In a survey conducted after his announcement of a reelection bid in 2024, President Biden’s rating dropped to a new low.

In the Washington Post-ABC News poll, the approval rating of President Obama fell by 6 percentage points from February to May. The share of people who approve of Biden’s job performance dropped from 42 percent to 36 percent. In the new survey, 56 percent of respondents disapprove.

In February, the same number of Americans (18%) “strongly approved” of President Obama’s work. However, the percentage of Americans who “strongly disagreed” increased to 47 percent.

When asked to pick between Biden and the former president Trump, on who they thought handled the economy better, 54 percent of respondents chose Trump while 36 percent selected Biden. Another 7 percent picked neither.

Last month, Biden announced that he would be running for four more years at the White House. He joined Trump in the race. This could lead to a rematch of the 2020 presidential race.

Biden, the oldest president in the United States, made his announcement due to concerns over his age. The video, which was a brief introduction to his campaign, showed clips of the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021 and warned against “MAGA extremeists,” positioning the president as the leader of the “battle” for the soul America.

In the survey conducted on Sunday, 36 percent of Democratic or Democratic-leaning respondents said that they would prefer Biden to be the party’s nominee — an increase of 5 points since February — while 58 per cent said they preferred the party nominate another candidate.

In a hypothetical rematch between Trump and Biden, 44 percent of respondents say they would lean towards the former president. Meanwhile, 38 percent said they would lean towards Biden.

The poll was conducted from April 28 to may 3, and the margin of error was 3.5 percentage points. The margin of error for the subgroup of registered voters was 4 percentage points.