Media: Biden’s approval rating dropped 7% since August

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Joe Biden's job performance, while half give him low marks for competence and uniting the country, according to results from the latest national NBC News poll, Report informs.

What's more, the survey finds that 7 in 10 adults, including almost half of Democrats, believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction, as well as nearly 60% who view Biden's stewardship of the economy negatively just nine months into his presidency.

In the poll, 42% of adults say they approve of Biden’s overall job as president - a decline of 7 points since August, with much of the attrition coming from key parts of the Democratic base.

That’s compared to 54% who say they disapprove of the president’s job, which is up 6 points since August.

Using Gallup’s historical data, Biden’s approval rating in this poll (42%) is lower than any other modern first-year president’s at a similar point in time, with the key exception of Donald Trump (whose approval averaged 37% in fall 2017).

Among a narrower set of registered voters, Biden’s job rating stands at 45% who approve, 52 percent who disapprove - a drop from 50% who approve, 48% who disapprove from two months ago.

The NBC News poll was conducted October 23-26 of 1,000 adults - 650 of whom were reached only by cellphone - and it has an overall margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points.