won by sixteen points three years ago, a new Stockton University Poll released today shows.
Biden’s plummeting poll numbers in a blue state come twelve days before New Jersey’s mid-term election, where control of both houses of the New Jersey Legislature is at stake.
He is at 30%-59% among independents in New Jersey and 76%-16% among Democrats. Among Republicans, Biden is at 5%-95%.
An October 2011 Quinnipiac University Poll showed Barack Obama also underwater in New Jersey, with approvals at 43%-52%, about the same as Biden. He carried New Jersey the following year by nearly eighteen points.
Just 13% of New Jerseyans think Congress is doing a good job, while 80% disapprove. The poll came out of the field eight days ago, before the election of a new House Speaker. Job approval for Congress from independents is at 8%; independents give congressional Republicans approvals of 16%-76%, while congressional Democrats are just slightly better at 20%-67%.
While 92% of Democrats approve of their party’s performance in Congress, the poll shows Republicans are split, 46%-46%, over their own party on Capitol Hill.
“With every failed attempt to elect a House speaker, even Republicans in Washington are bemoaning the damage they are doing to their brand, not to mention the country,” said John Froonjian, the director of the Stockton Poll.
Still, New Jersey likes one of their own senators: U.S. Senator Cory Booker has job approvals of 46%-35%, the poll showed. Indicted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is at 8%-72%.
The U.S. Supreme Court is also upside-down. Just 34% of New Jersey residents approve of the nation’s top court, while 54% disapprove.
“These findings highlight just how politically polarizing the highest court has become,” said Alyssa Maurice, a research associate at the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University.
The Stockton Poll was conducted from October 9-18 with a sample size of 630 adult residents and a margin of error of +/- 3.9%.