37 percent say Biden is respected by world leaders: Gallup

Just more than a third of Americans, 37 percent, say in a Gallup survey released on March 11 that President Biden is respected by world leaders, Report informs referring to The Hill.

Fifty-eight percent said he is not respected, and 5 percent said they have no opinion.

Broken down by political affiliation, 74 percent of Democrats said Biden is respected, as did 3 percent of Republicans and 34 percent of independents.

The findings of the poll, conducted from February 1-20, mirror those from a similar survey one year ago, when 37 percent said in February 2023 that Biden was respected by world leaders.

By comparison, 58 percent in February 2021 said that Biden was respected. The following year, just 40 percent of respondents agreed.

While the latest polling on Biden’s standing on the world stage marks the lowest of his presidency, it equals former President Trump’s highest performance throughout his four years in office.

By February 2020, one month before the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted everyday life, 37 percent said Trump was respected by world leaders — the highest level of his presidency.

In the most recent survey, fewer Americans — 42 percent — say the United States rates very or somewhat favorably in the eyes of the world, the lowest since February 2017. In the first three years of Biden’s presidency, the share of those who said the US rated favorably stayed about even at 49 percent, 48 percent and 49 percent, respectively.

Trump, on the other hand, had reverse numbers for his presidency. On average, 71 percent of Republicans were satisfied with the US position in the world, compared to only 18 percent of Democrats and 18 percent of independents. On average, 65 percent of Republicans said Trump was respected by world leaders, compared to only 5 percent of Democrats and 25 percent of independents.

The new survey, conducted through telephone interviews with 1,016 US adults, has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.